Landscapes Going Wild: City stats
July 18th, 2007 by bruce_richmondSo where are all of these Backyard Habitats?
Apparently, it’s a bit labor intensive to get the Certified Backyard Habitat stats city-by city. Thanks to Roxanne Paul of the National Wildlife Federation for sending this partial list before dashing off on her vacation.
Campbell: 12
Cupertino: 9
Los Altos: 16
Los Altos Hills: 3
Los Gatos: 14
Menlo Park: 4
Palo Alto: 17
Saratoga: 5
San Jose: 99
Santa Clara: 9
Landscaper Sherri Osaka told me today that she had one and they’re not that hard to do.
August 6th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
A friend of mine in Illinois applied for these about 10 years ago and had her yard certified as a backyard habitat. IIRC she had a bit of work to meet the guidelines but other than tht it was a fairly simple process.