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Gardens

A queen bumble bee looks for a spot within a thick leaf cover.
Leave the Leaves!
The underside of a leaf with several round growths that are a splotchy red in color.
Are My Plants Okay? How to Respond To Insects and Diseases in Trees and Shrubs
Several flowering perennial plants along the edge of a sidewalk.
They Go with Everything: Even a Small Patch of Native Wildflowers Makes a Difference
A bee emerging from its nest entrance, which has been dug into sandy soil. The bee has a black body covered all over in short blonde fur.
Clear Space for Bees: Why Pollinators in Your Yard Need Access To Bare Ground
A mining bee peeking its fuzzy head out of its burrow, dug out of soil directly under a stone. The bee is covered in orange fluffy fur. Numerous other beneficial insects also make their homes in gaps or burrows dug out from the soil under a stone.
Wildlife on the Rocks: Providing the Rocky Habitats Bugs Need for Shelter
A large fluffy bee drinking from a shallow pool of water
If You’re Thirsty, They’re Thirsty: Make a Simple Water Source To Support Pollinators
A bright metallic green bee peeking its head out of a round hole in a mossy log. Once, a beetle excavated this tunnel, on its way out from the fallen log that it had lived inside as a larva. Now, the bee has remodeled the tunnel for its nest.
Tiny Places for Tiny Animals: Building the Microhabitats that Bugs Need to Thrive
Person sit in front of garden shed in late winter, with dead leaves and brush around their feet
For Pollinators' Sakes, Don’t Spring into Garden Cleanup Too Soon!
Sweat bee on coneflower in home garden
Tips for Pollinator-Safe Gardening
Bumble bee on California poppy flower
Top 7 Reasons to Stop Pesticide Use at Home
Volunteers weeding in a People's Garden in the Bronx
Planting for Bees, Butterflies, and Beauty in the Bronx
violets blooming in a yard
No Mow May: A Gateway to Better Landscape Management for Bees
Volunteers planting pollinator habitat at the Portland People's Garden
Supporting Pollinators at the People’s Garden of Portland, Oregon
A bee foraging on a yellow and purple flower in a suburban garden. The bee is golden-brown and hairy, and has very long antennae. The flower has many narrow, purple petals that radiate out from the yellow center. The flower is growing in a flower border beside a house. Behind can be seen a blue garage door and a white sedan parked on the driveway.
Four Steps You can Take to Bring Back the Pollinators
New Roots Community Farm in New York City (Photograph by Dina Garcia).
Habitat Kits: Partnering to Support Monarchs and Pollinators
A remodeled park included a daylighted creek, flowering meadow, and playground (Photo: Matthew Shepherd).
New Guidelines Support Creation of Pollinator-Friendly Parks
Shrubs and a pile of leaves stand near a pollinator habitat sign. (Photo: Matthew Shepherd / Xerces Society)
Midwinter Tasks for Pollinator Gardening
Penstemon flowers at the Hood River NRCS field office demonstration garden ( Emily Huth/ NRCS).
Saving Seeds Can Be an Easy Way to Grow Pollinator Habitat
This photograph shows a flowering meadow on the edge of an orchard. The flowers include tall dark-purple flowers, lower growing pale-purple flowers, and darker pink blooms beyond. In the distance can be seen green forest covering gently sloping hills. The sky has white and pale gray clouds.
Creating Wildflower Meadows from Scratch or by Simply Changing Mowing Regimes
A roadside sign that is a bright green color with the message “MOSQUITO SPRAYING KILLS BEES” in black text. A silver-colored car and a bus drive past in the background.
Bee City USA Affiliate Spotlight: Decatur, GA
several tall spikes of pink checkermallow flowers stand among a scattering of golden-orange flowers of California poppy in this garden. In the foreground, a bumble bee with a yellow head forages on a checkermallow
Pollinator Protection Starts at Home—and can Spread Faster than Weeds!
A glow-worm with an elongated and segmented body of dark brown with pink stripes
Supporting Firefly Conservation from Coast to Coast
A cluster of pink flowers, each with five petals, offers a place for a small brown, delicately marked butterfly to drink nectar
New in Santa Fe: Pollinator Trail and Habitat Kit Program
A small, dark-colored bee gathers nectar from the middle of a yellow flower
To Protect Pollinators, Talk to Your Nursery
Close-up of reddish-brown oak leaves scattered on the ground near the base of a fence
Leave the Leaves to Benefit Wildlife
A landscape with a mass of yellow-flowered goldenrod in the foreground with dark green conifer forest behind
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest - November 2020
A mass of yellow coneflowers fill the front garden of this house. The color contrasts with the blue walls.
This flower head of purple coneflower has been pulled apart to reveal a brown-and-white striped caterpillar than was feeding inside.
How to Identify and Respond to Pests at Home
This graphic depicts a Checklist of Actions to Promote Pollinators in Yards, Gardens, and Parks; a score sheet for your site; a plant list; and a phone displaying a photo of some flowering habitat in front of a small house.
How to Maximize Benefits to Pollinators in Cities and Towns
The front page of the guide Supporting Ecologically Sound Mosquito Management: Protecting Pollinators from Pesticides is shown, with some large text blocks and an image of a field in which different insects, including butterflies and bees, are shown in a landscape.
The front page of the guide Supporting Ecologically Sound Mosquito Management: Protecting Pollinators from Pesticides is shown, with some large text blocks and an image of a field in which different insects, including butterflies and bees, are shown in a landscape.
Start Now To Prevent Mosquito-Borne Disease and Keep Our Pollinators Safe
The cover of Dave Goulson's book, The Garden Jungle or Gardening to Save the Planet is shown. It has hand-painted illustrations of flowers and insects.
Earth Week Reading: Gardening to Save the Planet
A small house with light paint and bright blue trim is dwarfed by the lush garden in the foreground, featuring flowers of a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.
12 Climate Actions for Earth Week
A beautiful, colorful garden bursts with a variety of blooms. In the background, a partially obscured, brightly-painted house stands. In the foreground is a Xerces Society pollinator habitat sign.
Nature Close to Home: Reimagining Gardens to Support Invertebrates
A fuzzy bee with big, shiny eyes peers out of a hole in bare dirt.
A fuzzy bee with big, shiny eyes peers out of a hole in bare dirt.
Remember the Ground Nesting Bees when You Make Your Patch of Land Pollinator-Friendly
Bright yellow flowers reach upwards in this low-angle shot.
Managing Invertebrate-Friendly Gardens
A Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat sign stands proudly among a blossoming garden.
Bring Back the Pollinators During National Pollinator Week
A garden in the front of a home showcases a variety of pollinator plants, including orange California poppies.
Pesticide-Free Gardening Tips for Earth Week and Beyond
A globe, in the darkness of space, with invertebrates on all the continents and in the oceans.
Pledge to Bring Back the Pollinators—on Earth Day and Every Day
Children tend plantings in a raised bed.
Cedaroak Park Primary School Gardens Offer Learning Opportunities
An Indian plantain blooms with small, white flowers in a field.
Weird and Wonderful Plants for Pollinators: Pale Indian Plantain
wild quinine
Weird and Wonderful Plants for Pollinators: Wild Quinine
common buckeye
Weird and Wonderful Plants for Pollinators: Rattlesnake Master
geum triflorum
Weird and Wonderful Plants for Pollinators: Prairie Smoke
A lawn bursting with violets and dandelions provides color for humans to enjoy and pollen for our bee friends.
Bee Friendlier with Your Lawncare
Leafcutter bee on a red and yellow blanketflower.
10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
A red dragonfly perches atop a green leaf in a garden. A bit of blurred siding is visible in the background, indicating it is close to a house.
How Our Gardening Choices Affect the Health of Our Waterways
A small, orangish-brown butterfly perches on a sprig of grayish-purple lavender.
Staff Stories: Life in the Suburbs
A close cluster of bright yellow blooms brightens a yard.
Picking Plants for Pollinators: The Cultivar Conundrum
fall landscape
Going Beyond the Bloom: Don’t Be Just A Flower-Weather Friend
pollinator garden with a pollinator habitat sign
Are you up for the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge?
A field bursting with bright yellow flowers is shown.
Conservation Comes Home
vaughan garden
A Mother-and-Son Perspective on a Pollinator Garden
spring wildflowers
Wildflowers, Harbingers of Spring
 

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