How to Garden for Wildlife

Follow these easy steps from the National Wildlife Federation to attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife in your yard.

• Grow native plants found in your area, including trees, shrubs, and other plants that offer food such as pollen, nectar, nuts, cones, berries, and other seeds.
• Provide water for wildlife with a birdbath, small pond or shallow dish...or care for a natural spring or stream on or near your habitat.
• Create protective cover for wildlife by growing a meadow, a prairie, densely branched shrubs and, when appropriate, evergreens. Place hollow logs and rock piles in your yard.
• Provide places to raise young. Attach birdhouses to metal poles and monitor their use. Grow host plants for caterpillars to eat and provide dense plantings to create safe areas for nesting wildlife.

*Please watch what you plant in your garden. Exotic species not native to your region can become invasive and harmful to both people and wildlife.

To learn more visit www.nwf.org/bwh