The single best thing YOU can do to prevent insect and pollinator decline is to grow native plants. In your yard, a windowbox, wherever you can! Join us over at r/homegrownnationalpark to join the movement and save the world through gardening.
Whether it be a single tree and some native groundcovers in a city yard, a little meadow patch on a suburban lot, or even some flowering native perennials in a window box, research from the likes of the Audubon Society and entomologist Doug Tallamy suggests that even tiny patches of native plants can create habitat for pollinators and other important insects, which creates a cascading effect on the food web, increasing populations of other desirable wildlife.
But this effect grows even more pronounced when there are many patches of habitat closer together. Cue r/homegrownnationalpark
Our goal is to create a thriving community to share tips, inspiration, and ideas for gardening with native plants and learning to invite nature into our lives. By working together, we aim to create a vast network of beautiful, native gardens to serve as the world's first decentralized 'national park'.
We're brand new, but already have some great, really knowledgeable people and we're excited to grow. Feel free to hit me with any questions!
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