The following resources can help you Start In Your Yard:
• City of Elmhurst: Rain garden cost-sharing programs, rain barrels
• Crestview Garden Club of Elmhurst: Encouraging the love of horticulture and gardening through education. Annual (spring) plant sale, including many natives.
• Dig Right In Landscaping Inc.: Eco-friendly lawn care and landscaping solutions
• DuPage Monarch Project: Increasing monarch habitat throughout the county; formal municipal resolutions; education.
• Elmhurst Garden Club: Encouraging the advancement of, and stimulating an interest in, horticulture through education; annual Garden Walk & Faire.
• Greenwise: Lawn, garden and landscape design/service
• Homegrown National Park: Dedicated to restoring biodiversity and ecosystem function through planting natives and creating new ecological networks.
• Illinois Native Plant Society
• Illinois Wildflowers
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Master Gardeners Illinois Extension: Horticultural experts serving their communities through service projects and educational programs; Help Desk; Wildflower Directory
• Morton Arboretum: Encouraging the planting and conservation of trees; education; climate and sustainability
• The Conservation Foundation: Preserving and restoring natural areas and open spaces, promoting environmental stewardship; Conservation@Home; native plant guides
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Plants Database
• Wild Ones Greater DuPage: Promoting native plants and natural landscapes