Bird Garden

Our Bird Garden demonstrates how even a small landscape area with bird-friendly plants can have a beneficial impact on the local bird population.

This garden is designed with native and Florida-friendly plants selected to provide nutrient-rich berries, seeds, and insects that birds need to feed their young and thrive.

Birds like water or the sound of moving water.

Bird gardens also provide a safe haven for birds that face climate change, urbanization, and loss of biodiversity.

Give our feathered friends a fighting chance in this changing world. Create a bird garden at your home.

Here are some plants that are suitable for a bird garden in Sarasota County.
Courtesy of Friends of Osprey Junction Trailhead.

Common name	Scientific name	Description

Beautyberry, magenta	Callicarpa americana	FL native

Beautyberry, white	Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa	FL native

Beach Verbena	Glandularia maritima	FL native

Coontie	Zamia integrifolia	FL native

Darrow's Blueberry	Vaccinium darrowii	FL native

Dotted Horsemint	Monarda punctata	FL native

Firebush	Hamelia patens	FL native

Frogfruit	Phyla nodiflora	FL native

Jamaica Caper-tree	Quadrella jamaicensis	FL native

Joe-pye Weed	Eupatorium fistulosum	FL native

Locustberry	Brysonima lucida	FL native

Myrsine	Myrsine cubana	FL native

Marlberry	Ardisia escallonioides	FL native

Necklace Pod	Sophora tomentosa truncata	FL native

Pineland Heliotrope	Euploca polyphylla	FL native

Southern Arrowwood	Viburnum dentatum	FL native

Sparkleberry	Vaccinium arboretum	FL native

Smallflower Paw Paw	Asimina parviflora	FL native

Starry Rosinweed	Silphium asteriscus	FL native

Spiceberry Red Stopper	Eugenia rhombea	FL native

Simpson Stopper	Myrcianthes fragrans	FL native

Tropical Sage	Salvia coccinea	FL native

Wild Coffee	Psychotria nervosa	FL native

Weeping Yaupon Holly	Ilex vomitoria pendula	FL native