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Gardening for Birds

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Agastache is a hummingbird magnet


LANDSCAPING FOR WILDLIFE & SUSTAINABILITY

"I love my new garden! I have seen lots of bees, butterflies, birds, critters and volunteer natives. Thank you for helping us create our new landscape."
--Marilyn & Jon, Cedar Hills

natural backyard with bench swing and arbor
Beaverton backyard transformed into a nature zone

 


HOW TO GET STARTED:

 
The four basics needed by all animals are:  food, water, shelter, and a place to raise young.  It is possible to provide these for songbirds, butterflies, frogs, bats, and other desirable species without encouraging populations of pest animals.

As a Certified landscape designer, I know how to provide good aesthetics to your garden while also selecting plants that are friendly to wildlife and that may provide shelter or food for them. 

  I like to use an integrated approach that combines good visuals with wildlife-friendly plants that require little or no use of pesticides or inorganic fertilizers to maintain their healthy growth.

               
                 Pacific chorus frog    White-breasted nuthatch on feeder  Oregon silverspot butterfly
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Helpful Sustainability Links:

Lupinus polyphyllus, Bigleaf Lupine



Here are some excellent websites that discuss sustainable landscaping and green living ideas.

Visionscapes is very committed to these concepts, and I strive to make all of my design projects aesthetically beautiful and functional, while creating the smallest footprint possible on the land.

PlantNative

National Wildlife Federation: Backyard Habitats

Oregon Tilth

 Portland Audubon Society

Portland Metro: Sustainable Living

Xerces Society 

International Dark-Sky Association
   

Naturescaping

Audubon at Home

Depave



Waterbowl bird bath sketch


Patricia Acheff, APLD
503-531-3947
contact@visionscapesnorthwest.com
Copyright 2010 by Visionscapes Northwest. All rights reserved.

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