Welcome to Ecosystem Gardening!

Ecoystem Garden aims to teach you to garden sustainably, conserve natural resources, and create welcoming habitat for wildlife in your garden so that you will attract more birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife to your garden.

Start by learning about the 5 Pillars of Ecosystem Gardening and then explore more Ecosystem Gardening topics.

Early Spring Chores for Your Wildlife Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | May 22, 2019 | Wildlife Garden | 0 Comments

Early Spring chores in a wildlife garden don’t require much time and are a lot of fun!

Most Hated Plants: Bamboo

by Ecosystem Gardener | May 22, 2019 | Invasive Plants, Plants | 0 Comments

The Most Hated Plants series is devoted to the worst of the worst invasive plants. These plants are causing great ecological harm and habitat devastation for wildlife, plus the cost of managing these plants is billions of dollars of taxpayer money...

How to Find Which Birds Migrate Through Your Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | May 22, 2019 | Bird Gardening | 0 Comments

How to Find Which Birds Migrate Through Your Garden

Get your Bird Houses Ready, Spring is Coming

by Ecosystem Gardener | May 22, 2019 | Bird Gardening | 0 Comments

Get your Bird Houses Ready, Spring is Coming

Meet other passionate wildlife gardeners from around the country. Share your successes. Learn from your failures. Discover the best resources to help you create welcoming habitat for wildlife in your gardens with native plants so that you will attract more birds, butterflies, native pollinators, and other wildlife to your garden.

Latest Articles

Early Spring Chores for Your Wildlife Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | Wildlife Garden

Early Spring chores in a wildlife garden don't require much time and are a lot of fun!

Most Hated Plants: Bamboo

by Ecosystem Gardener | Invasive Plants, Plants

How to Find Which Birds Migrate Through Your Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | Bird Gardening

How to Find Which Birds Migrate Through Your Garden

Get your Bird Houses Ready, Spring is Coming

by Ecosystem Gardener | Bird Gardening

Get your Bird Houses Ready, Spring is Coming

Seduced By a Pretty Face

by Ecosystem Gardener | Invasive Plants

Seduced By a Pretty Face

Chickadees in the Wildlife Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | Bird Gardening

Chickadees in the Wildlife Garden

Ecosystem Gardening goes to Chicago

by Ecosystem Gardener | Speaking Gigs

Ecosystem Gardening goes to Chicago

Celebrate Garden for Wildlife Month

by Ecosystem Gardener | Wildlife Garden

Celebrate Garden for Wildlife Month

Oriental Bittersweet on Most Hated Plants List

by Ecosystem Gardener | Invasive Plants, Plants

Oriental Bittersweet on Most Hated Plants List

Restoring the Monarch Butterfly

by Ecosystem Gardener | Butterfly Gardening

The Monarch Butterfly has been much in the news lately as we receive the devastating news that the current wintering population in Mexico is at all time low. There are many reasons for this decline in Monarch Butterflies: Current agricultural practice Genetically...