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The Ultimate Guide to Water-Wise Gardening and Wildflowers

The Ultimate Guide to Water-Wise Gardening

Backyard Habitat, How-to, Planning and Design, Pollinator Gardening
The importance of making water-wise choices has become very apparent with the spread of climate change. It is becoming more difficult to grow certain crops, maintain landscapes, and enjoy various recreational activities as water availability wavers and heat threatens popular crop growing. Across the country, people continue to make garden choices that can help conserve...
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Contemplating No Mow May?

Backyard Habitat, Pollinator Gardening
Make an informed decision with the help of our experts before jumping on this social media craze! The concept behind No Mow May is to create a temporary habitat for early-season pollinators by not mowing your lawn. Founded in the UK, this trend may not be appropriate for all regions of North America in the...
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10 Tips for Successful Pollinator Plantings - National Garden Bureau

10 Tips for Successful Pollinator Plantings

Pollinator Gardening
The colorful posters with a collection of common herbs are a popular social media share. Save the bees, they say; plant these. I’ve been known to peek at those lists and note to myself – I could use a few more hyssop plants in my apiary – but that well-meaning call to action widely misses...
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10 New Plants to Create a Multi-Season Hummingbird Haven

10 New Plants to Create a Multi-Season Hummingbird Haven

Pollinator Gardening
Is there anything more entertaining than watching the aerobatic antics of hummingbirds? Whether they’re visiting for a sip of sugar water at the feeder, zooming through the garden (where you’ll often hear their whirring wings before you see them), or engaging in an aggressive chase with a rival, hummingbirds provide hours of enjoyment. (Who needs...
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Flower Power in the Garden - Help pollinators with these tips | National Garden Bureau

Flower Power in the Pollinator Victory Garden

Pollinator Gardening
Flowers are some of the most important food sources for pollinators, but there’s more to it than planting flowers and waiting for pollinators to appear. A successful Pollinator Victory Garden achieves a balance between two seemingly disparate principles: plant diversity and plant sufficiency. Your garden needs to have a wide variety of plant species in...
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Bee-Friendly Shrubs & Perennials for your Pollinator Garden - National Garden Bureau

Bee-Friendly Plants Create a Perfect Pollinator Garden

Perennials, Planting Tips, Pollinator Gardening
Adding bee-friendly shrubs and perennials to your garden. Bee-friendly and Butterfly-friendly plants continue to pique the interest of gardeners... whether they’re edible growers hoping to lure pollinators to boost the veggie harvest, ornamental gardeners who adore the interest butterflies and bees provide to the landscape or naturalists who wish to help feed and protect bees...
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Growing Wildflowers in your Victory Garden 2.0 - National Garden Bureau

Ask The Experts: Growing Wildflowers in Your Victory Garden 2.0

Flower Gardening, How-to, Pollinator Gardening
15 How-To Questions Answered About Growing Your Own Wildflower Garden Ask The Experts: Growing Your Own Wildflower Garden Wildflowers are one of Mother Nature’s loveliest gifts and a perfect addition to your Victory Garden 2.0. Their changing panorama of colors, shapes, sizes, and heights provides delight throughout the seasons. Wildflowers can be used anywhere. In...
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