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

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Hawk Mountain

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Galapagos

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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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• Water

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• Cover

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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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Create niches

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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Case study:

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Native plants for your home

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Native plants for your garden!

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All we are sayingIs Give bees a chance…

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Thank you for

listening! Please

plant some natives!

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