Montana Wildlife Gardener: BOW Native Plant Gardening Class Wrap-up

Saturday, August 6, 2011

BOW Native Plant Gardening Class Wrap-up

Thanks so much to all the participants in today's Montana BOW Native Plant Gardening Class and Garden Tour. It is always wonderful to meet so many interested and enthusiastic people. I wanted to especially thank Liz Lodman and Barb Furlong for continuing to organize such a wonderful program. I look forward to teaching again at a Montana BOW workshop in the future.

Here is a link to the presentation I gave:

Click here to download the presentation

Below are some links to blog posts I covered in class or referenced in discussions.

Below are some of the books and references I talked about in the class:

Prairie-style gardens- Lynn Steiner
The American Meadow Garden- John Greenlee
Front Yard Gardens: Growing more than grass- Liz Primeau
The Magic of Montana Native Plants: A Gardeners Guide to Growing over 150 Species from Seed- Sheila Morrison
Bringing Nature Home- Douglas Tallamy
Shrink Your Lawn- Evelyn Hadden
Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards- Sara Stein
Paradise by Design, Native Plants and the New American Landscape- Kathryn Phillips
The Forgotten Pollinators- Buchmann, Nabhan, and Mirocha
Landscaping Ideas of Jays- Judith Larner Lowry
Gardening with a Wild Heart -Judith Larner Lowry

Another opportunity to learn about native plant gardening!

The Native Plant Garden at 8th and Grant

Also, I forgot to mention in the class today, but you all are invited to join us for more seed collecting and to learn more about native plant gardening. On August 18, from 6:30-8:00 pm, we are having a gardening night at a small neighborhood native plant garden my wife and I installed and have been maintaining (see the photo above). Stay tuned for a blog post about this upcoming event, but, if you can't wait, you can RSVP to the event via the Facebook page for our business, Butterfly Properties, or "like" the new Facebook Page for the neighborhood garden, the 8th Street Native Plant Garden, or click here for more information.

Thank you all again for attending the class- I look forward to hearing about all your garden projects!

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About our garden

We created a wildlife garden at our home in a small city lot in the center of Missoula, Montana. Our garden uses plants native to the Missoula valley, and receives no irrigation. Our front yard is a wild Misoula prairie, with over 100 species of plants. Our backyard is a combination of rooms, more traditionally landscaped, but still using Missoula natives. The only thing we water in our yard are our vegetables. Our goal is to use native plants to create a small piece of habiat for wildlife while providing a comfortable and interetsting yard for us to enjoy. We have attracted over 70 species of birds to our yard, and countless butterflies and other insects. Our houshold uses less than 40% of the water in an average Missoula home, but we still have a lush, unique and beautful yard.

2012 Bird Arrivals to Our Garden

Spotted Towhee October 6
Mountain Chickadee August 24
Common Yellowthroat August 15
House Wren July 5
Yellow Warbler June 12
Ash-throated flycatcher* June 7 *New to our garden!
Western Tanager June 3
MacGillivray's Warbler May 28
Brown-headed cowbird May 23
Swainson's thrush May 22
Wilson's warbler May 22
Gray catbird May 18
Western wood pewee May 17
Chipping sparrow May 12
Black-chinned hummingbird May 12
Calliope hummingbird May 12
American goldfinch May 5
Hermit thrush May 5
Ruby crowned kinglet April 11
Townsend's solitaire March 9
American Robin Feb 20
Ruby crowned kinglet April 11

2011 Bird Arrivals to Our Garden

Pine Siskin December 31
House Wren June 21
Olive-sided Flycatcher June 3
Evening Grosbeak June 2
American Goldfinch June 2
Western Wood Pewee June 1
Yellow Rumped Warbler June 1
MacGillivray's Warbler May 30
Gray Catbird May 28
Bullock's Oriole May 27
Lincoln's Sparrow May 26
Wilson's Warbler May 26
Western Tanager May 24
Swainson's Thrush May 24
Calliope hummingbird May 22
Chipping sparrow May 14
Yellow Warbler May 3
Ruby crowned Kinglet April 29
White crowned Sparrow April 24
Brown Creeper April 23
Bohemian Waxwing April 16
Townsend Solitaire April 16
Varied Thrush April 16
Song Sparrow April 13
American Robin March 13
Olive-sided Flycatcher June 3

2010 Bird Arrivals to Our Garden

Dark eyed Junco October 8
Pine sisken October 9
Bohemian waxwing June 8
Gray catbird June 8
House wren June 5
Swainson's thrush May 31
Brown-headed cowbird May 30
Chipping sparrow May 30
Wilson's Warbler May 27
Western Tanager May 27
Western Wood-Pewee May 21
MacGillivary's warbler May 21
Yellow warbler May 21
Orange-crowned warbler May 21
Calliope hummingbird May 13
Ruby crowned kinglet May 10
Golden crowned kinglet April 28
Vaired Thrush April 8
American Robin March 7
Mourning dove Feb 15
Brown Creeper Jan 29

2009 Bird Arrivals to Our Garden

Mountain chickadee December 12
Pine sisken October 4
White crowned sparrow October 3
Yellow rumped warbler October 3
Dark eyed junco October 3
House wren August 22
Olive-sided Flycatcher August 16
Hairy Woodpecker August 1
Northern Oriole May 28
Warbling Vireo May 27
Western Wood Pewee May 24
Yellow Warbler May 24
Wilson's Warbler May 23
Western Tanager May 21
American Goldfinch May 20
Gray Catbird May 20
Chipping sparrow May 18
Lincoln's sparrow May 16
Dusky flycatcher May 14
Black-chinned hummingbird May 12
Rufous hummingbird May 10
Ruby crowned kinglet May 2
Callipoe hummingbird May 2
Golden crowned kinglet April 29
Bohemian Waxwing March 27
Varied Thrush March 26
Song Sparrow March 22
Brown Creeper March 16
Mourning Dove February 21
American Robin Feb 16

About me

Welcome to my blog. I am a wildlife biologist for work (and married to an excellent botanist), and I enjoy a variety of outdoor and nature pursuits. In addition to hunting, fishing, birding, gardening and backpacking, I enjoy woodworking, carpentry, cooking and canning. My love of wildlife and building things has manifested itself in my garden. More recently, I have gotten more interested in sustainable living and applying those concepts to what I grow and make. I strive to be thoughtful and careful about my impact on the environment. I try to use recycled or reused materials as much as possible in all my projects and look for ways to reduce my footprint in other areas of my life. Wildlife gardening, especially with native plants has been an extension of this and a rewarding endeavor. Furthermore, our vegetable garden supplies us with a wealth of foods we enjoy all year long.