Wildlife Gardening
Wildlife gardening goes beyond just planting for aesthetics, and aims to attract beneficial animals to our yards, to observe them and to help in their conservation.
Goldenrod bears witness to the fact that we don't only need to attract the "popular" insects to the yard! Midges, moths and small flies are great food for the birds and the frogs!
External Resources
Websites
- Identification: GoBotany, iNaturalist
- Layouts and plant choices: Native Plant Trust Garden Plant Finder, Wild Ones Native Garden Designs
- Seeds and propagation: Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library Catalogue, Wild Plants From Seed
Recommended authors (and their books)
- Robin Wall Kimmerer (The Serviceberry, Braiding Sweetgrass)
- Doug Tallamy (Bringing Nature Home, Nature's Best Hope, The Living Landscape)
- Heather Holm (Pollinators of Native Plants)
- Lorraine Johnson (The Northern Gardener's Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators, A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee)
- Thomas Rainer (Planting in a Post-Wild World)
Internal (Hemiboreal website) guides on wildlife gardening
Goldenrod bears witness to the fact that we don't only need to attract the "popular" insects to the yard! Midges, moths and small flies are great food for the birds and the frogs!