Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
The Idea
Pollinator Partnership helps people protect pollinators to ensure healthy ecosystems and food security. The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Their signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign), National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides, which this page will help you to get started with in your community.
The ecoregional planting guides, Selecting Plants for Pollinators, are tailored to specific areas of the United States and Canada. You can find out which ecoregion you live in simply by entering your zip code / postal code at http://pollinator.org/guides and get your free guide tailored to the pollinators in your region. You can find lists of plant names that will attract pollinators and help you build a beautiful pollinator habitat! Print these lists and bring them to your local native plant, garden center or nursery and then get a group together and get planting!
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
The Idea
Pollinator Partnership helps people protect pollinators to ensure healthy ecosystems and food security. The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Their signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign), National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides, which this page will help you to get started with in your community.
The ecoregional planting guides, Selecting Plants for Pollinators, are tailored to specific areas of the United States and Canada. You can find out which ecoregion you live in simply by entering your zip code / postal code at http://pollinator.org/guides and get your free guide tailored to the pollinators in your region. You can find lists of plant names that will attract pollinators and help you build a beautiful pollinator habitat! Print these lists and bring them to your local native plant, garden center or nursery and then get a group together and get planting!
Link to an article from The Old Farmer's Almanac on HOW TO CARE FOR ALOE VERA PLANTS
https://www.almanac.com/plant/aloe-vera?trk_msg=CIT1HBKDGKCK1C6R9VP7690OF8&trk_contact=RGIKRVNGPCSAL2593NFKFFV5M0&trk_sid=3JTUHN778JFP4FJOH2NFIM8VLC&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Aloe+Vera+(title)&utm_campaign=Companion+Daily
Link to an article from The Old Farmer's Almanac on Growing Peas:
https://www.almanac.com/plant/peas?trk_msg=CIT1HBKDGKCK1C6R9VP7690OF8&trk_contact=RGIKRVNGPCSAL2593NFKFFV5M0&trk_sid=3JTUHN778JFP4FJOH2NFIM8VLC&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Peas+(read+more)&utm_campaign=Companion+Daily
Germination Stations:
If you have come by room A113 and received your seeds and peat pods, it's time to start. Watch the video attached to see how to use these peat pods to begin germinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_U9pXnSM-A
Information about February's Free Plants. This month's giveaways were Mint, Aloe Vera, Thai Bird Peppers, Beans, and Peas.
The Mint is from my backyard. For tips on how to care for your mint see: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/mint/growing-apple-mint.htm
The aloe is also from my backyard. For tips about caring for your aloe vera plant see: https://www.proflowers.com/blog/aloe-vera-care
The Thai Bird Pepper plants were also from my backyard. For informations about Thai Bird peppers, see: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/how-to-grow-a-thai-peppers.htm
There were 2 varieties of Peas given out this month. Those just labelled "Peas" were Cascadia Peas. The others had the full name of the variety on them "Oregon Sugar Pod II"
Saturday's Free Plant Event was a success! We gave away all of our plants and introduced our project to the community! Plants we gave away included: Mint, Aloe Vera, and Thai Bird Peppers from my garden and Peas and Beans I germinated.
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.” Albert Einstein
Pollinator lovers are everywhere! This beautiful paper butterfly display was at the Cigna Medical Offices on 75th Ave. and Encanto. I was so impressed, I just had to take a few pictures.
Just picked up ours at the event! I can’t wait to plant it along with a Mammoth Sunflower.
https://growinginthegarden.com/how-to-grow-asparagus-beans-5-tips-for-growing-yardlong-beans/