The WPPC provides several resources to our site visitors. We have a collection of yard plans that have been developed by our members to jumpstart planning for natural gardens in your yard. We also have a collection of our favorite links to other sites that provide Native Plant information and other resources:

Yard Plans
Illinois Native Plant information
Natural Landscape Seminar Handouts

Illinois Native Plant Links ->
Department of Agriculture’s Illinois Native Plant Guide
Illinois Wildflowers
Possibility Place Native Plant Nursery
Sowing Seeds Journal
Lepidopteran Use of Native and Alien Ornamental Plants
Pleasant Valley Conservancy
The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Insider
A Field Guide to Terrestrial Invasive Plants in Wisconsin
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center list of Native Alternatives (Illinois)
Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago region
University of Illinois Weed Identifier
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Natural Landscape Seminar Handouts ->
Every year the WPPC holds it’s annual Natural Landscape Seminar. The following links provide great local information, or provide links to sites of key participants:

Handouts and fliers:

Native Plant Fact Sheet
Bee Smart
Ohana 2011 Bare Root Tree Sale
Soil Testing in McHenry County
MCCD Events 2011
Participant sites:

Steve Apfelbaum’s site http://www.appliedeco.com/
Carole Brown’s site http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/
Xerces Society http://www.xerces.org/
Vendor Information:

WPPC Seminar Vendor Rules
The WPPC’s seminar was featured on WCPT on Mike Nowak’s show Sunday. Give a listen to this and other features on Mike’s show:

http://mikenowak.net/thisweek.htm