May is Garden for Wildlife Month, and that means it is the perfect time to celebrate your own garden and its amazing impact on wildlife.
About Garden for Wildlife Month
From small balconies to spacious yards, wildlife gardens can have a big impact no matter their size!
This year for Garden for Wildlife Month, we’re excited to celebrate gardens of all sizes and even gardens in unlikely locations! If you have an outdoor space such as a balcony, a flight of stairs up a brownstone, or even a small green space around a mailbox, you can garden for wildlife.
Learn more about creating a small space wildlife garden and even using native plants in container gardens in our new resources. Plus, !
With over seven million participants and over 50 years of service, Garden for Wildlife is 皇冠体育app官网平台's largest, longest running habitat movement dedicated to helping wildlife thrive where people live, work, play, learn, and worship.
Join over 315,000 Certified Wildlife Habitats® when you get your garden certified!
Five Ways to Celebrate Garden for Wildlife Month
Get your garden certified with 20% off!
Turn your yard, balcony, or other outdoor space into a Certified Wildlife Habitat site to restore vital habitat for wildlife and create a relaxing place to experience nature.
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Certification benefits include:
- A personalized paper certificate
- 10% off National Wildlife Federation (NWF) catalog merchandise
- A 1-year NWF membership & subscription to National Wildlife® magazine
- Subscription to our monthly Garden Habitats e-newsletter
- Exclusive option to purchase Certified Wildlife Habitat garden signs
Sign Up for the Garden Habitats Newsletter and be Entered to Win our Sweepstakes
The lucky winner will receive a native plant container garden bundle!
Each month in your newsletter, you’ll get tips, tricks, webinars, and stories from across the country on how to attract wildlife to your yard or garden.
Share your Garden Story!
We're looking for various stories that show off the many faces and styles of wildlife gardening and habitat restoration. If you have a wildlife garden, we want to hear about it! Some examples could include an individual gardener transforming their home's lawn into a native plant habitat that supports wildlife, an apartment-dweller with a balcony garden that features native plants, or even an entire community or school chipping in to create a wildlife garden. These stories have the potential to be shared as part of a blog, newsletter feature, social media post, or even on our website to inspire other gardeners!
Order Beautiful Native Plant Collections Shipped to Your Door
Add a Garden for Wildlife® native plant collection to your garden to help save birds, bees, butterflies, and more. Get chemical-free plants that bloom for three seasons and return every year. Collections are backed by science to help the highest number of declining wildlife species.
Get the Word Out on Social Media
Be a native plant champion and show us your stuff! Post photos of your wildlife gardens and activity with the hashtag #GardenforWildlife and look for your native garden habitat pics on our social wall. Connect with the Garden for Wildlife® community to share your story.
Wildlife Habitat Champion Partner Spotlight
We are proud to continue our long-term partnership with Wild Birds Unlimited® who work to help protect and restore vital habitats by inspiring people everywhere to participate in NWF’s Certified Wildlife Habitat® program. has been bringing people and nature together for over 40 years as specialists in bird feeding and nature products, expert advice, and educational events. Thank you!
