[MPWG] Home Habitat Garden

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forwarded from Pennsylvania  Native Plant Society
Garden expo to  feature largest indoor native plant display in Mid-Atlantic  
region 
A nearly 4,000-square-foot Home Habitat Garden built by DCNR and other  
conservation partners will be one of the showcase gardens at the Pennsylvania  
Garden Expo, March 10-13, 2005 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.  
Designed to demonstrate how easily native Pennsylvania plants can be used  in 
home landscapes, the Home Habitat Garden features a bird sanctuary, butterfly 
 and bee niche, a pond, a rain barrel and rain garden, and landscaping with  
native stones and materials.  
“This is our biggest and best display of native plants to date,” said DCNR  
Secretary Michael DiBerardinis. “Thanks to contributors and our conservation  
partners, we are able to show homeowners that landscaping with native plants 
not  only is good for species and the environment, it also reduces the need for 
 excessive maintenance.”  
Patrons enter the exhibit through a mission-style home front built by  DCNR’s 
Penn Nursery. The “backyard” of the home features native plants that are  
well-suited for the region’s climate and soils, thereby reducing the need for  
supplemental watering and fertilizing.  
Native plants are more resistant to diseases, pests or physiological  
disorders. And because the native species are a part of a larger biological  
community, they create the foundation for a healthy, diverse backyard habitat.  
To help educate homeowners on “what not to plant,” the garden display  
features a section called Invasive Alley, featuring those plants that spread  
rapidly and multiple in the wild, displacing native species.  
The garden also feature s display of garden art—sculptures that complement  
the plants and natural materials.  
The Home Habitat Garden is designed, constructed and sponsored by DCNR,  
Audubon Pennsylvania, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Pennsylvania Fish  
and Boat Commission, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Debra Kirkpatrick of 
 Landscape Architectural Design.  
Admission for the show is $10; children under 12 are free. Hours are from  10 
a.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 10-12, until 6 p.m. on March 13. For more  
information, log on to www.pagardenexpo.com. 








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