The National Wildlife Federation has been educating and empowering people to create wildlife-friendly gardens through the Garden for Wildlife program since 1973. Each of us can help support local wildlife … Read more
Gardening
Introducing the Garden for Wildlife Gift Guide Catalog
Our wildlife habitat gardening how-to book has a new look! Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife, Expanded Second Edition includes illustrated projects, plant lists, and over 300 brand new … Read more
Helping Pollinators One Garden at a Time
As a passionate gardener, I believe all gardens, open fields, and community habitats can be made sustainable using native plants to help wildlife. Wildlife rely on native plants for food, cover, … Read more
Eating and Growing Local to Sustain Wildlife
Farmers markets benefit local communities in a variety of ways, from boosting the local economy to supplying an array of fresh, oftentimes sustainably grown food to helping small farmers whose … Read more
Ten Favorite Trees for Wildlife
It’s tree planting time and a chance to plant, restore and protect natives that provide wildlife habitat and nourish the natural world. Here are ten of our favorite native trees … Read more
Video Diary: One Tiny Hummingbird Family
If you don’t already have an obsessive devotion for hummingbirds like I do, beware: this might change your mind. Hummingbirds are among the worlds smallest and fastest birds. Darting and … Read more
National Wildlife Week: Atlanta Partnership Comes Together for Pollinators
As a growing number of organizations spring to action on behalf of declining populations of pollinators across the country, partnerships like the Greater Atlanta Pollinator Partnership (GAPP), which was initiated … Read more
Create an Enchanted Wildlife Garden
Our children have the ability to connect with nature through individual exploration and imagination in our Certified Wildlife Habitat. I often enjoy watching my children playing outdoors and seeing what … Read more
It’s for the Birds! Certifying Baltimore as a Community Habitat
For years Baltimore has been known as Birdland and now, we can make it official. Baltimore plans to B’More Wild, and bird-friendly, by becoming certified as an NWF Community Wildlife … Read more
