Information For Homeowners, Urban, and Suburban Land Users

Updated 08/29/2008

The National Plant Materials Program provides plant materials, conservation resources, technical resources, publications, and guides for homeowners, urban and suburban land users to use for choosing plants, planting, seedbed preparation, creating native landscapes, rain gardens, community gardens, and pollinator friendly gardens.

• Resources by Topic
• Publications by Topic
• Related Web Sites by Topic
• Publications Relating to Urban Conservation
• National Plant Materials Program Conservation Fact Sheets

Features

• Creating Native Landscapes
• Camp Creek Restoration: Homeowners, Weeds and Wildflowers - Tucson Plant Materials Center, Arizona - Sep 25, 2007
• Video interview - Dwight Tober, PM Specialist and Craig Stange, Forester, North Dakota NRCS
  "Living Landscapes in North Dakota" publication. - NBC - KFYR TV, Bismarck, North Dakota, March 20, 2007
• Xeriscaping Living Laboratories in the Dakotas and Montana - Bismarck Plant Materials Center - Sep 27, 2005
• Montana Native Plants for Pollinator-Friendly Plantings - Bridger Plant Materials Center - May 31, 2005
• Community Garden Guides - Rose Lake Plant Materials Center, Michigan - Mar 14, 2005

Featured Publications

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

Some documents may require Adobe Acrobat.

Living Landscapes in North Dakota: A Guide to Native Plantscaping. (PDF; 7.8 MB) North Dakota NRCS. 2006. USDA, NRCS, Plant Materials Center., Bismarck, North Dakota. June 2006. 38p. (ID# 6598)

Living Landscapes in South Dakota - A Guide to Native Plantscaping (PDF; 13.2 MB) - This 42-page booklet is designed as a guide to help homeowners, living on acreages, rural or urban settings, in planting native plants and landscaping.  It is full of handy information such as planning, design, and site preparation; choosing the right grasses, shrubs, trees, and wildflowers; water conservation; plant maintenance and protection; planning and planting for wildlife; rain gardens; energy conservation; weed control; culturally significant native plants; and fire wise landscaping.

Rain Gardens, Capturing and Using the Rains of the Great Plains. (PDF; 725 KB) Stange, Craig and Nancy Jensen. 2007. Bismarck, ND. (ID# 7278)

Creating Native Landscapes in the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. (PDF; 5.2 MB) Majerus, M.E., C. Reynolds, J. Scianna, S. Winslow, L. Holzworth, and B. Woodson. 2001. USDA-NRCS, Bozeman, MT. October 2001. 16p. (ID# 1734)
 Wildfire Risk Reduction & Recovery Tips for Homeowners. (PDF;  2.36 MB) USDA-NRCS Tucson, AZ

< Back to Plant Materials