Home Owners

There are so many great ideas we can pursue to make our backyards more attractive and nature friendly. Suitable landscapes invite birds, wildlife and butterflies. On this page you will find web site links with all sorts of information related to outdoor spaces:

Soil Conservation Information Getting Started with Your Soil.

"Gardeners Gold" Composted Horse Manure is available, free of charge, from your local horse owners. Be sure to call ahead for availability and status of composting.

Natural Cleansers Make your environment cleaner, safer, more eco-friendly, and much more cost effective with these natural cleansers. Make Your Own:

Disinfectants

Glass Cleaners

Scouring Powders

Bathroom Cleaners

Kitchen Cleaners

Refrigerators

Kitchen Surfaces

Carpets/Upholstery

Furniture Polish and Scratch Covers

Floor Cleaners

Metal Cleaners

Automotive Cleaners and Care

Miscellaneous Cleaners (gummed labels, grease cutters, paint brushes, rust removers, shoe polish/care/deodorizer, stain and spot removers, tar remover, vinyl cleaner, wallpaper cleaner)

Insect/Rodent Repellents

Landscaping

A Virginian's Year-Round Guide to Yard Care

Butterfly Gardening

Hummingbird Garden

Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping

Native plants - learn more about what kind of native plants you have in your backyard and how to grow them

Virginia Native Plant Society

Backyard Conservation

Bringing conservation from the countryside to your Backyard, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) publication

Prince William Master Gardeners Teaching Garden

Easy Grass and Leaf Backyard Composting

Backyard Wildlife Habitats

Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries - Landscaping for the Birds

The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia

Natural Resource Conservation Service This Web site has wonderful ideas to make your backyard better

Backyard Conservation Publication - NRCS

Stormwater Management and Urban Best Management Practices

Use nature, vegetation, rain gardens, and rain barrels to help control erosion and stormwater runoff, as low impact development (LID) techniques.

To request a rain barrel workshop PowerPoint Presentation contact PWSWCD

Rain Gardens are bioretention facilities that intercept stormwater runoff and use plants and soil layers to remove pollutants
Urban Water-Quality Management:
Rain Garden Plants

This flyer gives you ideas on how to build a rain garden

Horticultural Best Management Practices

Where does the stormwater go?