National Wildlife Federation/ San Diego County

All Sorts of Good Links and Resources

Gardening and Composting Links

Internet resources you may find useful and interesting:


National Wildlife Federation,
Backyard Wildlife Habitat program www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat

The Compost Resource Page www.oldgrowth.org/compost

Digital Seed www.digitalseed.com/composter

Environmental Services Dept. Home Page www.sannet.gov/environmental-services

California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov/home

Renee’s Gardens (seed source) www.reneesgarden.com
(Renee Shepherd, formerly of Shepherd’s Seeds)

Organic Gardening . com … great web site! www.organicgardening.com

Xeriscape Gardening News (“e-zine”) www.highcountrygardens.com
“home” & click on their e-zine choices – includes index to great past articles!

Be Water Wise, San Diego www.bewaterwise.com

Be Wise Ranch – organic produce source www.bewiseranch.com
(community-supported agriculture program – for more info, you can call 858-756-3088)


Backyard Composting Demonstration Gardens:

Master Composter Demonstration Site – Quail Botanical Gardens / Encinitas, CA

Ridgehaven Compost Garden/City of San Diego Environmental Services Dept. / 9601 Ridgehaven Court 92123

Sea World Discovery Garden / 500 Sea World Drive, San Diego 92109

Wig L. Worm Composting Garden / San Diego Children’s Zoo / 29290 Zoo Drive, San Diego 92103

Wild Animal Park Composting Garden / 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, San Diego 92027

Questions about composting ??? Call the ROTLINE at 760 / 436-7986

Places to See Native Plants, Hiking, Animal Links

Blue Sky Ecological Reserve; Poway, CA http://tchester.org/sd/places/bs/blue_sky.html

Buena Vista Audubon Society; Oceanside, CA www.bvaudubon.org

California Native Plant Society (CNPS) www.cnps.org

Wild Birds Unlimited www.wbu.com

Growing Native – Grow California Native
Plants and Bring Wildlife to your garden!
Louise Lacey; Berkeley, CA www.growingnative.com

Multiple Habitat Conservation Program (MHCP)
and Encinitas Subarea Plan – Draft Document
(applies primarily to North County Coastal areas) www.ci.encinitas.ca.us/City_Services/CD/PDFs/draft_mhcp.pdf

Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP)
(applies primarily to other San Diego areas) www.sannet.gov/mscp

San Diego Audubon Society www.sandiegoaudubon.org

Theodore Payne Foundation for
Wildflowers and Native Plants, Inc. www.theodorepayne.org

Quail Botanical Gardens www.qbg.com

California Oak Foundation www.californiaoaks.org


Cal Flora www.calflora.org

Butterflies of California www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/ca/toc.htm

Larner Seeds www.larnerseeds.com

Descanso Gardens / La Canada, CA www.descanso.com

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens / Claremont, CA http://rsabg.org

Wildlife Friendly Gardening www.wildwords.com

Montgomery High School – Native
Plants Garden www.nativeplants-geo.org

San Dieguito River Park www.sdrp.org

Project Wildlife www.projectwildlife.org

San Diego Horticultural Society www.sdhortsoc.org

Bat Rescue – Dick Wilkins www.batrescue.org

Bat Conservation International / Austin, TX www.batcon.org