Loudoun Wildlife
Conservancy
Creating habitat in the
home landscape
Morven Park Carriage Museum
17253 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg, VA
John C Magee
President
Magee Design
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Why I do what I do
Galapagos wildlife- unique to the world
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Unique (native) plants
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Exotic invasives
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Hab-i-tat
ˈhabəˌtat/
noun
• the natural home or environment of an
animal, plant, or other organism.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a community of living
organisms (plants, animals and microbes)
in conjunction with the nonliving
components of their environment (things
like air, water and mineral soil),
interacting as a system.
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The Four Essential Elements of Habitat
• Food
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• Places to raise young
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• Places to raise young
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• Places to raise young
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What can you do at home to provide habitat?
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Increase your habitat and curb appeal
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Why grow grass?
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Move through the garden
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Working with the site
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Soak up the sun and the rain
to provide islands of habitat
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If you plant it, they will come.
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Think outside the box
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Get rid of your grass, grass, grass…
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Habitat creation
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Native plants for your home
Native plants for your garden!
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All we are sayingIs Give bees a chance…
Thank you for
listening! Please
plant some natives!
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