The combined crises of climate change and biodiversity loss can feel overwhelming, but there are specific, hopeful actions we can take right here at home. As weather extremes become a way of life, native plant landscaping gives each of us a way to improve local climate resilience and support the web of life. Read on to learn more.
Adapt to Climate Change
There is hope in action
Climate change demands that we change
Wildfire is a natural part of California's ecosystems. People in wildfire prone areas are learning to live with it and help reduce extreme events by understanding the characteristics of their local habitats and managing their properties accordingily.
Wildfire resources for gardeners
A gardener's thoughts after the Camp Fire
Jennifer Jewell is the popular author and host of the Cultivating Place podcast. Read her personal reflections on adaptation and learning to live with wildfire.
Weathering the storms
Wildfire isn't the only phenomenon Californians are experiencing. The state's changing climate makes it a place of increasing extremes, with drought one season and severe flooding the next. Native plant gardening can be a strategic way to make your land, however large or small, more resilient. See our tips below.
Gardening in a drought
Check out our full collection of drought resources on cnps.org
Strength through the seasons
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