Garden Tour Features Wildlife Habitats

The annual Weaverville Garden Tour, sponsored by the Tree Board and organized by Weaverville Wildlife Habitat, will feature 5 Certified Wildlife Habitats. The tour will take place on Saturday July 12th, from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Featured gardens will give visitors lots of ideas that can be used to attract small native wildlife species to their own back yards - and create beautiful gardens as well. Properties range from newly-established gardens to fully mature (and undergoing renovation) habitats. Maps and additional information will be available the day of the tour in front of the Weaverville Town Hall.

Gardening for Wildlife Workshop

Want to learn how to make your property a haven for wildlife? Attend one or all of the sessions in this workshop sponsored by Weaverville Wildlife Habitat. This workshop will follow the annual Weaverville Garden Tour that is on the morning of the same day.


Gardening for Wildlife
July 12, 2008 1:30 – 4:30 PM
Weaverville Library (41 N. Main St.)


1:30 – 2:00 PM Elements of a Certified Wildlife Habitat
Alicia V. Hulse, Weaverville Wildlife Habitat Team Leader

To share your property with birds, butterflies and other small creatures, you need to provide them with food, water, cover, and places to raise young. Using native plants in your landscaping will also benefit wildlife and provide you with a sustainable landscape that requires minimal effort.


2:00 – 2:30 PM Creating Habitat for Butterflies
Art Hulse, Board Member, Botanical Gardens at Asheville

Butterfly gardening is easy, can be done in a relatively small space, and provides almost instant gratification. This session will focus on butterfly natural history, garden design and plant selection for the garden.


2:30 – 2:45 PM Break


2:45 – 3:30 PM Creating Habitat for Songbirds
Herman Lankford, Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society

Gardens can be beautiful while providing humans with great opportunities to view birds from the convenience and comfort of home. In this presentation, you will learn about songbird habitat needs, with a focus on some of the best choices of native plantings for food and cover.


3:30 – 4:30 PM Converting Lawns to Meadows
Randy Burroughs, Landscape Architect

Revitalizing the unused areas of your lawn provides habitat, attracting more birds & butterflies to enliven the scene. Local case studies will show several processes which you can adapt to your particular situation. Maintenance and labor-saving strategies will be discussed to help make this adventure easier to enjoy.

Welcome!

Welcome to Weaverville Wildlife Habitat News Updates!

Weaverville Wildlife Habitat invites you to join your neighbors in rolling out the welcome mat for birds, butterflies, and other small wildlife species that share our backyards!

Sponsored by the Town of Weaverville, this project is aimed at having Weaverville join the ranks of communities across the country that are certified as Community Wildlife Habitats by the National Wildlife Federation.

We are seeking to certify business properties and individual homes within the Weaverville town limits. The following steps outline the certification process:

1. Contact a Weaverville Wildlife Habitat Team Member (wwhabitat@gmail.com) to obtain application materials or consult the National Wildlife Federation website (nwf.org)
2. Review certification requirements on the Habitat Certification Application
3. Contact a Weaverville Wildlife Habitat Team member for property visit if needed
4. Determine what is needed to qualify for certification
5. Implement additions or changes to your landscaping
6. Consult with Weaverville Wildlife Habitat Team member as needed
7. Submit certification application* to the National Wildlife Federation

For more information, visit our website at www.myweaverville.com/weavervillewildlifehabitat