Willamette valley wildlife garden making guide

Habitat Design’s guide for enriching your garden with native plants to attract pollinators and wildlife, available here in PDF format. This guide is a result of gathering inspiring wildlife gardening stories, including support from our partners at Columbia Land Trust, Portland Audubon Society, Our Table Cooperative Farm and the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides.

BEE stewards pollinator toolkit

A hands-on toolkit for attracting and sustaining pollinators, in support of the Bee Stewards Initiative for the City of Wilsonville.

Backyard Habitat Certification program

Columbia Land Trust and Portland Audubon’s Backyard Habitat program supports urban gardeners in their efforts to create natural backyard habitats and provides incentives for “naturescaped” properties.

Habitat is BHCP trained and can provide designs that meet their certification criteria.

Conserving Oregon White Oak in urban and suburban landscapes

This document provides guidance to landowners and others interested in conserving and planting Oregon white oak and associated prairies where they live.

Native Plants for willamette valley yards

Portland Metro’s resource for identifying and selecting native plants for urban yards and gardens. In addition to its highly visual, accessible approach to scientific information, this booklet is an excellent primer on our ecosystem’s native and invasive species.

the meadowscaping handbook

This handbook offers guidelines for planning, designing, planting, and maintaining meadows in small urban garden settings within the Willmette Valley.

Xerces Field Journal

This document was created in hopes of providing artful and joyful guidance for exploring nature with a special focus on insects.