Glenview Native Habitat Creating Pollinator-Friendly Neighborhoods

The Glenview Native Habitat (GNH) project will help Glenview become a healthier, greener, and more pollinator-friendly community. GNH is a project of Greener Glenview and funded by a 2023 Judy Beck Grant.

The Glenview Native Habitat project is working to develop a corridor of native habitat gardens across the village to provide birds and pollinators access to food, water, shelter, and a place to raise their young. The native habitat gardens can be created on individual properties such as homes, HOAs, faith communities, schools, businesses, and parks. Even a balcony or patio can be turned into a native habitat garden!

Glenview Native Habitat is partnering with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to certify each individual native habitat garden. Check out the Greener Glenview website for certification details. Once our community builds a network of certified native habitat gardens, GNH will apply to get Glenview recognized as a Community Wildlife Habitat™. Evanston is the only other community in Illinois to have received this coveted certification.

GNH invites everyone in the village to get involved! GreenerGlenview.org provides all the information to support this village-wide effort. Learn what you need to create a native habitat garden. Check to see if your current garden is ready to be certified. Review the criteria needs to become a Community Wildlife Habitat™. Find lists of upcoming educational events. Search through our extensive list of resources. Volunteer with GNH to create a bird and pollinator-friendly community. This project will indeed take a village!

Be part of this important village-wide effort to create a healthier and more sustainable community for ourselves, our children, and all the birds, bees, and butterflies who will be thriving and happily pollinating our native habitat gardens.