Welcoming all that can fly in, this naturalistic garden is home to birds, bees, bugs, and even bats! Take a tour of this Portland, OR garden for #WorldWildlifeDay:
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That ideal blend of beauty and sustainability was achieved by Tamara Paulat in her charming Pacific Coast garden in Portland, Oregon. Her entire yard (which she calls chickadeegardens) is populated with a carefully chosen mix of native and ornamental plants that are kind to the environment while echoing the architectural style of her 1929 Spanish Revival home.
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“Everything has to pull its weight around here,” says Paulat, who is platinum certified with the Portland Backyard Habitat Certification Program. “It is either a native plant that provides a habitat for insects and birds or an ornamental that is non-invasive, adaptable to our area, and provides some sort of benefit for wildlife in the form of food, shelter, seed, or building material.”
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Pictured: A paver walkway meanders through the back garden, under the watchful eyes of a concrete Buddha, which sits among Echinops ritro. Also in the mix are Hebe ‘Quicksilver’, Penstemon ‘Husker Red’, and a variety of Pacific Northwest natives such as Sedum oreganum, Juncus effusus, Armeria maritima, and Penstemon serrulatus.
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