Prince William Conservation Alliance Prince William Conservation Alliance Sustainable Landscaping Workshop Sustainable Landscaping Workshop for Piedmont Environmental Council or Piedmont Environmental Council September 6, 2014 September 6, 2014 Blooms, Bugs & Wildlife Diversity Blooms, Bugs & Wildlife Diversity
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Prince William Conservation Alliance Prince William Conservation Alliance Sustainable Landscaping WorkshopSustainable Landscaping Workshop
No parcel is too small to make a No parcel is too small to make a differencedifference
Every little bit helps. It’s Every little bit helps. It’s amazing how amazing how much you can much you can dodo
when youwhen you choose choose to give a little bit of to give a little bit of thatthat naturalnatural habitat back. habitat back. ----Roxanne Roxanne PaulPaul
Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Cooper’s HawkMourning Dove Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Chimney SwiftRuby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay Tree SwallowAmerican Crow Fish Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted NuthatchRed-breasted NuthatchBrown Creeper Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow WarblerYellow-rumped Warbler Ovenbird Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle Purple Finch House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow
Predators Predators that eat that eat pestypesty insects, from crickets and grasshoppers insects, from crickets and grasshoppers to fleas and gnatsto fleas and gnats. In turn, they are food for birds. In turn, they are food for birds, dragonflies, , dragonflies, robber flies, robber flies, lizards, salamanders, frogs lizards, salamanders, frogs and other small and other small animals.animals.
Plan & DesignPlan & DesignNotice amount of sun and Notice amount of sun and shade, slope shade, slope and groundwater and groundwater
table. Consider external influences such as stormwater table. Consider external influences such as stormwater runoff, runoff, habitat fragmentationhabitat fragmentation, non, non--native species.native species.
A plant that has fed nothing has not done A plant that has fed nothing has not done its job.its job.----Doug Doug TallamyTallamy
Black Swallowtail from caterpillar to butterflyBlack Swallowtail from caterpillar to butterfly
Golden Golden AlexandersAlexanders, , ZiziaZizia aureaaurea
Consider your habitat Consider your habitat mosiacmosiac
Gardening is civil and social, but it wants Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. the outlaw. ----Henry Henry David ThoreauDavid Thoreau
Vertical structure provides nesting and Vertical structure provides nesting and foraging sites, cover and travel routesforaging sites, cover and travel routes
American RobinAmerican Robin OvenbirdOvenbird
Water for Wildlife
Rough Green SnakeRough Green SnakeTufted TitmouseTufted Titmouse