Tools: Habitat Gardens & Landscapes

Backyard Habitat

• Backyard Forager, Ellen Zachos
• HOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK
• Hometown Habitat (The Meadow Project)
• Creating a Garden Paradise for Birds – And Humans
• Mild to Wild: How Our Backyard Choices Impact Our Environment – Woodwell Climate
• Yard Futures Project
• “Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard” (Smithsonian Magazine)

Books

• Nature’s Best Hope – Doug Tallamy
• Bringing Nature Home – Doug Tallamy
• Planting Native – Sharon Sorenson
• Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife – David Mizejewski

Lawns and Groundcovers

• Lurking in the Weeds – A Lawn Care Pesticide Threatens Health and is Poised to Get Worse (PDF)
• Toward Sustainable Landscapes: Restoring the Right NOT to Mow
• “Peer Pressure Linked To Fertilizers And Pesticides On Lawns; Could Wildflowers Follow?” (Forbes)
• “The American Obsession with Lawns” (Scientific American)
• Lawn Replacement Advocacy and Advice – LawnReform.org
• Tips on Organic Lawn Care
• Lawn Reform
• Lawn to Wildflowers

Ferns – Mosses – Fungi

Reasons to Grow Moss Where Grass Will Not Survive

Habitat Gardening

• Hardiness Zone Finder
• Ecoregions
• Northeast Habitat Guides
• NOAA Weather
• Eco Yardening 2
• USDA Wildlife Habitat
• Landscape Performance Series by the LAF
• Ecosystem Gardening
• “Basics for a Native Plant Garden” (Ecological Landscape Alliance)
• Wild Ones
• Creating a Garden Paradise for Birds – And Humans BirdNote
• Ecological Landscape Alliance
• NOFA Organic Land Care
• Perfect Earth Project
• Ecological Gardening in the Chicago Area
• OSU Lawn Care
• Working with an Organic Landscaper
• The Myth of Indisputable Information
• Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program
• OSU’s Partners for Pollinators
• Resources – Ecological Landscape Alliance
• American Society of Landscape Architects
• The Art of Maintaining a Florida Native Landscape – book by Ginny Stibolt
• “Sustainable Residential Design: Applying Ecological Design” (ASLA)
• Ten Elements of Natural Design
• Habitat Piles – Northwest Natural Resource Group
• Wildflower Meadows – Xerces
• Organic Site Preparation for Wildflower Establishment – Xerces
• How to Find Native Plants for Your Property – Growing with Nature

Assisted Migration

• “Can ‘Assisted Migration’ Save Species from Global Warming?” (Scientific American)
• Assisted Migration
• Nature-based Solutions Are Our Best Defense Against Climate Impacts

Habitat Gardening Podcasts and Blogs

• A Way to Garden Home by Margaret Roach
• Growing Greener Podcast by Tom Christopher
• Cultivating Place by Jennifer Jewell
• Native Plants by Adams Garden

Conferences

Plan It Native

(Re) Wilding

• Wild Seed Project: Home
• ReWild Long Island
• Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm book by Isabella Tree
• “Born to rewild: why now is the perfect time to make your lawn an eco-paradise” (The Guardian)
• Dallas Fort Worth Urban Wildlife

Rain Gardens, Bioswales, Buffers, Wetlands

• How to Create an Effective Rain Garden– Habitat Network
• Create a rain garden in your yard; the bioswales keep pollutants from rivers _ Oregon
• How To Build A Bioswale– Pinoleville Pomo Nation, Ca.
• New England Wetland Plants, Inc. | Native Grasses, Native Shrubs, Northeast Plants, and Soil Erosion Control Solutions
• Ohio TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY RAIN GARDEN INITIATIVE – Home

Forest-Woodland-Shrub Gardens

• The Dogwood Alliance

Habitat Loss & Restoration

• Habitat Loss National Wildlife Federation
• UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’

Pollinator Gardens

• Planting Guides by Region Pollinator Partnership
• Pollinator Project Guidance Wildlife Habitat Council
• Pollinator Gardens.org | Enhancing pollinator habitat through research, education and design
• Pollinator Native Plant Lists Xerces Society
• How to Choose a Good Pollinator Seed Mix – Oregon
• Become a Part of the Pollinator Pathway! – Northeast
• Plot Methods Lawn to Wildflowers
• “Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines” PNAS
• How Gardeners Can Help Pollinators NRCS
• Milkweed Market for Monarchs

Meadows, Wildflowers, and Grasses

• New Directions in the American Landscape

Clubs and Classes

• The Myth of Indisputable Information Linda Chalker-Scott
• The Garden Professors™
• Plant Science Education Library
• Permaculture Landscapes
• Permaculture Training
• Adrian Ayres Fisher
• Ecological Gardening
• Greens Farms Academy
• Bay-Friendly Landscaping
• American Horticultural Society
• The Garden Club of America
• National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Nature-based Practices

• Ask an ELA EcoPro
• Rutgers Organic Land Care Manual
• NOFA – Organic Landcare Standards
• Stonyfield Invites Everyone to Join the #PlayFree Movement
• Perfect Earth Project
• Non-Toxic Neighborhoods
• Pesticide Free Landscapes Xerces Society

• Backyard Habitat
• Lawns and Groundcovers
• Habitat Gardening
• (Re) Wilding
• Rain Gardens, Bioswales, Buffers, Wetlands
• Forest-Woodland-Shrub Gardens
• Habitat Loss & Restoration
• Pollinator Gardens
• Meadows, Wildflowers, and Grasses
• Clubs and Classes
• Nature-based Practices