Westchester Community College, State University of New York

Resources

Learn more about native plants by visiting these websites and on-site locations. 

National

• Ask the Expert – Mr. Smarty Plants – Native Plant Information Network: Ask the Expert
• America in Bloom
• American Gardener
• Ecological Landscaping Association
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center
• Landscape for Life
• The Wild Ones

Regional

• Planting Westchester
• Around the Grounds
• Federated Conservationists of Westchester County:
• Hudsonia:
• Institute of Ecosystem Studies:
• Invasive Plant Council of NYS

• Leave Leaves Alone

• Metro Forest Council:

• The Garden Education Center of Greenwich:

Plant Societies

• Finger Lakes Native Plant Society;
• New England Wild Flower Society:
• New York Flora Association:

• Niagara Frontier Botanical Society:
• Olive Natural Heritage Society:

• Torrey Botanical Society:

Native Plant Nurseries

• Catskill Native Nursery

• Native Landscapes

• Rosedale Nurseries, Inc.

Native Plant Information

• Native Orchids of New York State:

• Natureserve Explorer (the Nature Conservancy’s online biodiversity encyclopedia): 

• New York State Natural Heritage Program:

• NYS Biodiversity Institute

Sites to Visit in Westchester

• Teatown Lake Reservation
  (914) 762-2912

• Greenburgh Nature Center
  (914) 723-3470

• Rye Nature Center
  (914) 967-5150

• Trailside Nature Museum
  (914) 864-7322

• Westchester County Nature Preserves

• Cranberry Lake Preserve
  (914) 428-1005

• Croton Point Park Nature Center
  (914) 862-5297

• Lenoir Preserve
• (914) 968-5851

• Marshlands Conservancy
  (914) 835-4466

• Read Sanctuary
  (914) 967-8720

• Ward Pound Ridge
  (914) 864-7317