Visit
wildlife gardens at the Eighth Annual Camano Island Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Garden Tour Saturday, June 27, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The event is free to the
public. Pick up maps at Camano Multipurpose Center (AKA — The Blue
Building), 141 N East Camano Drive, the day of the event. Besides a
lovely garden tour on the island, the Wildlife Habitat Garden Tour will demonstrate how
people can live happily in harmony with nature, show how any property can be a
Backyard Wildlife Habitat, and promote awareness of the National Wildlife
Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat Program — just by providing food,
water, shelter and places to raise young. These elements may be present
naturally or be provided by the homeowner. Gardens range from small to large,
simple to extravagant, forested to waterfront. Information on native plants,
wildlife, composting, as well as challenges faced on particular properties will
be available. Camano Island is the 10th community in the nation to be
certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Community Wildlife Habitat
with more than 800 individual properties certified as Backyard
Wildlife Habitats. The Camano Wildlife Habitat Project of Friends of Camano
Island Parks sponsors the tour. For more information about the tour,
visit www.camanowildlifehabitat.org, call
360-387-2236, or e-mail camanowildlifehabitat@gmail.com. |
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