Talk to anyone who speaks, writes, or teaches about creating welcoming habitats for wildlife in our gardens, and sooner rather than later they will mention Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy. This book has become the “bible” for wildlife gardeners everywhere.
Doug Tallamy clearly shows in this book how native plants form the basis of the food web in your wildlife garden, and I was excited to interview him about this topic. The more native plants you have, the more wildlife you will have in your garden.
Our traditional view of gardening has been to treat plants as if they are merely ornaments and to ignore their ecological roles. Your garden is part of the greater landscape, and each of us is responsible for becoming a steward of our properties as a healthy contributor to the environment around us.
Native plants support local food webs. Invasive plants disrupt local food webs, and ornamental plants offer very little in the way of contributing to the local food web.
Watch the video of Doug Tallamy speaking and read the rest of Doug Tallamy Says Bring Nature Home to Your Wildlife Garden at Beautiful Wildlife Garden
