Native Plant Kit Fundraiser
PVGC uses our fundraising proceeds to: Develop and maintain the beautiful gardens at the Potomac Library, teach children about the wonderful world of gardening, hold butterfly releases, hold workshops for seniors to create their own floral arrangements, and many other wonderful activities!
For our first online plant sale, we are selling kits of 15 native plants for $60 (plus tax). Each kit contains three types of plants (5 of each plant) for either sun or shade.
Why go native?
Preserve Maryland’s biodiversity — When you include a plant in your garden, you impact the natural areas near your home. When the plant you have included is locally native, your garden actually benefits wild plant populations.
Support native pollinators — Research shows that using native plants is the best way to create a haven for pollinators like native bees and butterflies and even to attract beneficial insects that will help the rest of your garden. Why? Over millennia, native insects and native plants have co-evolved and reached an intricate balance. Many insects can only eat the plants they co-evolved with.
Support native song birds — Native plants provide the abundance of seed, berries, and habitat required by our native bird species. Also, by supporting robust native insect populations, native plants are indirectly responsible for providing the insect food that most baby song birds require.
Low-input landscapes — Conventional landscapes featuring large lawns and showy alien flowers are often sustained with high levels of fossil fuel use, fertilizers, pesticides, and supplemental water. By siting native plants in conditions where they naturally compete well, you can create low-input landscapes.
