
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.
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
Take Care of Your Share of the Planet
Ultimate Guide to Finding Native Plants
Wildlife Gardens of Cape May, Teresa Knipper
Getting Inspiration for Your Wildlife Garden
Most Hated Plants
Chinese Wisteria: Most Hated Invasive Plants
Best reasons NOT to be an Ecosystem Gardener
No, I am not a native plant nazi
Here’s something I need to get out of the way right here in the beginning. I have been accused by some of being a native plant nazi because of my firm belief that native plants are much better in the conservation garden than are exotic plants. I am not suggesting that...
5 Ways to Help Amphibians in Your Ecosystem Garden
Sharing Nature with Kids in Winter
Helping Wildlife with Specialized Habitat Needs in Your Ecosystem Garden
Rain Barrels make a difference
A Resource Guide to Ecosystem Gardening, Part 2: Water Conservation
Look Closer
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...
Paulownia (Princess Tree) on “Most Hated Plants” List
Chinese Lespedeza makes “Most Hated Plants” List
Autumn Olive and Russian Olive on Most Hated Plants List
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),...
Doug Tallamy: Native Plants Support Local Food Webs
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