Bellevue Native Plant Society

05/01/2025

Come see us on May 17th and score some native plants!

🐛🦋🐝Following a beautiful Earth Day, here is our official event announcement! 🐝🦋🐛

Saturday, May 17th
1 - 4pm
Omaha South High School Gym (click link below for parking instructions)

YOU can help us get nearly 7,000 native perennial plants into the ground by attending the Native Plant Giveaway and Environmental Expo to receive your FREE predesigned garden (first 250 households in attendance). New this year: if you miss the cutoff to receive a garden, the next 50 households will receive a Pollinator Power 4-Pack of plants!

https://www.nemonarchs.com/post/nebraska-monarchs-presents-the-2025-native-plant-giveaway-and-environmental-expo

Thank you to our Event Sponsors: Nebraska Environmental Trust, Audubon Society of Omaha, Midwest Natives Nursery, JSS Charitable Fund, and Don & Rachel Novak

02/01/2025

A meadow of liatris is always a good time for pollinators.

11/19/2024

A great regional native and a good replacement to exotic shrubs and perennials for fall color.

Deciduous trees and shrubs tend to be our go-to sources for fall color, but perennials can be another way to add a splash of vibrancy to late-season gardens or yards. Consider bluestar (Amsonia), for example, which offers an unexpected burst of warm, golden yellow at this time of year.

There are many species of Amsonia and quite a few reliable cultivars, but the three we prefer to work with are eastern bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana), shining bluestar (Amsonia illustris) and threadleaf bluestar (Amsonia hubrictii, pictured here).

NSA Sustainable Landscape Specialist Sarah Buckley has some great information to share about Amsonia over on The Canopy Blog. Read more here --> https://plantnebraska.org/resources-events/the-canopy-blog.html/article/2024/11/12/all-about-amsonia

07/11/2024

We've got the ball rolling for a BNPS"Omaha metro area" native plant garden walk. If you would like to signup for your garden to be showcased, please fill out the form here and email your garden photos to [email protected].

Thank you!

The Bellevue Native Plant Society is hosting an Omaha Metro Area native plant garden walk on Sunday, October 6th from 9am-12pm. Please fill out this form and email your garden photos to bellevuenat…

06/05/2024

Come see us this month and get your "plant nerd" on at Benson Bounty's Pollinator Party! Mark your calendars. See you there!

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05/31/2024

Thanks to recent donations, we were able to:

🌿purchase 2 bags of potting soil
🌿make a $300 donation to the Bellevue Public Library to purchase: 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch: Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America's Most Beloved Butterfly, Iwigara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science, Lawns Into Meadows, 2nd Edition: Growing a Regenerative Landscape, A Northern Gardener's Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators, Wild Flowers of North America: Botanical Illustrations by Mary Vaux Walcott, Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants, and The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win The War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and Other Pollinators
🌿Set aside $300 for the purchase of new society tees and tanks

Thank you all so much for your continued support. We will make an additional post when new shirts come in. We still have a few 2024 Garden Design booklets left if anyone would like to purchase one.

Exciting society news to come!

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04/17/2024

Have a school or church or local business that would like free native plants for a garden? Apply here through Nebraska Monarchs' application!

Thank you for your interest in our 5th Annual Native Plant Giveaway! Complete this application on behalf of a group/organization (non-profit, church, school, club, neighborhood, business, etc.) to be considered to receive free native perennial plants. Individuals may apply as long as plants will be....