Delaware Ecological Extinction Task Force: Education Subcommitte: General Education Resources

• Gardening for Wildlife

  Learn about how to create a garden space that attracts birds, pollinators and more!
• Gardening with Native Plants

  Want to add more native plants to your space? Don't know anything about native plants and want to learn more? Check out this guide!
• Rain Gardens

  Check out this guide to start your own rain garden.

Invasive Plants

• Non-native Invasive Plants of Delaware (2018)
• Delaware Invasive Species Council (DISC)
• Livable Delaware booklets on native and invasive plants
• Pennsylvania Invasive Plant List

• Delaware Cooperative Extension Resources
• Delaware Livable Lawns
• UD Soil Testing Program
• UDBG Sustainable Landscapes

Bees, Butterflies & other Pollinators

• Xerces Society
• Farm Management for Native Bees
• Delaware Native Plants for Native Bees
• Monarch Nectar Plants
• Habitat Planning for Beneficial Insects
• Bee Basics an Intro to Bees

Books

• Mt. Cuba Center Library collections

• Gardening for Water and Wildlife

• Flora of Delaware
• The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
• Bringing Nature Home Plant Lists
• Chesapeake Native Plant Center
• NWF Native Plant Selector
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Finder
• Facebook Groups to look for:
  • Delaware Native Plant Identification & Exchange
  • Maryland Native Plants
  • Pennsylvania Native Plant Society FB group all post photos and info about native plants

• Rain Gardens for the Bays
• New Jersey Rain Garden Manual (note: this is a good overview but the process is geared towards non-residential landscapes): 
• Backyard Ponds
• Simple Infiltration Test

• The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Audubon Society Bird Resources
• Yard Map (a tool for creating habitat)

Facebook Pages & Groups to look for:

• Delaware Birding
• Gardening for Wildlife –Certified Wildlife Habitat
• Project Feederwatch

Phone Apps:

• Sibley Bird App (excellent)
• Merlin Bird App (less comprehensive than Sibley but pretty good and free from Cornell)

Resources for Climate Education

• Maryland & Delaware Climate Education & Research
• Toolkit for Climate Interpreters using visual narratives
• National Network for Ocean & Climate Change Interpretation

• CWH application 
• Community Wildlife Habitat

• Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide
• Create a school garden for wildlife 

Design Tips for happy neighbors

• Cues to Care
• Neighborly Natural Landscaping

• Illinois Wildflowers (faunal associations for native plants) 
• NatureServe Explorer
• Wild Ones