Arbor Day 2023 Native Tree Seedling Giveaway - 150 for the 150th!

NY Times March 31, 2021
In The Garden article by Margaret Roach
These large, long-lived trees support more life-forms than any other trees in North America. And they’re magnificent.

Washington Post April 7, 2023
Opinion by Dana Milbank
When it comes to the world’s biodiversity crisis — as many as 1 million plant and animal species face near-term extinction because of habitat loss ― I am part of the problem. I’m sorry to say that if you have a typical urban or suburban landscape, your lawn and garden are also dooming the Earth.

NY Times April 17, 2023
Opinion by Margaret Renkl
And that’s the best part, the most joyful, heart-lifting truth about what happens when we make even a little space for the natural world to live safely in the built landscape: Wildness stands ready to move right in as soon as we get out of the way.

The mission of the Natural Resources Division is to protect and enhance the natural resources in Town, including wetlands, ponds, streams, riparian corridors, open space, and farmland, and to provide environmental outreach and education to Concord residents.

Concord Natural Resources Division's native plant brochure includes bloom period, common name, botanical name, flower color, max height, water needs, and notes.

Here you will find a list of Concord's invasive plants with links to a page on each one. Each page includes some background, the main problems, how to control the plant, and good replacements for your garden.

The history of Concord is deeply rooted in conservation and preservation. Today that means mitigating our contribution to climate change and being resilient to the impacts of climate change including drought, flooding, winter storms, and extreme heat. The way in which we manage our landscapes impact our water supply, water quality, biodiversity, energy consumption, and soil health.

Mission: We inspire people to action across the Commonwealth, on behalf of native plants and the diversity of life they support.

All of the books here are valuable resources for learning. While this list is long, we have not included every publication on the subject of native plant landscaping, but only those we feel are the most useful, well researched, and based on sound ecological science.

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects the natural world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.

Homegrown National Park is a grassroots call-to-action to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function by planting native plants and creating new ecological networks.

What’s the Rush? Doug Tallamy, Co-Founder of Homegrown National Park, presents the grassroots science-based solution to the biodiversity crisis and explains why it's so urgent.