Landscaping with Native Plants
- Bay Backpack: Chesapeake Region Native Plants
- Bay Backpack: Gardening for Wildlife
- Chesapeake Bay Watershed Native Plants Guide (download): https://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/pdf/chesapeakenatives.pdf
- Native Plants of Anne Arundel County: http://www.aacounty.org/departments/planning-and-zoning/development/forms-and-publications/AANativePlants.pdf
- Plant Lists for Specific Conditions like Deer, Slopes, Etc. (download guide and go to p.66)
- Maryland Native Plant Society http://www.mdflora.org
Native Plant Sources
- Bay Backpack: Where to Buy Native Plants
- Maryland Native Plant Sources & Sales: http://www.mdflora.org/publications/nurseries.html
- “Plant Native” Native Plant Nursery Finder: http://plantnative.org/
- Find Native Plant Nurseries in the Chesapeake Bay Region: https://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/BayScapes/bsresources/bs-nurseries.html
- Order Regional Native Plants Online: Izel Native Plants (free shipping): https://www.izelplants.com/
Conservation Landscaping
- Bay Backpack: Features to Attract & Support Wildlife
- Online Yard Design Tool: http://www.stormwater.allianceforthebay.org/yard-design
- BayScapes: http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/bayscapes.htm
- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council http://www.chesapeakelandscape.org/
Invasive Species
- Bay Backpack: Identify & Manage Invasive Species
- Bad Plants Planted by Good People: http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/habitat/wabadplants.aspx
- Plant Invaders of the Mid-Atlantic: https://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/midatlantic/
Project How-To’s
- Bay Backpack: Instructions & Resources for 100+ Projects
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide: https://www.fws.gov/cno/pdf/HabitatGuideColor.pdf
- Bay Backpack (Fall 2017): www.BayBackpack.com
Landscaping for Wildlife
- Bay Backpack: Features to Attract & Support Wildlife
- Maryland’s Wild Acres: http://dnr2.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/habitat/wildacres.aspx
- Humane Gardener: http://www.humanegardener.com/
- Master Naturalist Program: https://extension.umd.edu/masternaturalist
Gardening
- Bay Backpack: Gardening for Wildlife
- Home and Garden Information Center: www.hgic.umd.edu
- List of Regional Soil Testing Labs: www.agnr.umd.edu
- Anne Arundel County Cooperative Extension: www.agnr.umd.edu/annearundel
- Master Gardener Program: https://extension.umd.edu/mg
Environmental Education
- Chesapeake Ecology Center: www.chesapeakeecologycenter.org
- Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center: www.arlingtonecho.net
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: www.cbf.org
- Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education: www.maeoe.org
- Chesapeake Bay Program Bay Backpack: www.baybackpack.com