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How to Grow a Pollinator Garden

When I first planted my garden, it felt like setting up a stage for a performance, where the main actors—bees and butterflies ...
If you’ve planted flowers, herbs, or vegetables, your garden already attracts some pollinators. However, you can make your garden even more welcoming by learning how to create a pollinator garden that ...
With World Honey Bee Day on the third Saturday in August, it's still timely to learn about honey bees and highlight the crucial role they play in our ecosystem. These tiny pollinators are essential ...
Spring has just begun, and if you have a green thumb, you might be looking forward to your yearly gardening activities. As temperatures get warmer and the skies get sunnier, many critters will be out ...
Celebrate National Pollinator Month this June by creating and maintaining a garden that attracts and supports these important members of our ecosystem. Pollinators are responsible for about 75% of the ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Township resident Sally Malanga is hosting a tour of her pollinator garden, which the New Jersey Plant Society has deemed “the largest pollinator garden in West Orange.” The free ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Last week, we explored John Blakeman’s crusade against the default 20th-century American landscape design of the three T’s of “turf, tar, and trees,” and how communities can rethink ...
Use untreated wood, bark, and mulch to create shelter. Avoid chemicals and treated materials, which can harm pollinators. Layering mulch or leaves near plants helps keep the ground insulated for ...
Hattie Lou Bennett, founder of Hattie Lou Blooms, partnered with Patriot Products to create a pollinator garden on an unused patch of land. Daily Journal File Photo Two local businesses are partnering ...
Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. FLORENCE — Morey Phippen and Brian Adams’ yard looks nothing like the traditional ...