landscaping for wildlife
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Presentation by Janet S. Davis of Hill House Farm & Nursery at PEC's Sustainable Landscaping Workshop in Warrenton, VA on September 7, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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
