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.

Butterfly Bush is Invasive Do NOT Plant

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

Butterfly Bush is Invasive Do NOT Plant

The Birds Nest at Morris Arboretum

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

The Birds Nest at Morris Arboretum

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | July 22, 2019 | Amphibian Gardening | 0 Comments

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

Pinelands-Friendly Yard and Garden Fair

by Ecosystem Gardener | July 21, 2019 | Wildlife Garden | 0 Comments

Pinelands-Friendly Yard and Garden Fair

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

Butterfly Bush is Invasive Do NOT Plant

by Ecosystem Gardener | Invasive Plants

Butterfly Bush is Invasive Do NOT Plant

The Birds Nest at Morris Arboretum

by Ecosystem Gardener | Wildlife Garden

The Birds Nest at Morris Arboretum

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | Amphibian Gardening

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

Pinelands-Friendly Yard and Garden Fair

by Ecosystem Gardener | Wildlife Garden

Pinelands-Friendly Yard and Garden Fair

Best reasons NOT to be an Ecosystem Gardener

by Ecosystem Gardener | Importance of your Wildlife Garden

Best reasons NOT to be an Ecosystem Gardener

Sharing Nature with Kids in Winter

by Ecosystem Gardener | Places to Visit

Sharing Nature with Kids in Winter

Look Closer

by Ecosystem Gardener | Places to Visit

Slow down. Look carefully. You may be missing out on a lot of wildlife in your garden! When I travel around the country speaking at conferences about Ecosystem Gardening for wildlife, I teach people that the best garden tool is a lawn chair. Take the time to look...

Attracting Butterflies to Your Wildlife Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | Butterfly Gardening

Attracting Butterflies to Your Wildlife Garden

Butterfly House at Albuquerque Botanic Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | Butterfly Gardening

Butterfly House at Albuquerque Botanic Garden

Big Bugs at Morris Arboretum

by Ecosystem Gardener | Kids and Nature

Big Bugs at Morris Arboretum

Vacation, a Superfund Cleanup Site, No Internet Access

by Ecosystem Gardener | Garden Journal, Wildlife Garden

Vacation, a Superfund Cleanup Site, No Internet Access

New Years in Nature

by Ecosystem Gardener | Garden Journal

I really like to begin each new year the way I want the rest of the year to happen. So I always make sure I have cash in my pockets, make my wildlife garden resolutions (plans for what I want to add this year), and head outdoors to welcome the start of the New Year in...

Is Ecosystem Gardening Too Hard to Learn?

by Ecosystem Gardener | Ecosystem Gardening

Is Ecosystem Gardening Too Hard to Learn?

What to Know About Attracting Native Bees

by Ecosystem Gardener | Pollinator Gardening

What to Know About Attracting Native Bees

Birding in Maine

by Ecosystem Gardener | Bird Gardening

More birding adventures in Maine.

Chinese Lespedeza makes “Most Hated Plants” List

by Ecosystem Gardener | Invasive Plants, Plants

Chinese Lespedeza makes “Most Hated Plants” List

Autumn Olive and Russian Olive on Most Hated Plants List

by Ecosystem Gardener | Invasive Plants, Plants

Our weekly saga continues with the worst of the worst invasive plants. Plants so harmful to ecosystems they should never be planted, yet alone sold. Topping the noxious list this week is Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) and Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia),...