Double The Wildlife In Your Garden in One Year

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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You can actually increase the number and diversity of wildlife in your garden by planting specific plants that provide food and shelter. Connect with Mary Phillips: Mary Phillips is the head of Garden for Wildlife™ at National Wildlife Federation. Mary will share about why it’s vital to grow native species, reveal the perfect plants for every region, and provide tips on how to cultivate the optimal home for local pollinators. Garden For Wildlife National Wildlife Federation Code GARDEN22 - 20% off wildlife sign and certification Code EPIC22 - 20% off plants and pollinator packages Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I told you that you could actually double the amount of wildlife you see in your garden
0:17.7	in a single year by using native plants.
0:21.2	Well, I haven't done this, to be honest with you guys.
0:24.6	I've certainly increased the amount of wildlife I see in my garden, but it's mostly through
0:28.4	just adding habitat in general, not necessarily from natives, from my edible gardens, from
0:33.7	better mulching practices, etc.
0:35.9	But we do have Mary Phillips back on the show.
0:38.2	She's the head of garden for wildlife at the National Wildlife Federation.
0:41.9	Is it true, Mary, that just with natives, you could double the amount of wildlife you
0:46.1	see?
0:47.1	Absolutely.
0:48.1	And one of the ways that happens is that our native plants, as I may have mentioned
0:52.2	on the other shows, have such incredible attributes that wildlife are attracted to.
0:57.4	And actually, not just attracted to, they cannot thrive without them.
1:00.8	And I think we've mentioned milkweed and you have another podcast, How Essential, that's
1:05.9	a really great example with the monarch.
1:08.2	They can't survive without that.
1:09.8	So just by putting in a specific species that's a host plant for a specific wildlife, you're
1:14.7	going to be doubling that amount.
1:16.2	You will see their caterpillars, you will see the butterflies around there.
1:19.6	They need other supports as well.
1:21.5	That's one example.
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