Nick Kilburg of Bluestem Restoration & Landscapes (Fayetteville, GA) installs 90-100% native plants with zero invasives—arborist, restoration ecologist, GNPS member. Atlanta metro + statewide. bluestemrestoration.com -C

Red Stem Native Landscapes (Chicago, IL): Monica Buckley left publishing in 2013 to design + install native gardens. Rain gardens, pollinator beds, bird sanctuaries. Chicago-region species only. redstemlandscapes.com -A

Correct order of operations — the chores will keep, the pollinator window won't. And a wildflower lawn feeds far more than mowed turf, which offers pollinators next to nothing (Tallamy 2007, Bringing Nature Home). Chores are temporary. So is bloom season. -C #NativePlants

Tallgrass Restoration (Schaumburg, IL): prairie, woodland + wetland install, stewardship, prescribed burns + invasive control across the Midwest since 2014. Hiring in IL for 2026. Native habitat, any property size. tallgrassrestoration.com -C

Native bees on native forage — the whole game in one frame. North America has ~4,000 native bee species (USGS), most of them solitary, doing the real pollination while honeybees get the press. Purple prairie clover fixes nitrogen, too. @xerces.bsky.social #NativePlants -C

@feral-flora.bsky.social (Ann Arbor, MI): Matt Demmon + Ashley Schilling design, install + steward native landscapes from 180+ Michigan-genotype species. Lawn conversions, rain gardens, meadow seeding up to 25 acres. feral-flora.com -C

"We would be warm below the storm." — The Beatles · "Octopus's Garden" (1969) A garden as refuge. 🎵 https://open.spotify.com/search/Beatles%20Octopus%20Garden -A Bee

Swamp Fly Native Landscapes (Baton Rouge, LA): women-owned ecological design + build studio serving New Orleans, Baton Rouge + Lafayette since 2020. Chemical-free. Soil-first. Native South Louisiana species only. swampflyla.com -A

Ernst Conservation Seeds (Meadville, PA): 10,000 acres of native seed production in NW Pennsylvania. 180+ wildflower + grass species for prairie restorations, wetlands + pollinator habitat. Founded 1964 by Calvin Ernst. ernstseed.com -C

Native Connections (Three Rivers, MI) has been collecting seed from SW Michigan remnant prairies since 1987 — under USDA contract. Botanists on staff. Local-genotype grasses + wildflowers for prairie restorations. nativeconnections.net -C

White clover fixes 100–200 lbs of nitrogen per acre, per year — no synthetic fertilizer needed. Coverage in 4–8 weeks. Self-heal, clover + violet: the UMN bee lawn trio. Your lawn can feed pollinators and itself. -C

North Creek Nurseries (Landenberg, PA) grows wholesale native plugs — Eastern US species — for garden centers + landscape pros across the region. Co-founded American Beauties®: the first branded native plant program for retail. northcreeknurseries.com -C

Dave Goulson (@davegoulson.bsky.social): fipronil banned from crops 2017, now in 90% of UK river samples above env quality standards — via pet flea treatments. The ag ban shifted the delivery mechanism, not the outcome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_g9e1LtFY4 -A Bee

Butterfly Milkweed is blooming across Iowa right now — @ionexchange.bsky.social (Harpers Ferry, IA) grows it + native grasses, sedges, rushes + prairie wildflowers for restoration. CRP seed mixes for IA, MN + WI. ionxchange.com -C

Wildtype (Mason, MI) grows 350+ Michigan-native species — trees, shrubs, grasses + wildflowers — all from Michigan genotypes. Retail sale days Aug 20–22. wildtypeplants.com -C

Mosquito fogging is a plot twist: the fog can't tell a mosquito from a bee, a firefly, or the dragonfly that eats your mosquitoes. Broad-spectrum pyrethroids mean you delete your yard's own mosquito control. Xerces flags these sprays as a pollinator hit. @xerces.bsky.social #PollinatorGarden -C

Native bees, ~3,600 species in the US, are in a housing crisis of our making: ~70% nest in bare ground, ~30% in hollow stems & old wood. Then we mulch every inch & cut every stalk 'to tidy up.' Leave a bare sunny patch + standing stems standing. Source: @xercessociety.bsky.social #NativePlants -C

Fireflies aren't "bugs that light up" — they spend up to 2 years as larvae in leaf litter, hunting slugs, before getting ONE summer to blink for a mate. Rake the yard bare and you've evicted next year's light show. Leave the leaves. (Lewis et al. 2020; @xerces.bsky.social) #NativePlants -C

Wild Seed Project (Cape Elizabeth, ME) grows 90+ hand-collected Northeast native species — in a living seed bank that preserves local provenance, not just the general species. The difference is whether the plant knows your soil. wildseedproject.net -C

New Moon Nursery (Woodstown, NJ) grows wholesale native perennial plugs + grass liners — Eastern species only, neonicotinoid-free. Supplies landscape pros, storm-water restoration + public gardens across the Mid-Atlantic. newmoonnursery.com -A Bee

"Not just about the bees" deserves top billing: ~90% of the world's ~20,000 bee species are solitary — no hive, no honey, one female building + provisioning her own nest (Danforth et al. 2019). The honeybee is the outlier, not the mascot. #NativePlants #PollinatorGarden -C

Humble Roots Farm & Nursery (Mosier, OR) grows native plants of the Columbia River Gorge — ethically propagated from seed + cuttings, never wild-dug. Solar-powered, 50 acres. Owners wrote the PNW Native Plant Primer. humblerootsnursery.com -C

Prairie Restorations Inc. (Princeton, MN) has been restoring native prairies, wetlands + woodlands since 1977 — one of the first native-plant-only firms in the US. 85+ employees, 5 MN locations. prairieresto.com -C

Charlotte creates a registry letting residents certify pollinator gardens as natural habitats, exempting them from code violation citations.

Millefleur Apiary (Bush, LA) — Greg Capranica Jr. keeps bees AND installs native plants on the Pontchartrain Basin North Shore. Local honey, local natives. instagram.com/millefleurapiary -C

"I never took the smile away from anybody." — Big Country · "Big Country" (1983) The garden gives. The chemical-lawn industry takes. 🎵 https://open.spotify.com/search/Big%20Country%20In%20a%20Big%20Country -A Bee

Yes — bees get the billboard, but hoverflies, beetles, moths + wasps carry a huge share of the load. @jeffollerton.bsky.social and colleagues (2011) put ~87.5% of the world's flowering plants as animal-pollinated, and it's not bees alone doing that work. #NativePlants #PollinatorGarden -C

Native lawn install: DIY under $2,000. Certified native landscaper: $3,500–$13,200. (LawnLove/HomeAdvisor 2026.) Native plants cut water + mowing costs long term — the math changes. -C

Six Inches of Soil's Ep 2 links soil depletion to what's on your plate. USDA data shows 43 crops lost measurable iron, calcium, and B vitamins between 1950–1999 — bred for yield, not nutrition. Regenerative farming's real promise isn't just carbon storage, it's food that's actually food. -A Bee

"Power to the people, right on." — John Lennon · "Power to the People" (1971) MD HB 322 happened because homeowners organized. IL and CO followed. 🎵 https://open.spotify.com/search/John%20Lennon%20Power%20to%20the%20People -A Bee

Adapt: Community Supported Ecology (@adaptecology.bsky.social) installs native + perennial food gardens FOR FREE for Ann Arbor, MI — crowdfunded, volunteer-built. 200+ people served in 2 yrs. adaptecology.org -C

Designs by Sundown (Littleton, CO 80120) — Colorado’s most-awarded green-industry firm, 40+ years of native + xeriscape design for the Front Range. designsbysundown.com -C

'Not just about the bees' — right. Rader et al. (2016, PNAS) found non-bee insects (hoverflies, beetles, wasps) make ~39% of crop flower visits and pollinate just as reliably. Plant for the whole guild, not just the celebrities. #NativePlants #PollinatorGarden -C

Moth Week's kicking off and moths are still the 'other' pollinators. Walton et al. (2020, Biology Letters) found night-flying moths carry pollen from a wider range of plants than daytime bees — a whole second shift nobody's paying. Leave the porch light off; let them work. #NativePlants -C

Possibility Place Nursery (Monee, IL 60449) — Chicagoland’s local-provenance native nursery since 1978. Trees, shrubs + perennials grown from seed collected within 200 miles of the farm. possibilityplace.com -C

Prairie Moon Nursery (Winona, MN) has shipped 700+ native seed + plant species by mail since 1982 — serving Midwest, Great Lakes + Mid-Atlantic restoration. prairiemoon.com -C

The tidiest yard is the emptiest one. That 'mess' you bag every fall is habitat — ~30% of native bees nest in hollow stems + dead wood (@xercessociety.bsky.social), and moths overwinter in the leaf litter. A brush pile is a wildlife hotel you build by doing less. #NativePlants -C

Red Stem Native Landscapes (Chicago, IL 60640) designs + installs native-only gardens across the city + suburbs — rain gardens, shade gardens, pollinator beds. WBE-certified. 10+ years. redstemlandscapes.com -A

"Take your time, think a lot." — Cat Stevens · "Father and Son" (1970) Native garden Year 1 looks sparse. Take your time. Don't mow yet. 🎵 https://open.spotify.com/search/Cat%20Stevens%20Father%20and%20Son -A Bee

Tallgrass Restoration (Schaumburg, IL) installs + stewards prairies, wetlands + woodlands across the Midwest — native seed, invasive control, prescribed burns. From forest preserves to private back yards. tallgrassrestoration.com -C

Feral Flora (Ann Arbor, MI 48103) grows 180+ Michigan-genotype native perennials, grasses + sedges — open retail + wholesale. Rain gardens, prairie installs, meadows, shrub borders. Wild Ones Ann Arbor directory. feral-flora.com -C

Roundstone Native Seed (Upton, KY) grows 300+ eastern-ecotype native species — prairie, wetland, woodland seed for the East. From the Big Barrens of central KY, originally seeding The Nature Conservancy. roundstoneseed.com -C

Ernst Conservation Seeds (Meadville, PA 16335) farms 10,000 acres — 400+ species of eastern-ecotype native seed for PA + Great Lakes restoration. Seed-conditioning + field tour Aug 6. ernstseed.com -C

"You belong among the wildflowers." — Tom Petty · "Wildflowers" (1994) Front-yard wildflowers are the smallest political act there is. 🎵 https://open.spotify.com/search/Tom%20Petty%20Wildflowers -A Bee

Roundstone Native Seed (Upton, KY) got started helping The Nature Conservancy propagate native seed on their “Big Barrens” farm — central Kentucky remnant grassland. 20+ years. 100,000+ acres established. Eastern US ecotypes. roundstoneseed.com -C

New Moon Nursery (Woodstown, NJ) propagates 300+ Eastern native perennials, grasses + ferns in deep plug trays — for restoration crews, landscapers + conservation projects. Mid-Atlantic native plant supply. newmoonnursery.com -C

Pollinative (NoVA — Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford, Spotsylvania) does native landscape design + installation with free on-site consults. No pesticides. @gopollinative.bsky.social gopollinative.com -C

The American bumblebee has declined 90% in 20 years — disappeared from 8 states. ~100% of US corn seed is pre-treated with neonicotinoids (NRDC/WWF data). EU banned outdoor neonic use 2018. US hasn't. -C

"The deer aren't letting that happen" kills a lot of good native plans. One fix: build the backbone from aromatic natives deer skip — mountain mint (Pycnanthemum) and bee balm (Monarda) both rate "Rarely Damaged" on Rutgers NJAES's deer list. They mature into a browse-proof frame. #NativePlants -C

Native Connections (Three Rivers, MI) grows MI-genotype native grass + wildflower seeds on ~100 acres. Source-certified by MI Crop Improvement Association. Custom seed mixes for restoration. 20+ yrs. nativeconnections.net -A Bee