Eco-friendly wildlife garden is a great way to attract wildlife to your garden with various types of benefits. There are large numbers of native wildlife reserve in the gardens with an important value all over the country. The most important elements for a good and healthy wildlife garden are food, shelter and water. These are the fundamental elements required by all the living organisms to survive.
Food: You can consider the habitat of some insects that feeds on nectar. Some animals that feed on worms and slugs and birds that feed on fruits and berries can be put in the gardens to increase the aesthetic look of the garden. Buddleia that attracts butterflies and cotoneaster bearing berries are good for wildlife eco-friendly gardens.
Shelter: Animals habitat in the gardens requires shelter to breed in, sleep and hibernate in. Most of the gardeners place bird boxes in the gardens to attract the birds to the gardens. Boxes are also made for some insects also including lacewings, ladybird and bumble bees. A compost heap in the garden is the best place for the shelter of frogs, he...
Gradually, a garden can be a comfort place for a person. It can even bring a community together. Maybe it can also symbolize the meaning to a belief. A garden can benefit the gardener who is growing it or a community that is building one for a good cause. In “Sowing Change” by Donna Freedman, gardens means a lot to the community of North Lawndale, in Chicago. In “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, a garden full of a few Marigolds means the world to someone.
Native plants in any given area have adapted to all the other organisms in a given area and genetically diverse ecosystems are generally maintained.
Biodiversity is a priority issue for me and the country of Canada because nature and biodiversity provide for services that we humans take for granted. Clean air, clean water, soil for agriculture, and pollination from different insects are only a few things provided by nature. In the 21st century living in the industrialized era we have tendency to neglect things that we believe to have no economic value to us. “… the economic value of income from the earths ecological services is at least $36 trillion (US) per year” (Miller, Hackett 213).Clearly diversity has very economic value, but we also need it for basic things such as food. Agriculture in Canada is worth $ 95 billion and account for 8.8% of its gross national product and 14% of its employment (Miller, Hackett 292).Canadians also need biodiversity for their health, with 70% of pharmaceuticals being derived from natural resources. We should care to save biodiversity not only for the benefits that it brings to us, but also because of its aesthetic value, which means that some people love and appreciate nature because of its beauty. Simple things li...
Community gardens have been planted and maintained for many years and have been used to support war efforts, feed people during economic hardships, and boost a sense of community and pride. Community gardens are found all over the world from the U.S. to the U.K. and even in Afghanistan. Governments and citizens have started community gardens alike on public land and private land as well; for these reason they can really be anywhere as long as the community comes together to keep the garden healthy.
The remaining green spaces that are left are not large enough to support much wildlife, and often don’t supply the benefits that native plants offer. Non-native plants can be invasive, and generalist species can outcompete native plant species. This can create a burden on available nutrients and can cause issues in particular ecosystems to all of its inhabitants. Non-native plants sometimes require artificial fertilizers and pesticides due to the fact that they are not adapted to the environment that they have been placed into. Not only does this have a negative effect on the environment, but it also can have a negative impact on human health. The ways in which animals and plants have co-evolved with one another must be considered, when determining the impacts that non-native plant species can have in an ecosystem. For example, insects are an important food source for many animals, and are crucial for a healthy ecosystem. Different plant species have different ways of protecting themselves, many have distasteful or toxic chemicals. Insects who don’t have an evolutionary history with a plant species may not have the specific adaptations they need to be able to feed on them. This creates problems in the food web of that ecosystem. A study conducted in 2008, which focused on the
The next topic for discussion in this paper is ecology. This will include, preferred habitats and interactions with abiotic and biotic elements of the environment.
An important feature of green roofs is their potential to provide habitation for urban wildlife, therefore many animal species such as rats and ants would benefit from green roofs. Coffman and Waites, (2008) explains that the urban development practices recognised as roof greening offers habitat for wild species within the towns and it also helps rise the home-grown natural diversity. However, roof greening is not a method restoration ecology, but it is method of reconciliation ecology, where entirely new habitation is formed for non-human species. In addition Green roofs certainly delivers some form of habitat, it is also possible that the properties of the roof could harm the wildlife diversity.
Based on Traditional culture, materials and landscape, the Gardens in Japan have been designed for recreation and aesthetic pleasure. There are many styles and traditional types of gardens to choose from when deciding to build a garden. These include:
Companion gardening and is the planting of different plants in proximity for pest control, pollination, providing habitat for beneficial creatures, maximizing use of space, and to otherwise increase productivity and life . In scientific terms it is called “Polyculture”. It’s history dates back to1970s where this technique was widely promoted as part of the organic gardening movement. It was encouraged for pragmatic reasons, but mainly with the idea that different species of plant may thrive more when close together. It’s helpful to think of building good plant communities when planning your garden. This is the most important concept behind companion gardening. Time-tested garden secrets say that certain plants grown close together and become the best friends for life.However, relationships between plants are varied...
I live in the Northeast, in southern New England to be exact. We are trying real hard to get the Eco-Friendly thing right, so this year we have decided to let our landscaping company go and do it all ourselves! Here are some of the things that we have implemented into our green landscaping since January 2008. We are allowing native plants and ground covers to spread into our Lawn. It is a big step in going green and one that I admit I've had to get accustomed to. I am used to having crisp edges and clean lines around our planting beds and landscaping, this is a big change, but I already like the result. This is a step that is worth considering when starting a new project because materials such as stone, timber and gravel have to be sourced
We see fences everywhere, telling us where we can and can’t go just like they do in the wilderness. But who would ever think that fences could be a bad thing? Aren’t they for our safety and well being, keeping us from places that are dangerous for us? Yes, that is true however recent studies have shown that large-scale fences are leading to an ecological meltdown and having a negative effect on ecosystems.
Insects are the most diverse group of organisms on the planet. They occupy most of the habitat in the world. Insects have served as a model group of organisms for tackling many biological queries. Butterflies (Class: Insecta; Order: Lepidoptera) have been used as a model for studies on ecology, development and population dynamics. Most of the species are highly seasonal and some have very restricted habitats. Butterflies are good indicators of climate and help us understand fluctuations in seasonal changes. They require specific ecological conditions for their growth and development. Monitoring butterflies helps us understand the overall diversity of a habitat as they are directly dependent on other factors such as availability of host plants and nectar plants. They also play a very significant role in
Perches are preferred as birds like to sleep above the floor. Roosting on perches reduces boredom, minimises the contact between the birds and their droppings, and therefore help to prevent diseases. The perches can be made from rounded stick or straight tree branches matching the size of birds’ feet. Each adult chicken requires about 20 cm of perch space and if more than one perch is needed, they should be about 50 cm apart and at the same level to prevent birds from fighting to reach the highest perch when they come in to roost in the evening. Several housing structures including the dome-shaped stick/wire baskets, stick-built and standard poultry houses are ideal for poultry housing. Cleaning the chicken house helps to prevent and control diseases, especially external parasites such as fleas and
Sabah wildlife is in trouble. Many of the animals found in Sabah, Malaysia Borneo exits no where else on earth. It is mostly because of the local hunting culture and illegal wildlife activities. Indigenous people have been hunting for generations. Only 100 years ago, Bornean Headhunters were still in action. Already this year we lost two species of rhinoceros in the world. The West African Black Rhino, and Javan Rhino of Vietnam (source: The Atlantic Wire). There are no Sumatran rhinos left in the wild in the Malaysian state of Sabah, confirmed Masidi Manjun, the Tourism Culture and Environment Minister. In 2008, conservationists estimated there were around 50 rhinos in the stare. Five years later, it dropped that estimate to just ten. Now,
One of the reasons for loss in biodiversity is alteration of habitats. A habitat is the natural environment in which a species of living organism lives. If the habitat of a species is changed, it will cause the species to die or migrate to other places where it can find its natural habitat. There are many ways in which the habitat of plants and animals can be altered. One of them is land use changes. Since the beginning of human life, human beings have been changing land use for farming. Large areas of forests have been cleared by humans to increase the area of farming to satisfy their growing needs. Many biodiversity-rich landscape characteristics have been lost due to intensive farming (Young, Richards, Fischer, Halada, Kull, Kuzniar, Tartes, Uzunov & Watt, 2007). For example, traditional farming was replaced by private farms in Europe after the First World War causing an immense change in land use patterns. Another major proble...