Aug 22, 2022
This week on the Down the Garden Path podcast, landscape designers Matthew Dressing and Joanne Shaw are joined by Mary Phillips, Head of Garden for Wildlife™ at the National Wildlife Federation. Mary discusses the Federation's wonderful initiatives and shares how we can play a part in growing a bright future for the monarch butterfly and many other iconic native wildlife species.
For eight years, Mary has led Garden for Wildlife™ and Certified Wildlife Habitat® as an ambassador for native plants. Her work ensures all habitat programs and resources are rooted in sustainable practices and the latest science. Since 1977, Garden for Wildlife has been the nation’s oldest and largest Backyard Habitat program generating and supporting millions of wildlife gardeners in North America.
Most recently, Mary helped launch the Garden for Wildlife Native Plants Collection™. The goal of this social enterprise is to increase the native plant supply, reduce carbon impacts, and secure the survival of iconic species, such as the monarch butterfly, native bees, and songbirds. The pilot launch in 2021, resulted in over 4,000 native plant collections sold in five months, 237,000 sq ft. of new garden habitat.
Here are some of the questions and topics covered in this episode:
Find Garden for Wildlife™ online:
Website: www.gardenforwildlife.com
Facebook: @gardenforwildlife
Twitter: @garden4wildlife
Instagram: @gardenforwildlife
Pinterest: @gardenforwildlife
TikTok: @gardenforwildlife
Find National Wildlife Federation™ online:
Website: www.nwf.org
Facebook: @nationalwildlife
Twitter: @nwf
Instagram: @nationalwildlife
Pinterest: @nwfpins
YouTube: @nationalwildlife
Other resources discussed:
Canadian Wildlife Foundation – Similar Canadian
Resources.
www.invasivespeciescentre.ca – Dog Strangling Vine
information.
www.monarchjointventure.org
Each week on Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes.
As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. A horticulturist and landscape designer, Matthew Dressing owns Natural Affinity Garden Design, a landscape design and garden maintenance firm servicing Toronto and the Eastern GTA. Together, they do their best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible.
In their new book, Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and Matthew distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. It's now available on Amazon.