Mother yards are more than  gardens, they are native plant nurseries. Any yard that has an abundance of one or more native plant species becomes a mother yard when some of that abundance is shared with others and dispersed to other gardens. Flourishing mother yards help establish daughter yards.

Daughter yards are new native plant gardens that are being supported by one or more local mother yards. As these daughter yards establish native plant colonies of their own, they too become mother yards that can share plants with others. Reciprocity and gratitude energize the sharing. Mothers,seek your daughters! Daughters seek your mothers!