People Who Live In Suburbs: Classy, Icky, or Dudes?

There may be a Native Plant Society facebook group in your area. They are usually good about offering advice to beginners.

Actually doesn't have to be local, statewide is fine. I'm in the California group and they give advice for every locale in the state.

Native plants are just taking off and it's amazing. We have a whole strip of steeply sloped land in between the patio and the terrace above our retaining wall that H just went nuts planting native wildflowers and other native stuff from seed, and it went from being this kind of scrubby, rocky, vaguely green blah to exploding with flowers and stems and colors, it's awesome.