Applicant Resources
School & Community Habitat Grant
What is considered Native?
We use the Ann Arbor Natural Areas Preservation description of native plants as “plants that were here before Europeans settled in Michigan in the 1700s”. For more information about what is considered a native species, please visit the Michigan Natural Features Inventory.
Native Plants
- Native Plants information and where to purchase locally
- PlantWise - Why Native Plants?
- Native Plant Garden Kits (PDF)
- Learn about Native plants & resources <update link to new WCCD page>
- WCCD guide to Planting Native Plants <update link to new WCCD page>
- WildOnes - Native Plant Gardens Designs
- ADAPT - Community Supported Ecology - Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Resource Directory
Rain Garden Resources
- Learn about the WCWRC Master Rain Gardener program:
- Schoolyard Rain Gardens & Guidebook
- WCCD guide to Rain Gardens & Resources <needs link to new page>
- Rain Garden Kit info (PDF)
Pollinator Gardens
- Plants for Pollinators (WCWRC)
- Learn about creating your own Monarch Waystations
- Pollinator Partnership - Garden Resources
- WireFence - Pollinator Gardening Resources
- Pollinator Garden Glossary
- Xerces.org - Pollinator-Friendly Parks
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