Gardening with Native Plants: A Biodiversity Handbook
Gardening with Native Plants, published in 2010, is packed with over 60 colour photographs and introduces the reader to the benefits of native plant gardening. This 24-page handbook focuses on the Carolinian Region and provides tips to attract butterflies and birds. A listing of 150 garden plants and trees is included, along with a sample garden plan. Cost $5. Please add $3 shipping and handling for mail orders. For more information, or to arrange for mail orders, please email: nature@longpointlandtrust.ca. Send payments, made out to Long Point Basin Land Trust, to P.O. Box 468, Port Rowan, Ontario, N0E 1M0.
Helping wildlife at home
This eight-page pocket guide can help you make your property a great place for wildlife. It includes useful plant lists and ideas for creating habitat areas in your yard or country property. Give local wildlife and long-distance migrants a helping hand and make your surroundings more diverse, interesting and colourful! Download the guide.
Conserving Carolinian Reptiles
Conserving Carolinian Reptiles is a profusely illustrated handbook with over 150 colour photographs. This 60-page publication is an excellent identification guide to all Ontario turtles, snakes and skinks, and includes additional information about reptile biology, the Carolinian Region and conservation. Visit us on Facebook to see sample pages. Cost $10. Please add $4 shipping and handling for mail orders.
For more information, or to arrange for mail orders, please email: nature@longpointlandtrust.ca. Send payments, made out to Long Point Basin Land Trust, to P.O. Box 468, Port Rowan, Ontario, N0E 1M0.
Digging in for Reptiles, originally published in The Blazing Star, newsletter of the North American Native Plant Society, www.nanps.org.