3 Congregations Join Together to Present Wildlife Habitat "How To" Workshop

The Bowie Gardens for Wildlife Habitat Team is presenting a wildlife habitat “how to” workshop on February 8. Habitat Team members from All Saints Lutheran Church, St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will co-host this workshop to increase awareness about and to inspire more congregations to create habitats that meet the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Certified Wildlife HabitatTM criteria. Any property can become certified when you provide the four basic elements that all wildlife need to thrive—food, water, cover, and places to raise young—and by implementing sustainable gardening practices such as planting native plants, reducing or eliminating the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, conserving water, removing invasive plants, and composting. The Bowie Gardens for Wildlife Habitat Team, in conjunction with the Bowie Environmental Advisory Committee, is supporting an effort for Bowie to become a NWF Community Wildlife HabitatTM. Over the next few years, Bowie will need to certify at least 200 homes, at least 5 schools, and at least 6 community habitats such as businesses, places of worship, community gardens, and public spaces.

 

Learn how to create and enhance habitat in which people, flora, and fauna can flourish! Questions? Visit http://www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife/.