Birds


Gardening for Birds with California Native Plants

October 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Zoom You can have a beautiful native plant garden that attracts amazing birds, butterflies and other wildlife. Learn about the benefits of local, native plants and some of the wonderful birds that are drawn to this place and to these […]

CA fuchia with hummingbird

Ceanothus with pollinators

Creating a Sustainable Ecosystem in Your Garden

Alameda Sun – Wednesday, June 9, 2021 by Birgitt Evans, Board member of Alameda Backyard Growers and Master Gardener It’s June now and the garden is planted and beginning to take off. Also taking off are those organisms people identify as “pests.” Contrary to most articles, this one is not […]


Gardening to Benefit Birds

Part One Alameda Sun – Thursday, April 8, 2021 by Linda Carloni, ABG Board member and Master Gardener The birds of North America are disappearing. A 2019 study led by Cornell Lab of Ornithology found that since 1970, we’ve lost 2.9 billion breeding adult birds throughout North America, spread from […]

CA fuchia with hummingbird