Bird Friendly Garden Design
It is quite simple to create a bird friendly garden with just a little time and effort.
Bird friendly garden design. A bird friendly garden. Birds of open habitats such as meadows and prairies require many acres of grassland but you will have some success attracting bobolink meadowlarks and savannah sparrow to your yard by keeping the lawn in grass and planting a few shrubs that the birds will use as singing posts. In 2019 we partnered with colorado state university to provide students with an opportunity to support habitat hero s efforts.
Recreating vertical layers when designing your bird friendly garden can be done quite easily. Download these free designs to create bird habitat in your garden. This does not mean that your yard has to be a jungle however.
Not only birds but also frogs toads bats and insect predators such as dragonflies praying mantises and lady bugs will help keep your garden in a healthy balance. One of these student projects was to design gardens for climate threatened birds along the front range. Start by planting the tallest trees on the periphery of your garden while larger and smaller shrubs as well as wildflowers.
A bird friendly landscape is never perfectly manicured and neatly trimmed. By mimicking the appearance of birds natural habitats you can instantly make your yard more appealing. Enhance your garden area by creating a brush pile to provide shelter for birds and other wildlife.
If your garden already has large trees establish islands of variable height plantings around them. Lay off the pesticides. A diversity of native plants will also attract wildlife that will keep your plant eating bugs in check.
A bird friendly garden is a bug friendly garden. Many birds that used to be commonly seen in uk gardens such as house sparrows and blackbirds are decreasing in numbers so by making your garden a haven for birds you can help reverse that decline.