Prince William Conservation Alliance Prince William Conservation Alliance Sustainable Landscaping WorkshopSustainable Landscaping Workshop

ffor Piedmont Environmental Councilor Piedmont Environmental CouncilSeptember 6, 2014September 6, 2014

Blooms, Bugs & Wildlife DiversityBlooms, Bugs & Wildlife Diversity

Lawn in Lawn in the United the United States: 40.5 States: 40.5 million million acresacres

Money Money spent on lawn spent on lawn care: $30 care: $30 billionbillion

Water use for Water use for residential residential irrigation: >7 irrigation: >7 billion billion gal/daygal/day

Amount of Amount of ffertilizers used: 3 ertilizers used: 3 million million tons/yeartons/year

Amount of pesticides used: >30 Amount of pesticides used: >30 thousand thousand tons/yeartons/year

Source: Source: Duke University, Statistically Speaking: Lawns by the Duke University, Statistically Speaking: Lawns by the Numbers; 2008Numbers; 2008

Habitat loss causes biodiversity lossHabitat loss causes biodiversity loss

Tiger SwallowtailsTiger SwallowtailsTulip poplar, Tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera

Zebra Zebra Swallowtail onSwallowtail onButterfly weedButterfly weed, , AsclepiasAsclepias tuberosatuberosa

Paw Paw pawpaw trees, trees, AsiminaAsimina trilobatriloba

Sleepy Sleepy Orange onOrange onCarolina Carolina Elephant’s foot, Elephant’s foot, ElephantopusElephantopus carolinianuscarolinianus

Wild Senna, Wild Senna, Senna Senna marilandicamarilandica

Monarch Caterpillar onMonarch Caterpillar onButterfly weed, Butterfly weed, AsclepiasAsclepias tuberosatuberosa

Swamp MilkweedSwamp Milkweed, , AsclepiasAsclepias incarnataincarnata

No parcel is too small to make a No parcel is too small to make a differencedifference

Every little bit helps. It’s Every little bit helps. It’s amazing how amazing how much you can much you can dodo

when youwhen you choose choose to give a little bit of to give a little bit of thatthat naturalnatural habitat back. habitat back. ----Roxanne Roxanne PaulPaul

Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Cooper’s HawkMourning Dove Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Chimney SwiftRuby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay Tree SwallowAmerican Crow Fish Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted NuthatchRed-breasted NuthatchBrown Creeper Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird

Wood Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow WarblerYellow-rumped Warbler Ovenbird Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle Purple Finch House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow

Backyard Backyard Bird ListBird List: : 55 55 SpeciesSpecies

Black Black SwallowtailSwallowtailEastern Eastern Tiger SwallowtailTiger SwallowtailSpicebush Spicebush SwallowtailSwallowtailCabbage Cabbage WhiteWhiteClouded Clouded SulphurSulphurOrange Orange SulphurSulphurRedRed--banded banded HairstreakHairstreakGray HairstreakGray HairstreakEastern Eastern TailedTailed--BlueBlueSpring Spring AzureAzureSummer Summer AzureAzureVariegated Variegated FritillaryFritillaryGreat Great Spangled FritillarySpangled FritillaryPearl Pearl CrescentCrescentMourning Mourning CloakCloakAmerican American LadyLadyPainted LadyPainted LadyQuestion MarkQuestion MarkRed Red AdmiralAdmiralRedRed--spotted spotted PurplePurpleViceroyViceroyMonarchMonarchSilverSilver--spotted spotted SkipperSkipperJuvenal’sJuvenal’s DuskywingDuskywingHorace’s Horace’s DuskywingDuskywingClouded Clouded SkipperSkipperLeast Least SkipperSkipperSachemSachemPeck’s SkipperPeck’s SkipperDelaware Delaware SkipperSkipperHobomokHobomok SkipperSkipperZabulonZabulon SkipperSkipperDun SkipperDun Skipper

Backyard Butterfly List: 34 SpeciesBackyard Butterfly List: 34 Species

Plus Plus HerpsHerps, Mammals, Insects, Mammals, Insects

Cope’s Gray Cope’s Gray TreefrogTreefrog

Eastern Box TurtleEastern Box Turtle

CicadaCicada

Bugs make the world go roundBugs make the world go round

SixSix--spotted Tiger Beetle, spotted Tiger Beetle, Cicindela sexguttata

Predators Predators that eat that eat pestypesty insects, from crickets and grasshoppers insects, from crickets and grasshoppers to fleas and gnatsto fleas and gnats. In turn, they are food for birds. In turn, they are food for birds, dragonflies, , dragonflies, robber flies, robber flies, lizards, salamanders, frogs lizards, salamanders, frogs and other small and other small animals.animals.

Plan & DesignPlan & DesignNotice amount of sun and Notice amount of sun and shade, slope shade, slope and groundwater and groundwater

table. Consider external influences such as stormwater table. Consider external influences such as stormwater runoff, runoff, habitat fragmentationhabitat fragmentation, non, non--native species.native species.

A plant that has fed nothing has not done A plant that has fed nothing has not done its job.its job.----Doug Doug TallamyTallamy

Trumpet Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, LoniceraLonicera sempervirenssempervirens RubyRuby--throated Hummingbirdthroated Hummingbird

NonnativeNonnativeGarlic MustardGarlic Mustard

Falcate Falcate OrangetipOrangetip, , AnthocharisAnthocharis mideamidea

Black Swallowtail from caterpillar to butterflyBlack Swallowtail from caterpillar to butterfly

Golden Golden AlexandersAlexanders, , ZiziaZizia aureaaurea

Consider your habitat Consider your habitat mosiacmosiac

Gardening is civil and social, but it wants Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. the outlaw. ----Henry Henry David ThoreauDavid Thoreau

Vertical structure provides nesting and Vertical structure provides nesting and foraging sites, cover and travel routesforaging sites, cover and travel routes

American RobinAmerican Robin OvenbirdOvenbird

Water for Wildlife

Rough Green SnakeRough Green SnakeTufted TitmouseTufted Titmouse

Pickerel FrogPickerel Frog

FiveFive--lined Skinklined Skink

Ebony Ebony JewelwingJewelwing

Year Round Interest

Beautyberry, Beautyberry, CallicarpaCallicarpa americanaamericana

Winterberry, Winterberry, Ilex Ilex verticillataverticillata

Discover a refuge in your own backyardDiscover a refuge in your own backyard

Tufted TitmiceTufted TitmiceChickadeesChickadees

BluebirdsBluebirdsCarolina WrensCarolina Wrens

He who He who plants a treeplants a tree

Plants a Plants a hope. hope.

--Lucy Larcom