Click on the links below to read how gardeners like you transformed their properties - big and small - to wildlife-friendly spaces. You'll discover tips to common problems, photos and wildlife stories.
The map below shows municipalities across Canada where people are gardening with wildlife in mind and their properties are CWF certified Wildlife-friendly Habitat. Addresses are not shown for privacy purposes.
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CWF Wildlife-friendly Demonstration Garden - maps, lists and photos
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The Practical Gardener Goes Wild
2025-12-05
When we bought this fifty-acre farm adjacent to our existing farmland, it was as an extension to our potato growing operation; we certainly did not have wildlife in mind. Much of it was too wet for row crops, with a swampy area in the middle, a spring pond that fed a small year-round stream and another low area that flooded in spring and fall.
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The Suburbs of Torbay
2025-12-03
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Where There’s a Will, There’s a (Natural) Way
2025-12-05
Jade Brown lives in London, Ontario. She’s your typical Canadian living a typical life. She’s also proving that anyone can make a difference. Her garden is just off a busy four-lane street, yet it is also a lush wildlife oasis. As more and more of Canada’s wild areas are turned into subdivisions and shopping malls, wildlife, such as migrating songbirds, are relying more heavily on the average garden to meet their basic needs.
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Wildlife-friendly Gardens 2020
2025-12-03