Join a plant swap
Many native plants are easy to cultivate by splitting up large clumps or collecting seeds. Finding commonly used plants can be easy on a plant swap page where others have too many.
Volunteer in a native garden
Native gardens are always producing extra plants where they are unwanted. Gardeners get first pick of rehoming these wayward plants.
Start with seeds
Collect seeds from established gardens to take home. Ordering seeds is cheaper and they ship easier.
Buy smaller plants
Whether plants are sold in plug tubes or one-gallon pots they are all roughly the same size after three years. Plants can’t really begin growing until they are in the soil so plant them early.
Collect leaf and lawn mulch.
Befriend the neighbor that puts leaf bags on the curb and collect them as a landscape mulch. Grass clipping can also be collected and used to make compost. Try to avoid those that use chemicals on their yards.
Make you own soil
Compost yard and kitchen waste to have the healthiest soil on the block. No fertilizers needed.
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