The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is
needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our
environment--the steep decline of pollinators. The Pollinator Victory
Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war against the
demise of these essential animals.
Pollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the
pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet.
Pollinators include not just bees, but many different types of
animals, including insects and mammals. Beetles, bats,
birds, butterflies, moths, flies, and wasps can be
pollinators.
But, many pollinators are in trouble, and the reality is that most
of our landscapes have little to offer them. Our residential and
commercial landscapes are filled with vast green pollinator deserts,
better known as lawns. These monotonous green expanses are ecological
wastelands for bees and other pollinators.
With The Pollinator Victory Garden, you can give pollinators a
fighting chance. Learn how to transition your landscape into a
pollinator haven by creating a habitat that includes pollinator
nutrition, larval host plants for butterflies and moths, and areas for
egg laying, nesting, sheltering, overwintering, resting, and warming.
Find a wealth of information to support pollinators while improving
the environment around you:
- The importance of pollinators and the specific threats to their
survival- How to provide food for pollinators using native perennials,
trees, and shrubs that bloom in succession- Detailed profiles of the
major pollinator types and how to attract and support each one- Tips for
creating and growing a Pollinator Victory Garden, including site
assessment, planning, and planting goals- Project ideas like pollinator
islands, enriched landscape edges, revamped foundation plantings,
meadowscapes, and other pollinator-friendly lawn alternatives
The time is right for a new gardening movement. Every yard, community
garden, rooftop, porch, patio, commercial, and municipal landscape can
help to win the war against pollinator decline with The Pollinator
Victory Garden.
