Native Plant Kits Available

Native plants are those that have grown and thrived in this area since before settlers made this area home.  Native plants are beautiful, low maintenance, and provide ideal food for many pollinators! This spring take the guesswork out of your landscaping and go native by purchasing one of the Soil and Water Conservation District’s native plant kits.

Marsh Milkweed

Each native plant kit is contains 50 native plants for $120 and takes the guesswork out of plant selection by providing a set of plants that will be perfect for your yard. There is a kit for any area of your landscape including pollinator garden, rain garden (for wetter areas), prairie garden, and shade garden.  Each kit contains 10 different species of native plants and can fill a space anywhere from 50 to 150 square feet.

Plant kit orders can be placed online at www.hamiltonswcd.org or by visiting the SWCD office at 1717 Pleasant Street in Noblesville. Orders and payment are due by April 24^th.  The plant kits will be available for pick up at the SWCD office on Friday May 13^th.

This native plant kit sale is part of the Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department’s Mission Monarch program. Mission Monarch is a year of events and education on the Monarch butterfly and how we can help pollinators! Learn more here: http://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/1129/Mission-Monarch

More information on native plants and additional sources for native plant purchases can be found on the Hamilton County SWCD website or by contacting Claire Lane, Urban Conservationist with 

Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District.