Wednesday, June 23, 2021

 

We’re right in the middle of National Pollinator Week and the library has many books in the collection to help you make your yard and garden more pollinator friendly!

The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design An Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard that Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity by Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn

This guide helps you improve your garden through inviting productive pollinators to visit your flowers and vegetables and thereby increase your yields.

Planting for Honeybees: A Grower’s Guide to Creating a Buzz by Sarah Wyndham Lewis

A delightfully illustrated, practical guide to creating bee-friendly spaces.

The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Food in Harmony with Nature by Tammi Hartung

Most vegetable gardeners seem to want to keep wildlife out of their gardens. This book focuses on helpful insects and animals and how to attract them.

The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden by Kim Flottum

If you want to take your pollinator support to the next level, consider beekeeping and get started with this comprehensive guide to keeping bees in your backyard.

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees by Thor Hanson

Conservation biologist and science journalist Thor Hanson delivers a natural and cultural history of bees, from honeybees to leafcutters to mason bees.

Pollinator Friendly Gardening: Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators by Rhonda Fleming Hayes

Bees are the pollinator most often talked about, but butterflies, hummingbirds, ants, and even beetles are also pollinators. This book by Hayes goes into detail about the relationship between plants and pollinators.

Where Have All the Bees Gone?: Pollinators in Crisis by Rebecca E. Hirsch

This book for teens describes different species of bees, describes why bee numbers are declining and offers suggestions for how individuals can help bee populations come back.

Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape by Owen Wormser

Meadows are a more ecologically-friendly place for insects and animals. Landscape designer Owen Wormser offers guidance on how to turn your lawn into a meadow.

Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants by Heather Holm

This guide helps you select plants native to the Midwest to attract and sustain native pollinators.

The Bee Friendly Garden: Easy Ways to Help the Bees and Make Your Garden Grow by Doug Purdie

This guide is meant to help gardeners of spaces large and small make their green areas more friendly to pollinators of all types.