Gardening from her 1/2 acre, wildlife habitat, Helen’s Haven, located in Raleigh, NC, many garden muses are born…

CERTIFICATIONS
National Wildlife Federation Wildlife Habitat, #58675
Monarch Watch Certificate of Appreciation, #02444
NABA Certified Butterfly Garden, #348
NWF Bird Friendly Habitat, #121,572
North Carolina Native Plant Society, #29

I took the pledge at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation to Bring Back the Pollinators.

PARTICIPATES IN
Firefly Watch

GARDEN CLUBS/GROUPS
Helen’s Haven is open to garden clubs, photographers, horticultural societies, and environmental groups for educational purposes.  Just email me at helen@gardeningwithconfidence.com to set up a visit.

Scheduled for 2013 Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Fall Tour

2013 JC Raulston Arboretum Volunteers Spring Tour

2012 Raleigh Newcomer’s Group

2011 JC Raulston Arboretum Volunteers Fall Tour

2010 JC Raulston Arboretum Volunteers Fall Tour

2010 Sarah P. Duke Gardens Private Tour

2010 Raleigh Little Theatre’s Big Garden Tour – Private VIP tour

 

2009 Garden Conservancy’s Open Days tour

2009 Garden Writers Association

2009 Junior 4-H Club

2008 Volunteers of the JC Raulston Arboretum Tour

2007 Volunteers of the JC Raulston Arboretum Tour

2006 Garden Conservancy’s Open Days tour

2006 Raleigh Garden Club, horticultural group tour.

WRITTEN ABOUT
Steve Bender, Southern Living Magazine
Erica Glasener’s Garden Design
News Observer
Several blog posts
Wake Living
15/501
Metro Magazine
Triangle Gardener
Pam Penick’s blog, Digging

Upcoming features in:
Carolina Gardener

2009 Photographed for Meredith Corporation (Better Homes and Gardens, Country Gardens)

Here is a little spotlight of Helen’s Haven on My Carolina Today NBC – 17 show. We talk about creating a wildlife habitat in the backyard. I hope the National Wildlife Federation will forgive me for saying to wrong address to their great organization. It is NWF.org

AWARDS
2009 EcosystemGardening.com Ecosystem Garden award

MORE ABOUT HELEN’S HAVEN
Writing a Garden’s Mission Statement and Creating a Garden Name