Quick-Start Guides

The Ultimate Guide on How to Get Started

Looking to start or refresh your garden? Here is a guide to getting started with planting native plants. This resource describes every step of how to start your garden, beginning with finding native plants in your region, how to plan your space, how to get planting, and finally what to do once your garden has been established.

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Poster you can download of how to get started when thinking about Gardening for Birds.

The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Planting

Are you ready to dive into transforming your garden space, but want practical approaches to planting? This guide outlines three efficient methods to kickstart your garden or further amplify your space. In addition, you will find handy tips and tricks that can improve your gardening experience.

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A picture of a step by step guide for different options of how to start a garden. Picture can be downloaded.

Are you ready for a landscape makeover or want to enhance your existing gardens?

After downloading the quick start guides for reference. You may be ready to jump into seeing how other people have transformed their spaces to be more bird friendly!

See How Others Transformed Their Spaces
Three large round rocks in a barren space with birdfeeders in the background.
Before photo by Cathy Tugmon, Georgia
Garden after planting where yellow and green plants dominate.
After photo by Cathy Tugmon, Georgia
Dry patch with a stump and some grassy spots where new flowers will be added.
Before photo by Rebecca Dewhirst, California
Light purple flowers surround a stump making for a lovely display.
After photo by Rebecca Dewhirst, California

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