This has likely been discussed before, but it bears repeating. How many folks are actively designing their yards/gardens/outlying areas with native habitat in mind? I am *trying* to choose native plants more often than eye-candy cultivars, not always successfully. It takes some educating to figure out what is native, and what might fit a spot. It's much easier to go with a cultivar 'pop' but I'm slowly finding that the natives do, in fact, do better and look more natural. I'm also adding in brush piles to my outlying areas, and trying to incorporate water features here and there.
