Each BBB project draws students into the live, interactive setting important to experiential lesson plans.  Students are encouraged to actively participate in the development and planning of their school’s bird/butterfly habitat.  The educational garden installations have the potential to earn environmental habitat certificates from GNPS, NWF, Audubon, and the Forest Service providing recognition for student efforts.  Wildlife monitoring programs organized by Audubon, Forest Service and NWF can further integrate the garden into the science curriculum as well as reward students’ efforts to realize a successful school science project.

EcoAddendum, a non-profit organization, has developed the BBB program as an outreach of its mission to return native plants to the landscape by promoting the use of local species in public and private gardens and greenspaces.  This program also supports the recovery of natural environment space by creating schoolyard and backyard habitats. The BBB process facilitates the installation of wildlife-friendly native plant installations in public schools and greenspaces that may find themselves strapped for funding by creating an easily used and adaptable microfunding approach.

EcoAddendum designs and installs public and private plantings that are both attractive for humans and beneficial to birds, pollinators, and other wildlife. As we are non-profit, these services are provided at near cost, any revenues going toward the perpetuation of our stated goals. We also give educational programs on how and why to plant native species and promote volunteer participation in their planting and maintenance. We are co-operating with Atlanta Audubon, the U.S. Forest Service, and other organizations in the National Wildlife Federation sponsored Flyway Cities Coalition, a nationwide effort to promote activities beneficial to migratory birds passing through urban areas.