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The Backyard Wildlife and Sustainable Gardening tour debuts in Spokane County on Sunday, June 25.

June 25: Spokane Backyard Wildlife/Sustainable Garden Tour

The Backyard Wildlife and Sustainable Gardening tour debuts in Spokane County on Sunday, June 25.

The tour, which operates open-house style from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., showcases both public and private landscapes that provide habitat for wildlife in urban and suburban settings, some which use native, low-water-use, and drought-tolerant plants.

The tour replaces WDFW’s annual June “Backyard Bird and Plant Fair” that was hosted for the past 15 years at local nurseries.

It will include the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) recently-planted native and drought-tolerant landscaping at the agency’s new Spokane Valley regional headquarters. It will also feature “The Green Zone,” a public sustainability demonstration site on the grounds of the Spokane County Conservation District, including a small Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary. Several private residences of various sizes and neighborhoods, enrolled in the Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary program in Spokane County, are also a part of the tour.

Tour registration, which costs $5, can be made after May 1 at Washington State University Extension Master Gardener Clinic at N. 222 Havana St., or at the WDFW office at 2315 N. Discovery Place, north of I-90 between the Pines and Evergreen road exits, off Mirabeau Parkway. The addresses and directions to the private residences on the tour are provided, along with a packet of materials on backyard wildlife and sustainable gardening, upon registration.