Becoming a “Certified Wildlife Habitat”

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Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Join the movement! Certifying your garden as a Wildlife Habitat is a great way to show your values and promote gardening for wildlife in your community. Here is the link to learn more! Connect With David Mizejewski: David Mizejewski is a naturalist, author and television presenter with the National Wildlife Federation. He holds a degree in Human and Natural Ecology from Emory University and has hosted television series on both Animal Planet and NatGeo WILD. He's dedicated to helping others understand and protect the natural world, especially by restoring wildlife habitat where people live—which is the subject of his bestselling garden how-to book “Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife.” David’s Social Media: Instagram YouTube Twitter Website Linkedin National Wildlife Federation Social Media: Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's a sign that is in some of my friend's gardens, some of whom have even been on the
0:16.4	show that is not in my garden and it is the Certified Wildlife Habitat sign from the National
0:23.5	Wildlife Federation.
0:24.5	We have David, Mrs. Yuski, back on the show, a naturalist.
0:27.9	What do I need to do, David?
0:29.1	I need this.
0:30.7	Almost as a point of pride at this point.
0:32.8	Maybe we should start with exactly what it is.
0:35.4	That's right.
0:36.0	This is one of the reasons why we offer this sign, by the way, because it's keeping up
0:40.4	with the Joneses.
0:41.4	If your neighbors have it, I want it too, right?
0:43.6	You've mastered human psychology.
0:44.8	I'll tell you that much because I want it, you know?
0:47.3	Yeah.
0:48.3	So what this sign is, it's a designation that we give at the National Wildlife Federation
0:52.5	through our Garden for Wildlife Program, which by the way is celebrating its 50th year this
0:56.4	year.
0:57.4	So, you know, pretty, pretty big milestone for us, but it's the recognition component
1:02.9	of the program.
1:03.9	And really what the program is all about is trying to teach people what we can all do
1:08.0	to make our own piece of the earth, which is our own yard space or our gardens, a little
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