One of the fastest growing backyard gardening trends in Georgia is gardening with native plants. One reason why this movement is so popular among backyard wildlife watchers is that, as a general rule, the greater the number and diversity of native plants growing in a yard, the more and varied are the wildlife species living there.
When you consider the fact that 80 percent of the plants growing in our yards are non-native, there a lot of things we can do to make our yards more wildlife friendly. One of the easiest ways to begin is when it comes time to remove a non-native replace it with a native plant.
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The Georgia Native Plant Society web page is helpful in locating local nurseries that carry natives. Also, the GNPS has sales from time to time. The prices at their sales are reasonable.