Native Landscaping
Native Landscaping Benefits
- Colorful attractive landscaping - year round
- No more lawn to mow
- Attract native pollinators and wildlife
- Help filter run off from your roof or lawn
- Low to no maintenance after the first three years
- No more irrigation needed for a green garden
- Provide healthy habitat and reduce your carbon footprint

Whatcom CD Offers multiple native landscaping programs
Native landscaping programs vary by region, but some offer free design, project coordination, and installation of native landscaping at your home! Learn more by visiting the program below.

Additional Info and Links
Rain Gardens
Find out more about Rain Gardens, linked below
Terms:
P = (Plug): Seedling grown in a plastic tube for 1 year. A plant grown as a plug will develop a more fibrous root system than one grown in the field.
BR = Bare root: seedling with soil removed from roots.
Other Districts Plant Sale Pages
Other helpful Native Plant Sites:
- WSU Plants of the PNW
- Washington Native Plant Society
- The Burke Museum of Hatural History and Culture/University of Washington Herbarium
- USDA Plant Database
- LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center
- WACD Plant Materials Center
- Hansen's Northwest Native Plants Database
- E-Flora BC
- USDA Forest Service-Celebrating Wildflowers
- Native Plants PNW
- WSU Extension Community Horticulture