8 Ways to Celebrate Native Plant Month

April is Native Plant Month! Did you know that native plants have many benefits? They are the best bet when it comes to supporting wildlife like butterflies and bees. Plus, they are naturally adapted to thrive in your soil and the weather of your region, making them easy to care for. Learn more about native plants here and learn how you can celebrate them this April!

1. Plan Your Garden with Native Plant Lists

Take time this April to sit down and plan your garden. One great goal is to add 5 more native species into your garden this year. Take a look at our keystone plant lists by ecoregion or go to our Native Plant Finder where you can get a custom native plant list by zip code!

2. Take a Personality Quiz to Find Out Which Native Plant YOU Are!

It’s rare that we think of plants as having personalities, but plants have a lot of interesting adaptations that give them character. Native Plant Month is a great time to take our Native Plant Personality Quiz, to see which native plant YOU are most like!

3. Buy Native Plants at 15% Off!

Use the code PLANTNATIVE15 for 15% off plant orders* at Garden for Wildlife Inc and get native plants shipped right to your doorstep!

Garden for Wildlife Inc ships to all 48 continental states and features collections of chemical-free plants that are backed by science to help the highest number of declining wildlife species.

*Excludes merch, gift cards, and bulk products. This code will only be active April 1 through April 30. This code cannot be combined with any other discount or markdown.

4. Get Your Garden Certified at 20% Off!

For the month of April, you can get your garden recognized as a Certified Wildlife Habitat® and get a yard sign, all for 20% off with the code GARDEN20 when you certify!

These signs are a great way to communicate the impact and intent of your garden to neighbors.

5. Learn How to Use Cues of Care in Your Native Garden

One question we get a lot from gardeners is about how to make their native garden look inviting and tidy to their neighbors. Just because your garden supports wildlife, doesn’t mean it needs to look wild. Find out how you can use cues of care in your garden to make it neighbor-friendly! Learn more here.

6. Create a Native Plant Container Garden

Providing essential wildlife habitat doesn’t have to take acres— it can even be done in a small container garden! Read up on our tips for creating a native plant container garden, perfect for anyone with a balcony, deck, courtyard, or window boxes!

7. Plant a Monarch-Friendly Garden

Monarch caterpillars are picky eaters. They can only eat one thing: milkweed. Milkweed is what we call their “host plant”, meaning that the caterpillar depends on it as a food source and cannot survive without it.

Discover which milkweed is best for monarchs and how you can select other nectar plants for a monarch-friendly garden! Learn more here.

8. Share Your Native Plant Journey!

Have you been planting native in your garden? We want to hear your story and see photos of your incredible landscape! Share it with us here.

These inspiring stories from gardeners like you may be shared in a blog, on social media, and even on our website as a way to inspire other gardeners to get planting.