Brochures & Reference Materials

Composting

  1. Home Composting
  2. Composting is Easy
  3. Compost Food Web Poster

Conservation

  1. Mass Audubon's Value of Nature Fact Sheets (PDF. Learn more at https://www.massaudubon.org/)
  2. Bumble Bee Conservation Brochure
  3. Pollinator Conservation
  4. Neonicotinoid in Your Garden
  5. Nests for Native Bees
  6. Tunnel Nests for Native Bees
  7. Best Bees Residential Services
  8. Improving Bee Health
  9. Best Bees Fact Sheet

Ecological Landscaping and Gardening

  1. Healthy Lawns and Landscapes
  2. Tips for Organic Lawns
  3. Project Integrated Crop Pollination
  4. Native Plants for Sun
  5. North American Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Wildflowers
  6. Native Plants Which Support Insects
  7. Native Ground Covers and Low-Grows
  8. Native Plants for Shade
  9. Native Edible Plants
  10. Edible Native Plants for Shade
  11. Butterfly Garden
  12. Butterfly Gardening Fact Sheet
  13. Northeast Pollinator Plant List
  14. Perennials for Pollinators
  15. Plants that attract Butterflies and Birds
  16. Deer Resistant Native Plants
  17. NRC Invasive Species booklet 2020

Insect and Pest Management Resources

  1. Emerald Ash Borer (PDF)
  2. Gypsy Moth (PDF)
  3. Handling Ash (PDF)
  4. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (PDF)
  5. Winter Moth (PDF)

Urban Forest Resources

  1. Caring for New Trees (PDF)
  2. Growing Your Community Forest (PDF)
  3. Investing in Urban Trees (PDF)
  4. Protecting Our Community Trees (PDF)
  5. Setback Tree Plantings (PDF)
  6. Tree Boards and Committees (PDF)
  7. Tree City USA in Massachusetts (PDF)
  8. Tree Inventories and Surveys (PDF)
  9. Tree Planting 101 (PDF)
  10. Trees and Roads Working Together (PDF)
  11. Trees for Your Urban and Community Forest (PDF)