Free Wild Thumb app supports native planting
Want to create the perfect pollinator paradise at home? There’ s an app for that! Wild Thumb, the only native planting app made just for
Texas, is available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
This free app from Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation will help you turn your outdoor space into a wild new haven for pollinators. Whether you want to add a few potted plants to your porch, create a new garden bed, or grow a whole pocket prairie, Wild Thumb will help you select the best native plants or seed mixes for your region based on your zip code.
With Wild Thumb’ s interactive design tool, the pollinator possibilities are endless. Simply drag and drop plants onto plots of all shapes and sizes to reimagine any space. With step-by-step guidance, watering reminders and freeze alerts, and a directory of Texas nurseries that sell native plants, Wild Thumb takes the guesswork out of creating and maintaining a blooming, buzzing outdoor space that will have pollinators all a-flutter.
It’ s all part of TPWF’ s Pollinators & Prairies program. Powered by Presenting Sponsor H-E-B Our Texas, Our Future and Contributing Sponsor Phillips 66, the program encourages Texans to create native habitat in yards and communities across the state.
Visit https:// www. wildthumb. org / for more information.
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