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Get on the Map!

Every yard, large or small, can provide valuable natural habitat. Native plant garden choices include rain gardens, butterfly gardens, native plant borders, stop-over habitats for migrating birds, woodland gardens or formal plantings using natives.

Backyard native plant gardening is an important component of noted naturalist Doug Tallamy’s vision which he calls a “Backyard National Park”, eventually covering millions of acres. The WPPC invites and encourages you to tell us about your backyard garden so we can demonstrate patterns, numbers and sizes of properties that are already sharing in this effort.

Add your garden to the map!

This mapping project is an important tool to reveal locations, pathways and connectedness of properties with native plantings. It also identifies where there are gaps. The WPPC’s map has become integrated into a larger, Chicago area-wide map as part of the Chicago Living Corridors.

There is significant national interest in Tallamy’s habitat corridor concept. This budding Chicagoland region-wide initiative could serve as an example and inspiration for the rest of the country!

Help make this vision a reality, add your garden, large or small, to the WPPC Garden Mapping Project map! Tell us about your backyard native garden by downloading and returning our questionnaire today.

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  • May 2022

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The WPPC’s 2022 Native Plant Sale is Sunday, May 1, from 12pm to 3pm

May 1 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The WPPC’s 2022 Native Plant Sale is Sunday, May 1, from 12pm to 3pm

We're back!  The WPPC's 2022 Native Plant Sale will be Sunday, May 1 from 12pm to 3pm in the commons area of McHenry County College.  We'll have a full selection of natives on hand for sunny, shady or moist areas of your property.  There should be a selection of heirloom […]

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1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Walk on the Wild Side, The Property of Linda and Terry Gurgone, May 15, 2022, 1pm and 3:30pm

May 15 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Walk on the Wild Side, The Property of Linda and Terry Gurgone, May 15, 2022, 1pm and 3:30pm

Description:  You are invited to take a stroll through rolling oak savanna and open prairie area on 3+ acres in the Pine Ridge subdivision in Bull Valley. Linda and Terry began restoring natives to the landscape in 1991 by adding plant diversity to their property hoping to transform it into […]

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Walk on the Wild Side, The Property of Linda and Terry Gurgone, May 15, 2022, 1pm and 3:30pm

May 15 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Walk on the Wild Side, The Property of Linda and Terry Gurgone, May 15, 2022, 1pm and 3:30pm

Description:  You are invited to take a stroll through rolling oak savanna and open prairie area on 3+ acres in the Pine Ridge subdivision in Bull Valley. Linda and Terry began restoring natives to the landscape in 1991 by adding plant diversity to their property hoping to transform it into […]

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May 1
May 1 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The WPPC’s 2022 Native Plant Sale is Sunday, May 1, from 12pm to 3pm

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May 15 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Walk on the Wild Side, The Property of Linda and Terry Gurgone, May 15, 2022, 1pm and 3:30pm

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Walk on the Wild Side, The Property of Linda and Terry Gurgone, May 15, 2022, 1pm and 3:30pm

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