Native Plants ARE for the Birds- Wild Ones Native Plant Sale!

 😀 We are excited to be joining the Wild Ones Native Plant Sale on Saturday, September 27th! 🥰🍃🌻🌳

Come visit our booth this Saturday, September 27th, 2025, at the Wild Ones Native Plant Sale!

-🕘 We will be there 9:00 am to 2:00 pm (Eastern Time) at the Pinhook Park Community Center, 2801 Riverside Dr, South Bend, IN, 46616
-🆓 This is a free event and open to all ages.
-🌿 There will be 9 native plant vendors and many community partner education tables!
-⚠️ See more info and presales on Wild Ones website, southbend.wildones.org

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Why do native plants work?

You may be thinking, “So, what is the big deal with so-called native plants? A plant is a plant. What possible difference can it make as to the choice of plants I use to landscape my yard? How can a beautiful plant not be good for birds and other wildlife?”

Native plants and insects have been living together for eons. You could say they grew up together. Countless types of insects 🦋🐝🐞🐜 have come to utilize specific native plants to provide food for their offspring (think caterpillars 🐛). When you replace these native plants with undesirable ones 👎🌱 (think turf grass), the entire process comes to a screeching halt. Insect populations crash and so do the bird 🐦🐣 populations that count on them as food for their nestlings.

📲💻 For more info. on the benefits of native planting for birds, visit our site at https://www.wbu.com/birds-plants-the-choices-we-make-matter/.