Our Native Garden helps the Earth because many animals habitats are there, habitats include shelter, food and water . For example, there is a Black-capped Chickadee house in the native garden. The chickadee's house shape is a vertical rectangle with a small hole. It is at the top of the tree near the Sky Blue Aster and the Purple Coneflower. The chickadees in the family can find good food and shelter to stay alive.
Another reason our native garden helps the earth is because the plants grow and makes healthy food for some animals so they stay alive. When plants grow they attract native insects. Insects provide food for the birds, and they also help pollinate. We need pollinators like native bees and butterflies to survive!
The native garden has a long root system which helps control storm water. They also help keep our water clean because you will not need to have pesticides and fertilizers. Invasive species often are nonnative plants. Nonnative plants are not a natural part of our community.
Some disrupt and often overwhelm an ecosystem's delicate balance of life. The natural communities in the native garden evolved together for a long period of time into what are often called an ecosystem. Ecosystems give plants and/or animals in its community with a habitat to live in, some food to eat, and stuff like that. That is how the Native Garden helps the Earth!
Helping the Earth by Arabella, Ishika, and Jackson; 2017