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 | August 24, 2019 | Invasive Plants | 0 Comments

Butterfly Bush is Invasive Do NOT Plant

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | August 24, 2019 | Amphibian Gardening | 0 Comments

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

Healing Wounds to Wildlife 3 Habitat Fragmentation

by Ecosystem Gardener | August 24, 2019 | Importance of your Wildlife Garden, Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens | 0 Comments

Healing Wounds to Wildlife 3 Habitat Fragmentation

Life in the Leaf Litter: Don’t Throw a Good Thing Away

by Ecosystem Gardener | August 24, 2019 | Soil Conservation | 0 Comments

Life in the Leaf Litter: Don’t Throw a Good Thing Away

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

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

by Ecosystem Gardener | Amphibian Gardening

5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden

Healing Wounds to Wildlife 3 Habitat Fragmentation

by Ecosystem Gardener | Importance of your Wildlife Garden, Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens

Healing Wounds to Wildlife 3 Habitat Fragmentation

Life in the Leaf Litter: Don’t Throw a Good Thing Away

by Ecosystem Gardener | Soil Conservation

Life in the Leaf Litter: Don’t Throw a Good Thing Away

What’s Native?

by Ecosystem Gardener | Native Plants, Plants

What’s Native?

Kill The Bishops Weed

by Ecosystem Gardener | Invasive Plants

Kill The Bishops Weed

Tree Swallows Return

by Ecosystem Gardener | Bird Gardening

Tree Swallows Return

Early Spring Birds Blackwater NWR

by Ecosystem Gardener | Places to Visit

Early Spring Birds Blackwater NWR

The Beautiful-No Mow Yard

by Ecosystem Gardener | Sustainable Landscaping

The Beautiful-No Mow Yard

National Wildlife Federation and Scotts Miracle Gro: Perfect Together?

by Ecosystem Gardener | Toxic Chemicals

National Wildlife Federation and Scotts Miracle Gro: Perfect Together?

What Plants Attract the Most Wildlife?

by Ecosystem Gardener | Ecosystem Gardening

As I travel around the country speaking at conferences about Ecosystem Gardening for Wildlife, the question I get asked most frequently is “What should I plant?” The easy answer is that you should add lots of locally native plants to your wildlife garden because over...