landscaping for wildlife

Landscaping for Wildlife

Landscaping for Wildlife

~Creating habitat with native plants~Janet S. Davis, Hill House Farm & Nursery

September 2013

~Creating habitat with native plants~Janet S. Davis, Hill House Farm & Nursery

September 2013

What does wildlife need?

What does wildlife need?

ShelterFood sources

ProtectionWater

ShelterFood sources

ProtectionWater

Plant NATIVE plants!Plant NATIVE plants!

Create healthy habitat--Create healthy habitat--

Why are Natives important?

• Provide shelter, food, nesting sites and cover for wildlife--birds, mammals, insects, aquatic life--and ultimately, people!

• Essential to land reclamation, soil health and water protection

• Create a “sense of place”

• Create habitat !

Habitat losses are

enormous

Habitat losses are

enormous

Urban Sprawl/Development

Current Agricultural Practices

Over-harvesting for medicinal purposes

Urban Sprawl/Development

Current Agricultural Practices

Over-harvesting for medicinal purposes

So, what’s a gardener to do?So, what’s a gardener to do?

“5 First Steps”

• Mow less grass! Add layers, create hedges, “connect corners”

• Control exotic invasives.

• Avoid using insecticides.

• Practice benign neglect...leave the leaves, save the snags, pile the brush

• Plant a “Powerhouse”!

Hedgerow Recipe:Hedgerow Recipe:

1 Evergreen + 2 Nectar-producing+ 2 Berry-producing+ 1 Thorny “beast”1 Evergreen + 2 Nectar-producing+ 2 Berry-producing+ 1 Thorny “beast”

Inkberry, Ilex glabra

Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parviflora

SummersweetClethra alnifolia

NJ TeaCeanothus

americanus

Serviceberry, Amelanchier laevis cv.

BlackhawViburnum

prunifolium

Virginia RoseRosa virginiana

Lonicerasempervirens

‘Magnifica’

‘John Clayton’

The

Powerhouses

Liatris spicataLiatris microcephala

Liatris squarrosaLiatris punctata

Liatris pycnostachiaLiatris aspera

Liatris borealis

Rudbeckia trilobaR. subtomentosa

R. fulgidaR. maximaR. laciniata

FS

Aster laevisA. pilosus

A. puniceusA. novae-angliae

A. novii-belgiiA. oblongifoliusA. umbellatus

*A. cordifolia, A. divaricata, A. macrophyllus

Asters, asters, asters...

Wildlife benefits