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Landscaping for Wildlife
Landscaping for Wildlife
~Creating habitat with native plants~Celia Vuocolo, Hill House Farm & Nursery
September 2014
~Creating habitat with native plants~Celia Vuocolo, Hill House Farm & Nursery
September 2014
Located in Castleton, VA
100% Native!Landscaping
& Design Services
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—Ecosystem Services
• Create a “sense of place”
• Create habitat !
Habitat losses are
enormous
Habitat losses are
enormousUrban 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?
#1: 5 First Steps
#2: Hedgerow Recipe
#3: Plant a Powerhouse
“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”!
Planting a Hedgerow: Think outside the box!Planting a Hedgerow: Think outside the box!
Traditional
Free form
Hedgerow Recipe:Hedgerow Recipe:
1 Evergreen 2 Nectar-producing 2 Berry-producing1 Thorny “beast”
1 Evergreen 2 Nectar-producing 2 Berry-producing1 Thorny “beast”
Inkberry, Ilex glabra
Start with an evergreen…
Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
Then add the nectar producers…
SummersweetClethra alnifolia
NJ TeaCeanothus
americanus
Serviceberry, Amelanchier laevis
BlackhawViburnum
prunifolium
Don’t forget the fruit!
Virginia RoseRosa virginiana
Thorny Beast!
Lonicerasempervirens
‘Magnifica’
‘John Clayton’
Consider some vines!
The Pollinator
Powerhouses
Top Ten• Mountain Mint
• Blazing stars
• Goldenrod
• Joe Pye
• Asters
• Milkweed
• Black eyed susans
• Bee balms
• Ironweed
• Vervain
Mountain Mint!
Liatris spicataLiatris microcephala
Liatris squarrosaLiatris punctata
Liatris pycnostachiaLiatris aspera
Liatris borealis
Rudbeckia trilobaR. subtomentosa
R. fulgidaR. maximaR. laciniata
FS
The Goldenrods: so misunderstood.
Stiff goldenrod
Blue stem goldenrod
Dwarf goldenrod
Aster laevisA. pilosus
A. puniceusA. novae-angliae
A. novii-belgiiA. oblongifoliusA. umbellatus
*A. cordifolia, A. divaricata, A. macrophyllus
Asters, asters, asters...
Aster oblongifolius
Raydon’s favoriteOctober skies
Milkweed spp.!
What will we accomplish?
Re-building biodiversity from the ground up
Re-establishing relationships
Questions?