Certify Your Wildlife Garden

Whether you have an apartment balcony or a 20-acre farm, you can create a garden that attracts beautiful wildlife and helps restore habitat in commercial and residential areas.

By providing food, water, cover and a place for wildlife to raise their young, you not only help wildlife, but you also qualify to become an official Certified Wildlife Habitat® and join more than 150,000 sites across the country.

 
To certify your yard, you need to provide the following:

Examples of food sources:

• native plants
• seeds
• fruits
• nuts
• berries
• nectar

Examples of water sources:

• birdbath
• pond
• water garden
• stream

Examples of cover:

• thicket
• roosting box
• brush pile
• mature trees

Examples of places to raise young:

• dense shrubs
• vegetation
• nesting box
• pond

If you don't think your garden is complete, start your registration and we'll inspire you along the way.

If you would prefer to download and print your application, please click here.