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Smart Gardening for Pollinators

  • Smart Gardening: What makes a pollinator rare or endangered?

    Published on March 16, 2020
    This tip sheet introduces a few of the rarer pollinators that are poorly known and only referred to by their scientific names.

  • Smart Gardening: Know the insects that look like bees

    Published on October 1, 2019
    Smart Gardening tip sheet on knowing and identifying the insects that look like bees.

  • Smart gardening for kids: How to make your yard bee-friendly

    Published on January 1, 2019
    Smart Gardening tip sheet for kids on how to make your yard bee-friendly

  • Smart Gardening: Pollination in vegetable gardens and backyard fruit

    Published on October 1, 2018
    Smart Gardening tip sheet on pollination in vegetable gardens and backyard fruit

  • Smart lawn care to protect pollinators

    Published on January 25, 2017
    Whether you choose weed-free or a more relaxed approach to your lawn, here are some practices that will keep it bee-friendly.

  • Smart Gardening to support monarchs

    Published on January 6, 2017
    Support monarchs with a season-long display of flowering trees, shrubs and perennials in your yard. Include milkweed for the caterpillars.

  • Smart Gardening: Smart lawn alternatives to protect pollinators

    Published on April 5, 2016
    Create pollinator-friendly lawns that are inviting to bees and other pollinators.

  • Smart Gardening: Invite pollinators by creating a smart habitat

    Published on April 5, 2016
    There are many ways you can make your landscape more inviting for bees and other pollinators.

  • Gardening for pollinators: Smart plants to support pollinators

    Published on April 5, 2016
    Pollinators and native bees will feed on many different types of flowering plants in your landscape and garden.

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