There's always more to learn!
Here are some books and examples of habitat gardens.
To learn more about specific topics, use the Web resources in the menu to the right.
Books
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Tallamy, Douglas - Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Stein, Sara - Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Stein, Sara - Planting Noah's Garden: Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology
- RECOMMENDEDGrissell, Eric - Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology
- Xerces Society - Pollinator Conservation Handbook
- Mizejewski, David - Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife (A National Wildlife Federation project)
- Bormann, F. Herbert - Redesigning the American Lawn
- Holmes, Hannah - Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn
- Wasowski, Andy - The Landscaping Revolution: Gardening With Mother Nature, Not Against Her
- Stein, Sara - Noah's Children: Restoring the Ecology of Childhood
- Louv, Richard - Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
- Stokes, Donald and Lillian - Bird Gardening Book
- Stokes, Donald and Lillian - Butterfly Book
- Stokes, Donald and Lillian - Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies
- Stokes, Donald - Guide to Observing Insect Lives
- Stokes, Donald and Lillian - Bird Behavior Vols 1, 2, 3
- DeGraaf, Richard - Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Attacting Birds (but watch out for invasives that are unfortunately included!)
- Xerces Society and Smithsonian Institution - Butterfly Gardening
Reference books for native plants
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!Leopold, Donald - Native Plants of the Northeast: A Guide for Gardening and Conservation
- Cullina, William - Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
- Cullina, William - Wildflowers
- Cullina, William - Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses
Other info
- Green Hour - Give our children one hour outdoors each day
Other habitat gardens
- One garden in Central New York is Stewardship Garden, Certified Wildlife Habitat #27815. There are over 70,000 other Certified Wildlife Habitats, and you can visit many of them on the web. Every BWH is unique. It reflects the climate of the area, the particular site, as well as the tastes and interests of its steward. Visit these habitats, and you're sure to find useful information - and inspiration!
- You can find other Certified Wildlife Habitats by visiting the National Wildlife Federation's website. For ones in your area, search "Habitats Near You" .
- Here are some good habitat garden websites:
- Biggs' Wildlife Pond - a wildlife pond in California ... that led to writing a book on dragonflies!
- Leisa's Backyard Habitat
- Nature's Thread, an urban habitat project in Troy, NY
- Our Backyard Forest in Ohio
- Robyn's Pond Page and Wildlife Habitat
- A Backyard Wildlife Habitat in Michigan
- John's Place in North Carolina
- Wrenaissance is a BWH and also an official Urban Wildlife Sanctuary. There's a lot of good information and pictures at this website as well as an extensive list of other backyard habitats to visit.
- Ponds and Water Gardens - also has information on creating and maintaining a bog