Audubon at Home in Northern Virginia encourages everyone from the large property owner or manager to the person with a balcony to invite our local wildlife to share our outdoor spaces. If you are thinking about creating a meadow patch, a water feature—big or small—a shade garden, or any other type of wildlife friendly landscaping you can visit locations throughout Northern Virginia that can provide inspiration and guidance as you plan and plant your space. This list of demonstration sites includes our Audubon at Home in Northern Virginia project sites as well as other locations that provide habitat for birds, pollinators, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. Click here to open the pdf file.
Stop Before You Spray! A guide to beneficial insects
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- Bringing Children to Nature by Bringing Nature to Children – Environmental Education Symposium Paper
Ideal for educators and parents, but informative for everyone, this document provides guidance on how to incorporate outdoor learning experiences in the schoolyard by involving students in the planning and creation of wildlife-friendly landscaping on school grounds which are further used as places of learning. Teachers and parents in Northern Virginia who have successfully begun such programs at local schools reflect on challenges and achievements. A handy set of resources and list of references are included as well. Click here to open the pdf file.
- Northern Virginia Landscape Management: Green techniques for a Green Market – Landscape Management Symposium Paper
Whether you have a landscaping business or you are simply looking for tips to save time and money on property maintenance, this documentincludes plant lists for various garden types and resources on products, nurseries, and techniques for green landscaping. Click here to open the pdf file.
This article about how to attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and native bees to your property was featured in the Summer 2007 issue of the “Potomac Flier.”
Invite grosbeaks and other birds of Northern Virginia onto your property for a meal by planting native fruit- and seed-bearing plants listed in this article, featured in the Fall 2007 issue of the “Potomac Flier.”
If you are seeking information on shade-tolerant, drought-tolerant, low-maintenance groundcover plants, look no further than this article, which appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of the “Potomac Flier.”
Meadows are a part of natural ecosystems in Northern Virginia and provide critical habitat for a variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and insects. Here are some tips to help you turn a patch of turf into a vibrantly colored thriving habitat.
Once you have decided to plant a meadow, be sure to take a look at these brief but complete instructions to make the job easier.
The list includes retail and wholesale businesses located in Northern Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region.
These ten hardy native plants can tolerate the stresses of flooding and drought were recommended by the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
This list encompasses some of the topics covered above with additional categories, such as sources of deer repellant, materials for biologs, etc.
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