Benefits of native gardening

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Please provide specific benefits of native gardening. Thanks.

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Thank you for reaching out to Toronto Master Gardeners in regard to using native plants in your garden. There are many, many benefits to doing so. Below is a comprehensive article which deals with the planting of native shrubs developed by Toronto Master Gardeners.

https://www.torontomastergardeners.ca/gardeningguides/gardening-with-native-shrubs-a-toronto-master-gardeners-guide/

Here is another article developed by a number of Toronto organizations including the City of Toronto outlining the benefits of gardening with native plants and providing a list of plants suitable to the City of Toronto.

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/pe/bgrd/backgroundfile-113557.pdf

We wish you every success.