The Gardening for Wildlife Committee’s mission is to educate the public on how to create a wildlife habitat according to the National Wildlife Federation guidelines.
One of the Gardening for Wildlife Committee’s highlights for the CFCG 2021/22 season was the nomination for the NC Wildlife Federation’s 57th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Award. This award was earned by our committee by creating an educational video on the certification of wildlife habitats during the CFCG 2020/21 pandemic shut down. This virtual tour of the Parnell‘s garden covers the categories for wildlife certification: food, shelter, water and a place to raise young and sustainability. The videos can be viewed on our club’s website: www.capefeargardenclub.org
The Parnell‘s garden, which is a wildlife habitat, was chosen by the Gardening for Wildlife Committee as an “educational”garden for the 2020 Azalea Garden Tour. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 shutdown, the Azalea Garden Tour was canceled for two consecutive years. With the dedicated work and patience of the Gardening for Wildlife Committee members and volunteers, the ongoing project for the last three years finally came to fruition, with the Parnell’s garden being showcased in it’s natural setting during the 2022 Azalea Garden Tour.
To complete the Gardening for Wildlife Committee’s mission, our video presentations on how to certify one’s garden as a wildlife habitat, were presented to the Wilmington Hobby Greenhouse Club and are available to other organizations to encourage future wildlife habitats.
