Registration for next year will open early 2025!

Contact fiona.mccarthy@audubon.org to get on the email list for updates and events.

MISSION

The mission of the Native Plant Backyard Challenge (NPBYC) is to promote native plants through education and hands-on experiential learning, and by recruiting households to transform their back (or front!) yards into native habitat. The challenge works to ensure that participants learn simple steps to create native habitat, and become ambassadors for birds and native plants in their community.

OVERVIEW

The Grange Insurance Audubon Center (GIAC) and Columbus Audubon (CA) teamed up in 2021 to create the Native Plant Backyard Challenge. To date, over 500 households have taken the challenge spanning 47 zip codes across Ohio. We’re looking for new and returning households in central Ohio who would like to transform or further develop their outdoor spaces into native wildlife habitats. The NPBYC will include access to resources to be successful in the challenge, workshops to provide information about the world of native plants, gardening, and biodiversity, and plenty of opportunities to engage with the challenge community. 

REGISTRATION

New Challenge Participant (not returning) - $35.00

Returning Challenge Participant (must have participated in 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024 challenge) - $30.00

*Those registering also have the option to become a Grange Insurance Audubon Center, Columbus Audubon, National Audubon Society member as an individual or family. Click here to become a member! Already a GIAC, CA, NAS member - contact Allison Clark at allison.clark@audubon.org to check your membership expiration date and renew easily online.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

Coming soon!

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*If you are interested in participating in the upcoming 2025 NPBYC but the fee may be cost prohibitive, please reach out to Fiona McCarthy (GIAC Engagement Coordinator, Stewardship) at fiona.mccarthy@audubon.org to request to be placed on our sponsorship wait list. Sponsorship inquiries will be filled as sponsorship opportunities arise. You will be notified via email as soon as your request can be filled. 

*If you are interested in sponsoring a household, there is a ticket option on our registration page that allows you to purchase a ticket for another household. To be clear, by purchasing this ticket option you will ONLY be sponsoring a household to take part in the challenge and will NOT be a participant yourself. If you would like to participate in the challenge AND sponsor a household, you will have to purchase both a regular ticket and a sponsorship ticket. If you purchase a sponsorship ticket and there is no household to claim it, the payment will act as a donation to the challenge and the center. 

GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NPBYC? Please contact Fiona McCarthy, GIAC Stewardship Engagement Coordinator, at fiona.mccarthy@audubon.org.