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Garden for Wildlife™ Month

Join in the 10th annual Garden for Wildlife month celebration! Whether you’re a gardening novice with a small balcony or a gardening veteran with a few acres, you can provide for local wildlife by planting with purpose.

1. Certify Your Wildlife Garden

Turn your yard, garden, or outdoor space into a Certified Wildlife Habitat® site to restore vital habitat for wildlife and create a relaxing place to experience nature.

 Receive 20% off your total when you certify and purchase any Certified Wildlife Habitat® sign. This is a limited-time offer available online only May 1 to June 30, 2022.

Promo code: GARDEN22

Certification benefits include:

• A personalized certificate
• One year of National Wildlife Federation membership
• Six bi-monthly issues of National Wildlife® magazine
• Monthly Garden for Wildlife e-newsletter

2. Order Beautiful Native Plant Collections Shipped to Your Door

Add one of our Garden for Wildlife native plant collections 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.

Now available for 36 states with free shipping. Get yours today!

We currently offer native plants for 36 states in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Midwest. Our goal is to expand our network of growers and offer native plants for everyone.

3. Learn Tips to Garden for Wildlife

4. Sign Up for Our Newsletter

Each month, you’ll get tips, tricks, and stories from across the country on how to attract wildlife to your yard or garden. 

Sign up this May — one lucky winner will receive a birdwatchers' prize pack!

5. Get Social!

Connect with the Garden for Wildlife community to share your story.

• NEW!: Follow @gardenforwildlife on Instagram and TikTok
• Join the Garden for Wildlife Facebook group
• Follow @Garden4Wildlife on Twitter

Bonus! Free Webinar - You Built It and They Came: The Science Supporting Your Wildlife Habitat Garden

Join us for a free webinar to wrap up Garden for Wildlife Month, You Built It and They Came: The Science Supporting Your Wildlife Habitat Garden.  A panel of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology program, share findings from studies of Certified Wildlife Habitats® across the country.  They will discuss how wildlife gardening can help boost biodiversity, impact soil and microclimates, and potentials for expanding. Join us and learn how you can support wildlife in your own Wildlife Habitat Garden. May 26th 1:00 - 2:00pm EST

Register today! Space is limited, first come first serve.