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Plants With A Purpose

Habitat Creation Learning Center

High Country Gardens is your source for helpful advice for designing and growing your own habitat garden. We believe that our gardens must be more than just beautiful, and we know that plants play a vital role in the interconnected ecosystems that bind us all together. Don’t let your yard be a biological wasteland - plant habitat for a yard that’s filled with life. 

Designing Your Habitat Garden

Hummingbird and Penstemon flowers

Plus, certify your garden with the International Hummingbird Society

 

Bumblebee and white echinacea flower

Best practices & plant recommendations for protecting beloved bumblebees

A songbird looks right at the camera

Learn more about our bestselling Habitat Hero Pre-Planned Garden

A robin in the garden

Advice on designing a habitat garden for birds from High Country Gardens

Coconino County Penstemon gets a visit from a hummingbird.

Research by Doug Tallamy has brought to light the importance of native plants

A perennial garden with layered trees, shrubs, and flowers

The best way to create habitat is to take inspiration from the natural landscape

Echinacea flower and Monarch butterfly

Learn about butterfly lifecycles and how to support them in your garden

Monarch butterfly and orange Asclepias tuberosa flowers

 Learn more about the Monarch Butterfly’s host plant

Garden Design With Native Ornamental Grasses & Companion Plants

Create a beautiful garden with showy, low-maintenance, waterwise native plants

A bird in a perennial garden with black eyed susans

Habitat gardening is easy with garden designs by the experts at High Country Gardens

Habitat Garden Inspiration

Castle Rock, Colorado Garden

Every inch of this backyard is a showcase of colorful blooms & hummingbird habitat.

An English-Inspired Wildscape Garden In Northern Texas

Water-intense Bermuda grass is replaced by a certified habitat garden

Boulder Yard Transformed Into A Habitat Hero Wildscape

Lifeless spaces transformed into lush, colorful gardens using guidance from Audubon Rockies

Habitat Gardening With A Pond In Colorado

With a love of birdwatching, these gardeners created a  certified wildlife habitat at home

How-To Guides For Habitat Gardens

Clean, Prune, Divide: Easy Tips For Habitat-Friendly Gardens

Prepare for the spring growing season with practices that will support habitat-friendly gardening

Fall Garden Cleanup: Prune This, Not That

Habitat-friendly gardening tips for when the fall gardening season comes to a close

8 Tips For Growing Healthy Shrubs & Trees

These permanent parts of our landscapes benefit greatly from good long-term care

 

Planting Native Grass Seed Mixes for Prairie and Meadow Restoration

Grow natural beauty and provide habitat for beneficial insects, songbirds, and wildlife


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Plants With A Purpose: Habitat Gardening With High Country Gardens

Whether you'd like to encourage more hummingbirds, songbirds, or other wildlife to call your yard home, you've come to the right place. To create habitat in your yard, grow a diversity of plants, including trees and shrubs, ornamental grasses, and perennials. This encourages a more diverse population of beneficial insects, which in turn supports songbirds and other wildlife. Birds and insects rely on both native and introduced plants for food and refuge, but their habitats have been lost due to development across the country. Include as many native species as possible - these resilient plants have established relationships with pollinators and wildlife to help support a healthy ecosystem.

Sustainability Begins In Your Backyard