Kansas 2025

Before

After

Starting to put native gardens in their new yard to attract birds and beauty to their landscape
Look at the “bird garden people” is how this property is now referred to as folks walk by and admire the goldfinches on the coneflowers and all the pollitators attracted to the new plantings.
Purple poppy mallow many other native plants will be added to these sites to attract birds, caterpillars and other insects to provide year-round food resources.
Gardens are filling in and providing excellent habitat. A lovely spot to sit and watch.
Property owner loves birds, bees, and butterflies and is happy to make space to grow more food and shelter for them. Plus, natives establish well, so it is a win, win!
Great to see wildlife using the space already. Looking forward to next year
Sunflowers will be added to this corner to attract birds and bees.
More birds were noticed in this portion of the yard foraging on the seeds produced by the sunflowers.
Homeowner is expanding existing garden to help wildlife and create lower maintenance with less lawn.
This gardener spread a prairie seed mix, and is preparing an additional area for planting next!
This oak-hickory understory was overgrown with invasive plants. The honeysuckle has been removed and will be replaced with native plants.
Choked with invasive honeysuckles but now many native shrubs and perennials have been added
Pollinator garden will have sunflowers, white sage, goldenrod, purple poppy mallow, and others to support biodiversity.
Hummingbirds feed on the Cleome, Hoary Vervain and Pitchersage, while House Wrens and Nashville Warblers hunt for insects on the sunflowers. Other birds have been foraging in the leaf mulch.
Side garden will add native plants for birds.
Natives are establishing nicely and providing more foraging opportunities for wildlife.

Remaining Before Photos

Property is adding natives to the front of the house for both aesthetic and to attract birds.
Homeowner is aware of the plight of grassland birds and will add species such as purpletop grass, little bluestem, and prairie dropseed to provide habitat for them. Sunflowers, white sage, goldenrod, purple poppy mallow, and others will also be planted nearby.
This expansive yard is getting a few native plant additions.
This site will have some new additions to benefit the birds.
Here is a newly mulched bed awaiting a native planting.

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