National Wildlife Federation Certifies TomorrowToday Wildlife Habitat Garden in Charlottesville

Charlottesville, Virginia August 11, 2020 – The National Wildlife Federation (NWF), America’s largest wildlife conservation and education organization, is pleased that TomorrowToday in Charlottesville has successfully created a Certified Wildlife Habitat® through its Garden for WildlifeTM program.

NWF celebrates this effort to create a garden that supports birds, butterflies, bees, frogs and other local wildlife. Every Certified Wildlife Habitat garden provides natural sources of food, water, cover and places to raise young and is maintained in a sustainable way that incorporates native plants, conserves water and doesn’t rely on pesticides.

Celebrating over 45 years, the Garden for Wildlife movement has recognized over 227,000 Certified Wildlife Habitat gardens across the United States to date, encompassing more than 2.5 million acres that support wildlife locally. Backyards, urban gardens, school grounds, businesses, places of worship, campuses, parks, farms, zoos and community landscapes can all be recognized as wildlife habitats through the program.

“Anyone, anywhere can restore wildlife habitat right in their own yards and communities,” said NWF naturalist David Mizejewski. “Whether you garden in a suburban yard, an urban area or a rural plot of land, you can make a difference for local wildlife. Creating a Certified Wildlife Habitat garden is fun, easy and makes a real difference for neighborhood wildlife. It’s the perfect grassroots way to think globally and act locally and help birds, butterflies, bees and other wildlife,” he added.

“Ensuring that our company site supports the restoration of urban wildlife habitat and provides food, water, cover and places to raise young for pollinators and other wildlife supports our company mission to create a better tomorrow, today. We are passionate about saving the world, and pursing certification helps set the standard for other local businesses and residents to follow,” said TomrrowToday CEO Angela Orebaugh. “We have installed a rain garden to capture stormwater runoff, planted native plants such as swamp milkweed, butterfly weed, and cardinal flower, and provided feeders, housing, and water sources for wildlife. Currently we are home to a variety of birds, butterflies, bees, chipmunks, squirrels, and the occasional groundhog and raccoon. We have never used pesticides or herbicides and plan to continue using ecological methods to maintain our landscape.”

Every Certified Wildlife Habitat garden is now also part of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a national effort to create a million gardens that provide habitat for declining pollinator insects such butterflies and bees.

Participants who have their wildlife habitat garden certified receive a personalized certificate with a unique habitat number, a one-year membership to NWF with a subscription to National Wildlife magazine, a subscription to the Garden for Wildlife e-newsletter, a 10 percent discount to National Wildlife catalog, and the exclusive right to post a Certified Wildlife Habitat yard sign.

For more information on NWF’s Garden for Wildlife movement and how to qualify to have a garden space recognized as a Certified Wildlife Habitat, visit https://www.nwf.org/garden or call 1-800-822-9919.

TomorrowToday, LLC
1448 Westwood Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Contact:
TomorrowToday at info@tomorrow-today.com.
Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet, National Wildlife Federation, 202-797-6809, OrdonezLancetJ@nwf.org

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