Gardening For Bats

Bats are attracted to areas that provide them with the things that they need to thrive: food, water, and shelter. By planting specific plants and incorporating key practices into your space, you can create an ideal habitat for bats to be invited in and continue to regrow their habitat range.

Below are some examples of plants to your plant pallet at home, in your community garden, or in other green spaces to invite bats back home.

  • Oak Trees

    Quercus spp.

  • Black Cherry (Tree)

    Prunus serotina

  • Blue False Indigo

    Baptisia australis

  • Evening Primrose

    Oenothera biennis

  • Big Bluestem (Grass)

    Andropogon gerardii

  • Goldenrod

    Solidago spp. (many varieties!)

  • Blue Sage

    Salvia farinacea

  • Rudbeckia

    Rudbeckia hirta

  • Pussy Willow (shrub)

    Salix discolor

  • New Jersey Tea (shrub)

    Ceanothus americanus