Gardening for Wildlife...

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This is the presentation about butterfly and pollinator gardening presented at the Tennessee Power and Light Conference Oct. 14, 2017

Since the links were lost in this translation, they appear below in a more traditional text form.
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The slide show focuses on the wider concept of Butterfly gardens -- realizing that we

• must provide food for their larva not just the butterflies.
• Natural methods to control weeds so as not to destroy our best efforts
• locating local support for wildlife gardens 
• Valuing  native plants and trees

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80% - 90% of all plants rely on pollinators.  Without these insect species we would all die!  Check out Bee City to learn more!
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Local  plants & Information​

Nashville Natives   Fairview

Grow Wild - Fairview

Gardens of Babylon

The Woodthrush  local support for birds!

Local Organizations

Middle TN Sierra Club
Interfaith Power & Light
West End UMC GreenTeam
UT Master Gardeners 
Warner Parks Nature Center

Land owrnership is more than a right it is a responsibility!
Take this class and learn about what you can do!


Bringing Nature home - Why you should plant natives and WHAT TO PLANT   This guy is the man!!  along with EO Wilson, of course.  He has a book by the same name that is worth the expense and a website..

National Butterfly Association

National Wildlife Federation's Attracting Butterflies shows what trees pair with the pollinators!

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Booklet and information on Attracting pollinators to your yard and garden

Much of the material in this presentation came from TN Magazine's article Brining-in-the-butterflies

​Adubon's NATIVE PLANTS for wildlife is here  

​Register your garden here. Use this Field Guide to Identify your butterflies.  Rregister your garden here as well and use it to identify your caterpillars and butterflies.

Use this site for information about all pollinators in our region - lots of print outs

Cumberland River Compact will provide plant material for your RAIN GARDEN and help you get started!

Planting Milkweed and helping Monarchs and use this site to learn more and find sources for Milkweed

Using natural methods to control weeds My favorite is 1 gallon vinegar - 1 cup salt - squirt of dawn or other harmless dishwashign soap.
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Weed control with mulch and some clever tactics

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