Native Plants Benefit People & Climate

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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One out of three people purchasing plants last year actually purchased native plants. We can be empowered and make a difference by what we choose to plant by impacting the climate and ecosystem. Native plants can generate oxygen, sequester carbon, filter pollutants from water, and improve the soil. The California Native Plant Society is a great resource for California plant lists which you can find at https://www.cnps.org/helpful-tools Connect with Mary Phillips: Mary Phillips is the head of Garden for Wildlife™ at National Wildlife Federation. Mary will share about why it’s vital to grow native species, reveal the perfect plants for every region, and provide tips on how to cultivate the optimal home for local pollinators. Garden For Wildlife National Wildlife Federation Code GARDEN22 - 20% off wildlife sign and certification Code EPIC22 - 20% off plants and pollinator packages Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm from the obvious benefits of native plants for wildlife, which we've talked about
0:17.9	a little bit here so far this week.
0:20.1	They also benefit ourselves and the larger climate as a whole.
0:25.0	So we have Mary Phillips back on the show.
0:26.8	She's the head of Garden for Wildlife at the National Wildlife Federation.
0:30.6	This might be a piece of native's, Mary, that I personally haven't heard a lot of people
0:35.8	talk about.
0:36.8	And so I'm curious what you guys have seen to be the major benefits for us and certainly
0:41.5	for the climate.
0:42.5	Absolutely.
0:43.5	So one of the exciting things is, as you were saying, native plants are good for the wildlife
0:48.2	and people.
0:49.2	And what's really wonderful is one out of three people last year actually purchased native
0:53.2	plants.
0:54.9	That was a source of the National Gardening Association's research.
0:58.6	And what they actually saw is not only with native plants, but in plants in general,
1:04.9	what were a lot of those personal health benefits of being outside, calming, all of that.
1:12.8	But the impact that you're doing, one of the things that we've been seeing is that you're
1:16.3	also really empowered.
1:17.7	You're actually making a difference by what you're choosing to plant.
1:20.6	And we're seeing that as a significant benefit to people directly.
1:25.1	And one of the things that you can impact is the climate and the ecosystem.
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