Pollinator Gardening for the South
Pollinator Gardening for the South

Author: Danesha Seth Carley

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2021-02-06

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1469659425

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This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial pollinators across the South. Combining up-to-date scientific information with artful design strategies, Danesha Seth Carley and Anne M. Spafford teach gardeners of all levels to plan, plant, and maintain successful pollinator gardens at home and in shared community sites. Everyday gardeners, along with farmers, scientists, and policy makers, share serious concerns about ongoing declines in bee and other pollinator populations, and here Spafford and Carley deliver great news: every thoughtfully designed garden, no matter how small, can play a huge role in providing the habitat, nourishment, and nesting places so needed by pollinators. This book explains all you need to be a pollinator champion. *Covers USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9, including twelve southern states *Explains what makes pollinators happy—bees, for sure, and many others, great and small *Brings science and art together in gardens of all types, including urban, food, container, community, school, and large-scale gardens *Provides step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, considering seasonality in your garden design, managing your garden throughout the year, and much more *Richly illustrated with photographs, design plans, and handy charts and lists

Pollinator Friendly Gardening
Pollinator Friendly Gardening

Author: Rhonda Fleming Hayes

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2016-01-15

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1627888470

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Want to do your part in helping your local pollinators flourish? Pollinator Friendly Gardening makes it easy. Are you interested in growing a naturally healthy garden? How about making sure your local environment helps bees, butterflies, and birds survive and thrive? If you are a beekeeper, are you looking for the ideal plants to keep your colony happy? Pollinators such as monarch butterflies and bees are under threat, and more and more gardeners want to do all they can to create a hospitable space for them. That's where Pollinator Friendly Gardening comes in. It identifies the most visible and beloved pollinators: bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, as well as some more unlikely candidates such as ants, wasps, and beetles. It then explains the intriguing synergy between plants and pollinators. This vital information makes it a unique sourcebook to share the ways that anyone can make a yard a more friendly place for pollinators. Plant selection, hardscape choices, habitat building (both natural and manmade), and growing practices that give pollinators their best chance in the garden are all covered in detail. Plant lists organized by category, helpful tips, and expert spotlights make it a fun and easy book to read too.

Attracting Native Pollinators
Attracting Native Pollinators

Author: The Xerces Society

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2011-02-28

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1603427473

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With the recent decline of the European honey bee, it is more important than ever to encourage the activity of other native pollinators to keep your flowers beautiful and your grains and produce plentiful. In Attracting Native Pollinators, you’ll find ideas for building nesting structures and creating a welcoming habitat for an array of diverse pollinators that includes not only bees, but butterflies, moths, and more. Take action and protect North America’s food supply for the future, while at the same time enjoying a happily bustling landscape.

Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Southeast
Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Southeast

Author: Jaret C. Daniels

Publisher: Adventure Publications

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1647550378

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Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides all the information you need in this must-have guide for northern Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Learn how to landscape and create pollinator gardens with native plants. The book begins with an in-depth introduction to native pollinators and to birds. It’s followed by a “field guide” section to more than 100 native plants that are widely available to utilize, are easy to care for, and provide great benefit to birds, bees, and butterflies. The species are organized by level of sunlight needed and then by plant types. Each species includes full-color photographs and information about hardiness zones, what they are most likely to attract, soil requirements, light levels, and Jaret’s notes. As an added bonus, you’ll make use of blooming charts, tips on attracting specific species, and more! Plus, the invaluable garden plans and projects show you just what to do and can be customized to suit your own specific interests. Plan, plant, and grow your beautiful garden, with native plants that benefit your favorite creatures to watch and enjoy.

Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: South
Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: South

Author: Jaret C. Daniels

Publisher: Adventure Publications

Published: 2022-03-08

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1647551897

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Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides all the information you need in this must-have guide for Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and east Texas. Learn how to landscape and create pollinator gardens with native plants. The book begins with an in-depth introduction to native pollinators and to birds. It’s followed by a “field guide” section to more than 100 native plants that are widely available to utilize, are easy to care for, and provide great benefit to birds, bees, and butterflies. The species are organized by level of sunlight needed and then by plant types. Each species includes full-color photographs and information about hardiness zones, what they are most likely to attract, soil requirements, light levels, and Jaret’s notes. As an added bonus, you’ll make use of blooming charts, tips on attracting specific species, and more! Plus, the invaluable garden plans and projects show you just what to do and can be customized to suit your own specific interests. Plan, plant, and grow your beautiful garden, with native plants that benefit your favorite creatures to watch and enjoy.

The Pollinator Victory Garden
The Pollinator Victory Garden

Author: Kim Eierman

Publisher: Quarry Books

Published: 2020-01-07

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1631597507

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The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environment—the steep decline of pollinators. The Pollinator Victory Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these essential animals. Pollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet. Pollinators include not just bees, but many different types of animals, including insects and mammals. Beetles, bats, birds, butterflies, moths, flies, and wasps can be pollinators. But, many pollinators are in trouble, and the reality is that most of our landscapes have little to offer them. Our residential and commercial landscapes are filled with vast green pollinator deserts, better known as lawns. These monotonous green expanses are ecological wastelands for bees and other pollinators. With The Pollinator Victory Garden, you can give pollinators a fighting chance. Learn how to transition your landscape into a pollinator haven by creating a habitat that includes pollinator nutrition, larval host plants for butterflies and moths, and areas for egg laying, nesting, sheltering, overwintering, resting, and warming. Find a wealth of information to support pollinators while improving the environment around you: • The importance of pollinators and the specific threats to their survival• How to provide food for pollinators using native perennials, trees, and shrubs that bloom in succession• Detailed profiles of the major pollinator types and how to attract and support each one• Tips for creating and growing a Pollinator Victory Garden, including site assessment, planning, and planting goals• Project ideas like pollinator islands, enriched landscape edges, revamped foundation plantings, meadowscapes, and other pollinator-friendly lawn alternatives The time is right for a new gardening movement. Every yard, community garden, rooftop, porch, patio, commercial, and municipal landscape can help to win the war against pollinator decline with The Pollinator Victory Garden.

The Pollinator Journal
The Pollinator Journal

Author: Insights

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-03-29

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1647225612

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Discover, celebrate, and support the pollinators in your garden with this guided gardening journal. Specially formatted for creating a pollinator paradise, this journal provides the space the writer needs to record anything and everything about their pollinator garden, with journal pages for writing, space for sketches or freeform notes, and helpful facts to guide the writer's note-taking and illustrations. A Pollinator Log section gives you a place to record all the detail of the plants growing in your garden, the types of pollinators each plant attracts, and the observations and discoveries you make about the pollinators. A Notes & Sketches section features lined and blank pages where you can plan your pollinator garden layouts, or add additional notes, drawings, and photos. A Yearly Bloom section provides space to record the plants that bloom during different seasons of the year and the pollinators they support, so you can ensure you are providing a year-round food source to the pollinators in your garden. Also include are tips for planting a bee garden, and color and flower quick guides to help you determine the types of pollinators you want to attract.

How to Create a Pollinator Garden
How to Create a Pollinator Garden

Author: Graham F Gardener

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2024-03-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Are you ready to transform your garden into a thriving sanctuary buzzing with life and color? Dive into the enchanting world of pollinator gardening with "How to Create a Pollinator Garden," and unlock the secrets to cultivating a vibrant ecosystem that nourishes both your soul and the planet. Have you ever wondered how you can attract more butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds to your garden? Do you dream of a garden bursting with blooms, alive with the hum of pollinators flitting from flower to flower? Are you ready to take the first step towards creating a haven for pollinators and experiencing the joy of watching your garden come to life? Embark on a journey with Tyla, a passionate gardener, as she shares her transformative experience of creating a pollinator garden that not only enhances the beauty of her outdoor space but also contributes to the health of the environment. Tyla guides you through the steps of designing, planting, and nurturing a garden that attracts and supports a diverse array of pollinators. In "How to Create a Pollinator Garden," you'll discover: The importance of pollinator gardens in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem health. Practical tips for assessing your space, choosing the right plants, and designing a garden that delights both humans and pollinators. Expert advice on soil preparation, watering techniques, and pest management without harmful chemicals. Inspiring stories of pollinator-friendly gardens from around the world, showcasing the beauty and power of these vibrant ecosystems. Objection management: Addressing common concerns and fears about starting a pollinator garden, and providing reassurance and encouragement every step of the way. This book is your essential guide to creating a pollinator garden that not only flourishes but also serves as a beacon of hope for a brighter, more sustainable future. Whether you're an experienced gardener or a complete novice, "How to Create a Pollinator Garden" offers the inspiration, knowledge, and practical guidance you need to make your gardening dreams a reality. Join the movement to protect pollinators and create thriving habitats for wildlife, one garden at a time. Order your copy of "How to Create a Pollinator Garden" today and start your journey towards a greener, more vibrant world. Hint: Inside, you'll find a special surprise that will take your pollinator garden to the next level. But you'll have to get your hands on a copy to uncover the secret! Kindly Note That The Bonus Is Only Valid For The Paperback

Climate Change Gardening for the South
Climate Change Gardening for the South

Author: Barbara J. Sullivan

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2022-07-12

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1469669684

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Gardeners across the nation are seeing clear signs of trouble in their home gardens, no matter the size—like many aspects of life on our warming planet, gardening practices need updates. In the Southeast, gardeners are under pressure to deal with increasing weather extremes, shifting hardiness zones, and seasonal unpredictability. Such environmental conditions are increasingly tough on plants as well as insects, pollinators, birds, and mammals. In this lively and heartening guide, Barbara J. Sullivan offers an essential, easy-to-use resource for adapting to the new realities of climate change. This book will empower southerners to grow beautiful gardens while using gardening practices that contribute to solutions for our shared environment. Surveys the science behind climate change and gardening Covers USDA hardiness zones 5a to 9b, which include thirteen southeastern states Gives advice on planning and installing gardens that will not only thrive but also help address critical environmental challenges Covers key topics ranging from designing a climate-friendly garden that will attract songbirds and pollinators to weaning off gas-powered tools to using water wisely Features a wealth of color illustrations, charts, and tables brimming with recommended native plants for the region