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Planting for Pollinators

Bees and other pollinators will visit your garden if you know how to attract them. Check out these resources as you plant vegetables, keep bees and naturalize your property.

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  • With bees, butterflies and other pollinators threatened by climate change and habit loss, it's now more important than ever to support and nurture pollinators in your garden. In this practical and beautiful guide, expert horticulturalist and regular…
    Book, 2024London : Greenfinch, 2024. — 639.92 DeT 2024
  • Planting for Pollinators is an easy-to-use gardening guide to help you encourage different types of insect pollinators into your garden. Insect pollinators not only bring joy to our gardens, they also provide an essential service for our planet.…
    Book, 2023London : Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2023. — 639.92 Ang 2023
  • A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee provides all the information gardeners need to take action to support and protect pollinators, by creating habitat in yards and community spaces, on balconies and boulevards, everywhere!
    Book, 2022Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & McIntyre, 2022. — 639.97579909713 Joh 2022
  • Let author, presenter, and wildlife conservationist Dan Rouse show you how you can make your outdoor space more welcoming for a wide variety of visitors, from planting pollinator-friendly perennials to digging a pond.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2023. — 639.92 Rou 2023
  • The Good Garden

    How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food--all in Your Own Backyard

    McLaughlin, Chris, 1964-
    What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it's about growing healthy, scrumptious fruits and veggies, but it's also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture…
    Book, 2023Washington : Island Press, 2023. — 635.048 McLa 2023
  • 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch

    Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America's Most Beloved Butterfly

    Once a familiar sight floating above meadows, gardens, and prairies, monarch butterflies are now disappearing from North America, their steep decline due mostly to habitat loss caused by development and climate change. This highly visual,…
    Book, 2021North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2021. — 638.5789 One 2021
  • Garden Allies

    the Insects, Birds, & Other Animals That Keep Your Garden Beautiful and Thriving

    Lavoipierre, Frédérique
    The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side -- they are not our enemies, but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops, and they keep pests in check. In Garden…
    Book, 2021Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021. — 635 Lav 2021
  • Pollinator Victory Garden

    Win the War on Pollinator Decline With Ecological Gardening : How to Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and Other Pollinators

    Eierman, Kim
    Fabulous resource for those wondering why and how they should attract bees and other pollinators to their gardens.
    Book, 2020Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, 2020. — 576.875 Eie 2020
  • Attracting Birds and Butterflies

    How to Plant a Backyard Habitat to Attract Winged Wildlife

    Ellis, Barbara W.
    Great tips for creating a wildlife-friendly yard but watch out for a few of the invasive species recommended in this book.
    Book, 2020Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. — 595.789 Ell 2020
  • A cinematic journey following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees.
    DVD, 2020[United States] : Collective Eye Films, [2020] — DVD 638.10973 Pol
  • Keeping Bees With a Smile

    Principles and Practice of Natural Beekeeping

    Lazutin, Fedor
    Read this for a great overview of beekeeping.
    Book, 2020Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, 2020. — 638.1 Laz 2020
  • A fun, wordless picture book about a bee that takes a little girl on a journey of discovery. A sweet story about conservation, pollinators and the friendship between a child and a bee.
    Picture Book, 2017Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017, c2016. — JP Jay
  • Birds, Bees, & Butterflies

    Bringing Nature Into Your Yard & Garden

    Hajeski, Nancy J., 1951-
    Beautifully illustrated and packed with information.
    Book, 2016Washington, DC : National Geographic, 2016. — 639.978 Haj 2016
  • Pollinator Friendly Gardening

    Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators

    Hayes, Rhonda Fleming, 1956-
    Lots of practical advice for the novice and experienced gardener.
    Book, 2015Minneapolis, Minnesota : Voyageur Press, 2015. — 638.5789 Hay
  • Suitable for primary students, this book explains Colony Collapse Disorder in a way that has prompted rave reviews from parents and teachers.
    Book, 2014Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, c2014. — J 595.799 Mar
  • When Sophie and Matthew plant pumpkins, their grandfather explains to them why they need bees to make their pumpkins grow, but how will the bees find their garden?
    Picture Book, 2012Vancover : Greystone Books,an imprint of D&M Publishers Inc., 2012. — JP DeVri