Bird-Friendly Gardening: Guidance and Projects for Supporting Birds in Your Landscape [Paperback]

Bird-Friendly Gardeningis the definitive guide to planting a wildlife-welcoming home landscape filled with a diversity of native plants that feed, shelter, and support birds.

*2025 GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award Winner*

With hundreds of North American bird species facing population decline or at risk of extinction, right now is the perfect time tocreate a home-based habitat garden that offers birds the resources they needto safely feed, migrate, breed, and thrive.

Thankfully, making your outdoor space a secure and comfortable haven for many different bird species isn’t a Herculean task. It’s a matter of understanding the needs of our avian friends andhow native plants, combined with purposeful garden design, can helpmeet those needs. And that’s exactly the know-how you’ll find here, outlined ina simple-to-follow, actionable formatby author Jennifer McGuinness. 

Step beyond the seed-filled bird feeder and suet block, andlearn how to further provide for birds.Some of the topics covered in the book include:
 

• How to design a bird-centered habitat garden in spaces large and small 
• Advice on providing fresh water year-round
• Understanding the connection between native plants and insects and the birds that rely on them
• How to design and plant a fruit garden, a bird seed garden, a runoff-absorbing rain garden, or even a container garden that nurtures birds
• Meet dozens of trees, shrubs, and other plants that support the insects almost all adult birds need to feed their young
• 18 step-by-step garden design projects and plant lists for creating a diversity of bird-friendly spaces
• Tips for preventing window strikes and cat kills
• Best practices for including bird feeders, nest boxes, and bird baths in your landscape

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