Since wild-type plants are grown from wild seed, they have a representative mix of the genes present in wild populations of the parent plants. Nativars on the other hand, are typically cloned plants, so each one is genetically identical …

View or download a PDF of our Shady Native Perennial Pollinator Garden Bed Template, created in collaboration with Portland Pollinator Partnership.

View or download a PDF of our Sunny Native Perennial Pollinator Garden Bed Template, created in collaboration with Portland Pollinator Partnership.

In the winter of 2015, Wild Seed Project engaged the Conway School of Landscape Design to conduct a research project focused on a city-wide pollinator corridor for Portland …

Viburnums are plants that just keep on giving. While they bloom in the spring, these plants provide enjoyment throughout the year ...

Planting a native tree is a powerful act that directly benefits local wildlife, moderates ground temperature, and helps remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere …

Wasps are among the gardener’s best friends, and they deserve our protection. At the forefront of consuming caterpillars and other insect larvae in the garden and wild landscapes are various predatory wasps…

In urban areas, green spaces of natural habitat rapidly lose biodiversity if they exist in isolated patches. Many cities across the country and the world are working to promote corridors of native plants in an urban environment …

As we wait in hopeful anticipation for an increase in monarch butterfly populations, we can prepare for their arrival by planting native species that provide food and habitat for these beautiful creatures…

We humans have altered the natural landscape and reduced pollinating insects’ ability to survive, but we can bring their habitat back. Creating corridors of native plants stretching across the landscape, from healthy wild habitats through farmland and into …

Native plant corridors attract pollinators and wildlife to your farm by stretching across your property to connect your piece of native habitat to nearby meadows, wetlands or woodlands. This creates a much larger area for native pollinators …