Doug Tallamy Resources

Doug is a frequent keynote speaker at Tour events and the author of “Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens” and the New York Times bestseller “Nature’s Best Hope”

San Francisco Bay Area native plants and the number of species of butterflies and moths that will lay eggs on them.
(PDF or Excel)

For comparison a list of non-native ornamental plants, and the number of species of butterflies and moths that will lay eggs on them.
(PDF or Excel)

Doug Tallamy developed these lists, which are Bay Area specific.

Somerville, MA Passes First-of-Its-Kind Native Planting Ordinance
Somerville has passed a Native Planting Ordinance that establishes minimum requirements for native plants and trees to be planted in City-owned parks, open spaces, and streets

City of Santa Monica’s garden / garden study – garden\garden was a public demonstration garden that showed native plant gardens are cost-effective, environmentally beneficial, and easy to replicate. A nine-year case study documenting the resource consumption at the two gardens showed that the native garden used 83% less water; generated 56% less green waste and requires 68% less maintenance than the Traditional Garden.
The numbers speak for themselves! View the comparison chart of water use, green waste generation, and maintenance hours between the traditional garden and the native plant garden.
View the full garden / garden report: garden-garden 2013