Gardening
Green
No Frost Gardener is committed to safeguarding and
improving our environment. Gardens and plants not only provide curb appeal for our homes and a place for us
to enjoy and relax, but they provide food and shelter for other creatures of nature.
There are some simple steps that everyone can take to
help protect our environment and provide a safe haven for wildlife, even in the smallest space.
Among our favorite efforts:
Create a backyard habitat.
The National Wildlife Federation has a program to
certify
backyard habitats and provides information on how to create a green and wildlife-friendly
garden by providing food and water and creating cover and a place for wildlife to raise their
young.
Bees are important pollinators in the garden.
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Even succulents can provide cover for
wildlife. There is a rabbit hiding here. Can you find it?
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Save the honey bee. The honey bee
has been disappearing at an alarming rate. Help save the honey bee by planting a bee-friendly
garden. Information is available at Help the Honey
Bee: and the
Great Sunflower
Project.
Some of the many resources available to help us improve
our green gardening skills and help the environment:
Save Our Water, a
water conservation resource with information on how to save water and have
water wise landscapes.
The Nature Conservancy: Do you
know how much you contribute to the greenhouse gasses that are affecting climate change? Find out by using the
Nature Conservancy's carbon
footprint calculator and for information on what you can do to help slow
climate
change.
The Audubon Society:
Help protect migrating birds by protecting their habitat.
The Surfrider
Foundation: Help protect and enjoy our beaches and ocean.
The Arbor Society. Help make our world
greener by planting, nurturing and enjoying trees.
Southern California Wetlands Recovery
Project: Encourage your local community to restore
rivers, streams and wetlands in coastal Southern California. California Native Plant Society. Help protect our native plant diversity.
California
Chaparral Institute: Promote an understanding and
respect for the chaparral and foster a reconnection to our natural environment.
Other resources:
Protecting California from Biological
Pollution by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
This January 2009 report provides information on invasive species that are considered as the second
greatest threat to biological diversity after habitat loss.
If you have a green
resource you'd like to include in our list, please send the information and link to
.
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