Visitors to our Outdoor Classroom can enjoy the native plant garden that surrounds our bird enclosures. With the help of a generous grant from the WVU Extension Master Gardeners as well as support from the Monongahela Master Naturalists, volunteers manage the designing, planting, and upkeep of our garden. Native plants are important to bird conservation; they coevolved with insects that are important food for native songbirds, especially during nesting season.

We've selected plant species for their wildlife value. Some of the species represented in our garden include:

Eastern redbud
Butterfly weed
Purple coneflower
Prairie smoke
Blazing star
Prairie dropseed
Monarda sp.
Hairy beardtongue
Foxglove beardtongue
Mountain mint
Orange coneflower
Aster sp.
Bluestem sp.
Spotted bee balm
Black-eyed susan
Phlox sp.
Swamp milkweed
Common milkweed
Allegheny serviceberry
Viburnum sp.
Wingstem
Pokeweed
Columbine sp.







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