In this episode, Amy Prentice talks about the steps to take to certify your backyard garden as wildlife habitat and her family's backyard habitat story. They have turned their urban sub-division backyard into a thriving garden habitat for plants and animals! You can do the same!

Amy shares some amazing resources!...

Amy's Toad & Sage Garden Website.
Amy's article on how she created a certified wildlife habitat in her garden.
Spicebush Swallowtail and its host plant.
The NWF Garden for Wildlife Certification Program.
Wildlife friendly water features on the Garden for Wildlife website.
Native Plant Lookup.
Native plants for pollinators in different ecoregions by state.

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Intro audio: Swainson's Warblers and American Crows. Smithgall Woods, Georgia.
(Audio by Mathew G. Radford)
Exit audio: Kentucky Warblers. Lake Bixhoma, Oklahoma.
(Audio by Mathew G. Radford)

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All intro and exit audio:

Chuck-wills-widow in Post Oak Woods, Oklahoma by Levi M. Radford.
Swainson's Warbler in Smithgall Woods, Georgia by Mathew G. Radford.
Kentucky Warbler in Bixhoma Woods, Oklahoma by Mathew G. Radford.
White-eyed Vireo in Round Rock Oaks, Texas by Mathew G. Radford.
Gray Vireo in Oak Flats, Arizona by Mathew G. Radford
Spotted Owl in Pinery Canyon, Arizona by Mathew G. Radford

- Mathew G. Radford