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Category: Pollinators

The Power of White Clover: How This Humble Plant Can Benefit Pollinators and Your Soil

The Power of White Clover: How This Humble Plant Can Benefit Pollinators and Your Soil.
white clover has many benefits for pollinators and can also be used in your yard and for your soil.
In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of growing white clover, its uses in your yard, and how it can benefit your soil…

Let’s Feed Some Bees: Year Three

The hope behind this program is that you will plant these packets of pollinator seeds in your garden, hedge, or wherever you have some space, and you will be rewarded with a summer full of wonder as your local bees, butterflies and even hummingbirds visit the plants that you have grown!

Together we will be working to create much-needed food and habitat resources for species that, let’s face…

Let’s Feed Some Bees: Year Two

The hope behind this program is that you will plant these packets of pollinator seeds in your garden, hedge, or wherever you have some space, and you will be rewarded with a summer full of wonder as your local bees, butterflies and even hummingbirds visit the plants that you have grown!

Together we will be working to create much-needed food and habitat resources for species that, let’s face…

Borage: Pollinator Plant Extraordinaire

As a food source for bumblebees and honey bees, borage refills with nectar every two-five minutes throughout the day, unlike most plants, and it continues to yield nectar even in cold weather making it a significant bumblebee plant. Most pollinators will ignore the plant’s downward-facing blooms but there is a reason for these flowers with a challenging angle, it prevents rainwater and morning dew from diluting the…

Buckwheat: Feeding The Bees & Your Soil

Nothing says summer more than a Sunflower. These bright and sunny plants can’t help but bring cheer to every place they grow. Providing nectar, pollen, and a place to live these flowers attract native pollinators of all types. They are also a host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly…

Purple Tansy: The Ultimate Bee Plant

Purple Tansey produces an abundance of nectar and pollen and acts as a magnet to bumble bees, honey bees, & mason bees (among other pollinators). The bee activity, especially on lacy phacelia, tends to amaze observers seeing it for the first time…