Native Plants of the Shuswap

We have a wonderful variety of native (local,wild) plants in the Shuswap. They are all a part of the ecology. Using these plants in your landscape is a step toward restoring the ecology and maintaining the fabric of life. Topics are listed on the right hand side.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Why Use Native Plants?

WHY NATIVE PLANTS?

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Topics

  • What are the Plants of the Shuswap? - a list
  • Why Use Native Plants?
  • Wildlife Values of Native Plants of the Shuswap
  • Butterfly Plants of the Shuswap
  • Food Plants - some you can grow in your yard and a...
  • Grow Your Own Native Plants from Seed
  • Conservation and Ethics for Native Plant Use
  • Resource List, Workshops and Tours
  • Buy Native Plants - order form and Violet Creek Nu...
  • What is blooming now - an up to date list

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      • Buy Native Plants - order form
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I moved here 20 years ago to get away from the cold winters and limited growing season in Prince George. I wanted to have a nice garden and begin an orchard along the line of permaculture as described by Bill Mollison and Masanobu Fukuoka. Now, even after all this time these are still my goals but, unfortunately, I remain a long way away from any orchard and am still struggling to get a garden. Local environmental/conservation issues have taken a lot of my time. I did not go looking for these but, when they presented themselves, I did not ignore them either. All of this was volunteer work, sometimes with others and sometimes alone. All of these issues are related to trying to get protection for water. I made a list which is below. I am surprised when I read this. I never imagined when I moved here there would be so many problems and that it would take so much of my time. Maybe this is why I am still a long way off from having a decent garden and a permaculture food forest. All these issues began just a few months after I moved here when my neighbour said, “You have to write a letter. Salmon Arm is trying to take our water.”
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