We've moved!

This is the final post at this blog. Come check out our new website:

http://sammamishcommunitywildlifehabitat.org

Earth Day Celebration!

 

Saturday April 18th, 9-noon Ebright Creek Park

Visit the Sammamish Community Wildlife Habitat Project/WA Native Plant Society booth where we will raffle off a Ranger Rick Plush toy. Free Ranger Rick magazines will be available for the kids and free native plants (deer ferns, red flowering currants, and evergreen huckleberries) will be given to the first 25 adults who come to the booth.

Handouts and other information will be available on native plants for your backyard, attracting birds, and butterflies. Learn how to certify your backyard as a wildlife habitat with the National Wildlife Federation.

See the restoration work that is in progress at the park.

Come join us!

Wildlife Friendly Gardening Classes

 

Checkout the many free gardening classes using native plants and sustainable gardening practices that support wildlife

 

"Wildlife-Friendly Gardening for Beauty and Sustainability" by Emily Bishton.  

Saturday, March 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, 15500 SE 16th Street, Bellevue

 

 Greg Rabourn, "Designing the Northwest Garden" 

Thursday, March 5, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Tibbetts Creek Manor, 750 17th Avenue NW, Issaquah and...
Saturday, March 28, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
The Gray Barn Garden Center, 20871 NE Redmond-Fall City Road, Redmond

 

And the best part is they are free. Check their webpage to register:  http://cascadewater.org/classes.php  The full class list can be downloaded on the right side of this page

 

Top Five Great Berries for the Great Birds of Your Region

 

The Top Berries in the Pacific Mixed Forest Region

• Osoberry (Indian Plum)
  Oemleria cerasiformis
• Red Elderberry
  Sambucus racemosa L. var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn
• Red-osier Dogwood
  Cornus sericea L.
• Salal
  Gaultheria shallon
• Western Serviceberry
  Amelanchier alnifolia

Check out this link for more information:

http://content.yardmap.org/learn/great-berries-great-birds/?region=pacific-mixed-forest

Give Your Dying Tree a Second Life

Check out the WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife web page:  http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/snags/

Why Birds Need Native Trees

Nice followup to January 5th  talk about attracting birds to your garden with native plants sponsored by the Eastside Branch, Central Puget Sound Chapter, WA Native Plant Society.



Check out this link!
http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Birds/Archives/2015/Chickadees-And-Native-Trees.aspx

Learn How to Attract Birds to Your Garden with Native Plants

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