Tom Karwin, On Gardening | Some gardens are friendly to wildlife March 30, 2023 Home Explore The Naturalist's Journal Tom Karwin, On Gardening | Some gardens are friendly to wildlife Share FacebookTwitterEmail The birds (if they could talk) would ask you to include California native plants in your garden. While birds have flexible appetites, they benefit greatly from fruit-bearing and insect-serving plants that are natural members of the birds’ familiar landscape.