Our Favourite Plant Lists

RBG Ecologist, Charlie Briggs Plant List
Ecologist, Stefan Weber’s Plant List
Paul O'Hara's Plant List
Brenda Van Ryswyk's Plant List
Toronto native pollinator plant list (categorized by flowering time, includes sun exposure needs and butterfly host indicator).
CVC native plants for pollinators

​Themed Gardens.
Check out Leaf for suggested plants for bees, butterflies, songbirds, etc. 
www.yourleaf.org/shrubs-garden-kits-and-pawpaws
https://www.yourleaf.org/sites/default/files/2018-kit-butterfly.pdf
https://www.yourleaf.org/sites/default/files/2018-kit-songbird.pdf
https://www.yourleaf.org/sites/default/files/2018-kit-bee.pdf
https://www.yourleaf.org/sites/default/files/2018-kit-shade.pdf

Where to Buy Plants & Seeds

Ontario Native Plants
Wildflower Farms Native Seed Mix lists
Verbinnen's Nursery, Dundas Verbinnen’s Nursery specializes in growing native (indigenous) species of tree and shrub seedlings. Their products are used for naturalization projects, roadside plantings, commercial and residential landscaping and for growing on in larger containers and field production.

Check on our events page for local plant sales.