How to Plant a Pollinator Patch in Fall
Fall is the best-kept secret in pollinator gardening. While everyone else is planting in spring, the smart money is on…
Best Flowers for Hummingbirds (They’re Not All Red)
Ask most people what hummingbirds eat from and they will say red flowers — and they are half right. Hummingbirds…
How to Create a Meadow Lawn (Step-by-Step)
A meadow lawn trades a water-hungry, weekly-mowed grass carpet for a self-sustaining mix of native grasses and wildflowers that feeds…
Best Pollinator Seed Mixes (We Tested 5)
Pollinator seed mixes are the fastest way to turn bare ground into a flower-filled habitat, but the differences between mixes…
How to Build a Bee House (And Attract Solitary Bees)
Most people picture honeybees in hives when they think of bees, but the vast majority of the world’s bee species…
Milkweed for Monarchs: The Complete Planting Guide
Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies lay eggs on, which makes it the single most important thing most gardeners…
Best Butterfly Garden Plants (Host and Nectar Plants)
A butterfly garden that only looks pretty in July is missing the point. Butterflies need two very different things from…
How to Attract Bees to Your Vegetable Garden
Bees are the most valuable visitors your vegetable garden will ever have. Cucumbers, squash, melons, peppers, eggplants, and many beans…
Best Native Plants for Pollinators (By Region)
Native plants are the backbone of any serious pollinator garden: local bees, butterflies, and moths evolved alongside them, so they…
Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm): The Pollinator Magnet Guide
Wild bergamot — also called bee balm, Monarda fistulosa, or bergamot — is one of the most dependable pollinator plants…