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Information For Homeowners, Urban, and Suburban Land Users
Updated
08/29/2008
The National Plant Materials Program provides plant materials, conservation
resources, technical resources, publications, and guides for homeowners, urban
and suburban land users to use for choosing plants, planting, seedbed
preparation, creating native landscapes, rain gardens, community gardens, and
pollinator friendly gardens.
Features
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Creating Native Landscapes
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Camp Creek Restoration: Homeowners, Weeds and Wildflowers - Tucson
Plant Materials Center, Arizona - Sep 25, 2007
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Video interview - Dwight Tober, PM Specialist and Craig Stange, Forester, North
Dakota NRCS
"Living Landscapes in North Dakota" publication. - NBC - KFYR TV, Bismarck,
North Dakota, March 20, 2007
- Xeriscaping Living Laboratories in the Dakotas and Montana -
Bismarck Plant Materials Center - Sep 27, 2005
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Montana Native Plants for Pollinator-Friendly Plantings - Bridger
Plant Materials Center - May 31, 2005
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Community Garden Guides - Rose Lake Plant Materials Center, Michigan
- Mar 14, 2005
Featured Publications
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
Some documents may require
Adobe Acrobat.
Living
Landscapes in North Dakota: A Guide to Native Plantscaping. (PDF; 7.8 MB) North
Dakota NRCS. 2006. USDA, NRCS, Plant Materials Center., Bismarck, North Dakota.
June 2006. 38p. (ID# 6598)
Living Landscapes in South Dakota - A Guide to Native
Plantscaping (PDF; 13.2 MB) - This 42-page booklet is
designed as a guide to help homeowners, living on acreages,
rural or urban settings, in planting native plants and
landscaping. It is full of handy information such as planning,
design, and site preparation; choosing the right grasses,
shrubs, trees, and wildflowers; water conservation; plant
maintenance and protection; planning and planting for wildlife;
rain gardens; energy conservation; weed control; culturally
significant native plants; and fire wise landscaping.
Rain
Gardens, Capturing and Using the Rains of the Great Plains. (PDF; 725 KB) Stange,
Craig and Nancy Jensen. 2007. Bismarck, ND. (ID# 7278)
Creating Native Landscapes in the Northern Great
Plains and Rocky Mountains. (PDF; 5.2 MB) Majerus, M.E., C. Reynolds, J. Scianna, S. Winslow, L.
Holzworth, and B. Woodson. 2001. USDA-NRCS, Bozeman, MT. October 2001. 16p. (ID# 1734)
Wildfire
Risk Reduction & Recovery Tips for Homeowners. (PDF; 2.36 MB)
USDA-NRCS Tucson, AZ
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