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CRAFTY GARDENERS PLAN FOR A WILDLIFE GARDEN

 

1. Decide what wildlife you want to attract to the garden:

 

• Songbirds, Hummingbirds, Bees, Butterflies, Bats, Reptiles, and Amphibians all can be beneficial to the garden as pollinators and insect control

 

2. Check the plants already present in the garden.  Good wildlife plants provide food, shelter, and nesting sites

 

3.      Draw a garden plan that incorporates new plants and old plants in an attractive design suited to the soil, moisture, and climate.  Provide habitats that have sun, shade, moisture, and dryness

 

4. Add birdfeeders, birdhouses, old logs, rocks, butterfly houses, bat houses, and toad houses to the garden.  If possible, leave a dead tree or two for woodpeckers and other wildlife to use.  Climbers like grapes, clematis, roses, honeysuckle, or virginia creeper plant can be used to make dead trees more attractive

 

5. Provide water with a garden pond, fountain, birdbath or a tray filled with pebbles and water

 

6. Use earth-friendly repellents, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers as much as possible

 

7. Compost and recycle

 

Plants for Birds

 

                                                                   American Beech                                                                American Holly

                                                                   Balsam Fir                                                                           Black Cherry

                                                                   Black Gum                                                                          Crabapple

                                                                   Dogwood                                                                           Hawthorn

                                                                   Oaks                                                                                    Mulberry

                                                                   Juniper                                                                                Blueberry

                                                                   Spice Bush                                                                         Sumac

                                                                   Viburnum                                                                            Honey Suckle

                                                                   Strawberries                                                                       Trumpet Vine

                                                                   Grapes

 

Plants for Hummingbirds, Butterflies, and Bees

 

                                                                    Aster                                                                                  Azalea

                                                                    Bee balm                                                                            Butterfly Bush

                                                                    Milkweeds                                                                         Coneflower

                                                                    Phlox                                                                                  Salvia

                                                                    Daylily                                                                               Impatiens

                                                                    Marigolds                                                                          Goldenrods                          

 

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