National Wildlife Federation Certifies the Nation's 100,000th Habitat

It is with great pride and excitement that National Wildlife Federation announced the certification of the U.S. Botanic Garden's National Garden as the 100,000 Certified Wildlife Habitat™ on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.

Located in our nation's capital, the National Garden contains a Regional Garden that is a showcase for native plants from both the Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain geographical areas (see photo above). In arranging the plantings, great emphasis was placed on "right plant, right place," in order to reduce the need for supplemental irrigation.

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