National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife™ 50th year celebration recognizes cities with the highest wildlife gardening activity. These concentrations of Certified Wildlife Habitats® help connect fragmented habitat in highly developed areas in … Read more
Garden Habitats
Plant 50% to 70% Native – Benefit More Wildlife
Native plants have tight relationships with wildlife, formed over many thousands of years, providing natural sources of food, cover and places to raise young. Without healthy native plant communities, wildlife … Read more
Making Monarch Conservation Accessible in Columbia Heights, MN
Mayors’ Monarch Pledge The Mayors’ Monarch Pledge program is proud to celebrate Columbia Heights, Minnesota, for its creative and multi-layered approach to monarch conservation that focuses on building partnerships with … Read more
Cinco Recomendaciones para Apoyar la Protección de la Mariposa Monarca
La migración de las mariposas monarca en América del Norte, es uno de los fenómenos naturales más extraordinarios del mundo. Son unos de los pocos insectos migratorios que viajan grandes … Read more
Into the Weeds: Herbicide Resistant Weeds & Management
Managing weeds is one of the central responsibilities of growing crops, a task that asks for a considerable amount of labor, time, and tools. Since their development in the twentieth … Read more
MLK Day 2023: NWF Education Team Plants Seeds of Service
In the fall of 2022, the Education & Engagement Department leadership team, led by the Vice President of Education & Engagement Kim Martinez, started to prepare a team-wide planning meeting … Read more
A Blueprint for Student Success: Martin Luther King Day 2023
Remember last year we had a freak snowstorm that reduced our Martin Luther King Day volunteers down to three people, including myself, but we still managed to put up bat … Read more
Washington State Celebrates Garden for Wildlife’s 50th Year!
2023 Ushers in Half a Century of Garden for Wildlife’s “Certified Wildlife Habitat” Program In 1973, two U.S. Forest Service researchers in Massachusetts conducted a small study. Their plan: discover … Read more
Planting Spirituality in Pollinator Gardens
As another growing season comes to an end, ten new native pollinator gardens have taken root on the grounds of faith communities in Wilmington, DE. Though each garden may be … Read more
Collaborative Partners Support Climate-Resilient Communities in South Carolina
When communities are faced with a climate disaster, what happens next? Local leadership in rural South Carolina has shown that economic and environmental resilience strategies in the face of climate … Read more
