READ BOOKS
Learn about native plant and pollinator species of Southern Vancouver Island and ecologically-focused naturescaping.

Plants of the Pacific Coast
Saanich Ethnobotany
Luschiim’s Plants
Held by the Land
50 Keystone Flora Species of Coastal BC & the Pacific Northwest – A Pocket Guide
Native Plants of British Columbia’s Coastal Dry Belt
Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest
Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island Butterflies
IWIGARA – the Kinship of Plants and People
Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples
Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge Cards
Real Gardens Grow Natives

There are many more important books that are not specific to Vancouver Island including:
Nature’s Best Hope – Douglas Tallamy
The Nature of Oaks – Douglas Tallamy
Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Serviceberry – Robin Wall Kimmerer

READ ONLINE
Learn the history of land and water and ways to support First Nations

W̱SÁNEĆ (Tsartlip, Tseycum) Nations
SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) First Nation
BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin) Nation
MÁLEXEŁ (Malahat) Nation
Xʷsepsəm (Esquimalt) Nation 
Songhees Nation
Quw’utsun (Cowichan)Tribes
Ditidaht First Nation
Halalt First Nation
Ts’uubaa-asatx Nation
Lyackson First Nation
Pacheedaht First Nation
Penelakut Tribe
Stz’uminus First Nation 
TʼSou-ke First Nation
SCʼIȺNEW̱ Nation

Learn how to support healthy ecosystems
HAT Gardening with Nature
Pollinator Partnership Canada
Native Plant Study Group
Garry Oak Ecosystem Recovery Team (GOERT)
GOERT Publications
Coastal Invasive Plant Committee
HAT Gardening with Native Plants
HAT Invasive Plants in Your Garden
Selecting Plants for Pollinators
Vancouver Island British Columbia Butterflies
District of Saanich Naturescape Program

FIND SEEDS, PLANTS & NATURESCAPERS
Purchase native plants and seeds or hire a professional within the Capital Regional District (CRD)

Satinflower Nurseries
NPSG Where to Buy Native Plants
Wilder Restoration
Garden Alchemist
Invasive Species Guy

Outside of CRD
Elder Ken Elliot’s Ts’uts’siimt Restoration Nursery, Duncan
Cowichan Green Community
Dinter Nursery
Yellow Point Propagation Ltd
Nanaimo & Area Land Trust Natural Abundance Native Plant Nursery
Kiki Nursery and Consulting, Ladysmith 
Invasive Species Guy

TEND COMMUNITY
Connect and protect as a volunteer with community restoration groups in CRD

Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT)
PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ Foundation
lək̓ʷəŋən Community Toolshed: Restoration at Maplebank
Peninsula Streams Society
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
UVIC Ecological Restoration Club
Greater Victoria Green Team
Town of View Royal Habitat Restoration


Outside CRD
Cowichan Community Land Trust
Cowichan Valley Naturalists, Duncan
Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society
Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre
CVRD Parks
Shawnigan Basin Society