Why is planting shrubs, trees, ferns, herbs, flowers, climbers, and grasses so important?
Wild about Weeds can prep the soil, source plants, and get them in the ground.

Here are some reasons to add plants to your land. While we focus on native plants, there is a place for your favourite exotics - but not invasive plants. 
​Every plant contributes to:

1. Make your garden attractive with greenery, flowers, scent, and texture. Add a mystery, what will happen each season? New flowers, berries, fungi. 
2. Invite birds, insects, lizards and other organisms to your place. They help with pest control and pollination.
3. Suppress weeds.
4. Create shelter, privacy, shade, hide ugly things, cover bare soil.
5. Create a lifecycle. New plants will gradually replace diseased and older plants. Replicating natural bush with plants at different life stages.
6. Create biodiversity at all levels: plants, insects, underground microorganisms and mycorrhizal fungi, birds, lizards. A place for creatures to rest, feed and shelter. 
7. Reduce water and nutrients getting washed away in the rain, and potentially erosion risk.
8. Mitigate climate change.

Every action helps, no matter how small.

Wellington ecological restoration experts Te Motu Kairangi explain the reasons for planting natives.

Native plant gallery

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