We’re excited to share that our partners at Plan It Wild were recently featured on NBC’s TODAY Show, showcasing the Less Lawn, More Life Challenge. This segment highlights the transformative power of rewilding lawns with native plants, turning traditional turf into thriving ecosystems that support biodiversity and combat climate change. In the clip below, Plan […]
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By James Shepherd MD PhD Yale University School of Medicine Est Read Time: 6 minutes You might think that a garden full of native plants, thicker on the ground and under the trees, jumbled together in profusion, might be a better habitat for disease-carrying ticks, bugs, and mice than a closely cropped lawn of turfgrass
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By Tim Snyder, Executive Director Est. Read Time: 5 minutes Earlier this spring, I found myself standing beneath a grove of live oaks in central Florida—massive, gnarled trees draped with Spanish moss and surrounded by the quiet hum of life. It was one of those moments that makes you slow down, tilt your head back,
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Join us for a special presentation with treecologist Basil Camu! (and make sure to download your free ebook below) Easy Ways We Can Help Heal Earth In the Sub/Urban Landscape April 17th, 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT Register for the Webinar Basil will share easy, empowering ways we can all help heal the Earth—right in
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We’ve partnered with My Home Park so you can customize your native garden and save! Custom Native Garden Design Starting at $50 My Home Park will create a complete native garden design package for your yard. $25 will go to Homegrown National Park® (HNP), and 50% of the design fee will be credited towards your
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A New Chapter for Nature, Collaboration, and Native Plants At Homegrown National Park® (HNP), we believe in the power of individual action to transform the world, one yard at a time. That’s why we were thrilled to collaborate on the message behind Camilla and the Caterpillars, a new children’s chapter book by Frances Figart, beautifully
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Try these Keystone native plants instead of (non-native) chrysanthemums to support your local pollinators and other wildlife! Keystones are the most productive native plants to support the most productive species.🐝 These plants are also container-friendly for your patio or balcony. Find more options for the most productive plants and trees using our Keystone Plant Guides.
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Announcing the launch of a brand-new series of videos created for kids in grades K-2 by WonderGrove Kids, in collaboration with Homegrown National Park! These engaging and educational videos focus on the importance of creating habitats for birds, making it easy and fun for young children to learn how they can help nature right in
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The Keystone Roll-Out Garden™ is a new collaboration with Ecoplantia featuring four keystone species and four powerful natives that pollinators thrive on. For each template that is sold, a portion of the proceeds are donated to Homegrown National Park®. Professionally designed native plant gardens printed onto bio-degradable paper and shipped with ALL of the actual plants!
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We’re thrilled that Homegrown National Park was recently featured on WGN News in Chicago! In a story highlighting the growing movement among Chicago area residents to shrink their lawns and embrace native plants, we were honored to share how this simple yet impactful shift is helping to bring nature back to the city. By transforming
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