Essential Elements of a Backyard Habitat

Food: native plants, seeds, pollen, nectar, berries, nuts, bird feeders, insects and worms

Water: bird baths, ponds, streams, water garden, occasional puddles

Cover: dense thicket or bramble, brush piles, meadows, birdhouse, rock and leaf piles

Places to raise young: nesting box, hollow trees, rock piles, fallen logs or branches, dense vegetation, deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, a pond

Sustainable gardening: native plantings, rain garden, compost, and chemical-free fertilizer, evidence of beneficial insects and worms

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To learn more about fostering a backyard habitat see:

The National Wildlife Federation

The Audubon Society

 

New for 2012!
Species Specific Gardens


                                                                            

         Bee Garden
     Photo: John Severns                                                                                     


                                            Bat Garden
                                          

                                           Photo credit: Bat Conservation Trust