Native Garden Consulting
Native Garden Consulting
Let us help you learn how native plants can beautify your yard while providing essential food and habitat for birds and pollinators.
Native plants are a fabulous way to help fill in areas in your yard where nursery plants may struggle.
Our designs focus on installing a variety of plants that bloom all year long, from early spring to late fall!
From $99
Credentials
Shorewood Parks Commissioner, 2023-present
Minnesota Master Naturalist, 2012
Minnesota Tree Care Advisor, 2021
Native gardener, 2014
Trainings
Amy Helmers.
I am a Minnesota Master Naturalist, Tree Care Advisor, and Park Commissioner with degrees in International Relations and Public Policy. I have a deep appreciation for indigenous knowledge and believe that ancient traditions contain lessons for saving our planet today. I love working on ways to help communities better
understand the importance of their native ecosystems, and to help local governments enact eco-conscious policies. I am a practitioner of vipassana meditation and a Reiki 3 healer.
2025
- “Non-Chemical Management for Beautiful Buzzing Landscapes.” Xerces Society & Bee City and Bee Campus USA, 10/21/2025
- “Top 3 Stress-Melting Herbal Oils.” Kami McBride, 11/9/2025
- “Using Plants to Control Buckthorn.” MnSTAC October Forum
- “Buzzing with Biodiversity: A Celebration of the
Incredible Work of Bee City & Bee Campus Affiliates.” Bee City and Bee Campus USA, 9/30/2025 - “Eco-Beneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis.” Wild Ones, 9/18/2025.
- “Spruce Budworm in Minnesota’s Spruce-Fir Forests.” MN DNR, 8/6/2025.
- Managing Forests as Habitat in a Changing World: A Panel Discussion Webinar Series.” US Fish & Wildlife Service
– “Riparian Habitat Preservation and Management.” 7/15/2025 - “Unlocking Local Dollars for Minnesota’s Outdoors.” Trust for Public Land, 7/15/2025.
- “Native Edible Plantings.” City of Minnetonka, 7/10/2025.
- “Forest Management for Wildlife: Early, Mid, and Late Successional Forests.” UMN Extension webinar series, 4/2, 4/9, & 4/16/2025.
- “Forestry for Minnesota Birds – What Can Birds Tell Us?” UMN Extension Fridays with a Forester web series, 4/25/2025.
- “2025 Participatory Science Projects.” UMN Extension Fridays with a Forester web series, 4/18/2025.
- “Finding and Working With a Local Woodland Service Provider.” UMN Extension Fridays with a Forester web series, 4/11/2025.
- “ACORNS: Access, Collection, Organization, and Redistribution of Nuts and Seeds.” UMN Extension Fridays with a Forester web series, 3/28/2025.
- “Expanding Agroforestry: Grants and Practices.” UMN Extension Fridays with a Forester web series, 3/21/2025.
- “Climate-Ready Woodlands: Promoting the Resilience of Your Backyard Woods.” UMN Extension Fridays with a Forester web series, 3/14/2025.
- “Trail Design: Structures to Cross Obstacles.” UMN Extension Fridays with a Forester web series, 3/28/2025.
- “Gardening from the Ground Up Webinar Series.” UMN Extension, February 17-21, 2025
– “Embracing Climate Adaptation: How to Prepare for Weather Whiplash”
– “Non-Traditional Lawns & Native Landscapes”
– “Replacement Trees”
– “Planning and Maintaining Successful Food Forests”
– Adapting and Integrated Pest Management” - “Climate-Resilient Pollinator Habitats Across Minnesota Landscapes.” UMN Extension webinar series, January 27-30, 2025.
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