Habitat gardening

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, we will have a meeting on creating wildlife habitat in our yards.  I am sharing these resources in advance of the meeting.  Take a look and the meeting will be even more useful to you.

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©NWF

​The four must-haves of habitat: https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife
The National Wildlife Federation is the national organization that brought habitat gardening to the mainstream.  The website is stuffed with accessible, easily digestible basics. Though not specific to California, the general principles transcend regional differences.

Why native plants for habitat: https://www.pnas.org/content/115/45/11549
This is the original 2018 research showing that “properties landscaped with [more than 30%] nonnative plants function as population sinks for insectivorous birds.” ​

©Narango et al

A bounty of pix, how-to’s and plants: https://www.laspilitas.com/garden/wildlife.htm
Yummy information and photos, and links to things like building a birdbath, and which creatures benefit from which native plants.

©The Gottlieb Native Garden

©Las Pilitas

Focus on California: https://www.cnps.org/gardening/habitat-value-gardens-5261
https://www.cnps.org/gardening/native-design-basics/habitat-gardening
The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) has literally hundreds of pages of beautiful, educational articles and pictures of native gardens that provide wildlife habitat.  Click around in this website!

​The master, Doug Tallamy: https://youtu.be/3wzcz8dWyBc
An hour-long presentation by the nation’s leading expert on the importance of providing habitat in our yards.

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Gorgeous California how-to video: https://youtu.be/omyFNYqd3MI
A southern California habitat garden as backdrop for advice on creating it in our own yards.

©Pete di Girolamo