About the book
This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial pollinators across the South. Combining up-to-date scientific information with artful design strategies, Danesha Seth Carley and Anne M. Spafford teach gardeners of all levels to plan, plant, and maintain successful pollinator gardens at home and in shared community sites. Everyday gardeners, along with farmers, scientists, and policy makers, share serious concerns about ongoing declines in bee and other pollinator populations, and here Spafford and Carley deliver great news: every thoughtfully designed garden, no matter how small, can play a huge role in providing the habitat, nourishment, and nesting places so needed by pollinators. This book explains all you need to be a pollinator champion.
*Covers USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9, including twelve southern states
*Explains what makes pollinators happy—bees, for sure, and many others, great and small
*Brings science and art together in gardens of all types, including urban, food, container, community, school, and large-scale gardens
*Provides step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, considering seasonality in your garden design, managing your garden throughout the year, and much more
*Richly illustrated with photographs, design plans, and handy charts and lists
Editions of Pollinator Gardening for the South
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469659411
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469659428
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890857637
Read an Excerpt
This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial pollinators across the South. Combining up-to-date scientific information with artful design strategies, Danesha Seth Carley and Anne M. Spafford teach gardeners of all levels to plan, plant, and maintain successful pollinator gardens at home and in shared community sites. Everyday gardeners, along with farmers, scientists, and policy makers, share serious concerns about ongoing declines in bee and other pollinator populations, and here Spafford and Carley deliver great news: every thoughtfully designed garden, no matter how small, can play a huge role in providing the habitat, nourishment, and nesting places so needed by pollinators. This book explains all you need to be a pollinator champion.
*Covers USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9, including twelve southern states
*Explains what makes pollinators happy—bees, for sure, and many others, great and small
*Brings science and art together in gardens of all types, including urban, food, container, community, school, and large-scale gardens
*Provides step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, considering seasonality in your garden design, managing your garden throughout the year, and much more
*Richly illustrated with photographs, design plans, and handy charts and lists
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pollinator Gardening for the South about?
This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial pollinators across the South. Combining up-to-date scientific information with artful design strategies, Danesha Seth Carley and Anne M. Spafford teach gardeners of all levels to plan, plant, and maintain successful pollinator gardens at home and in shared community sites. Everyday gardeners, along with farmers, scientists, and policy makers, share serious concerns about ongoing declines in bee and other pollinator populations, and here Spafford and Carley deliver great news: every thoughtfully designed garden, no matter how small, can play a huge role in providing the habitat, nourishment, and nesting places so needed by pollinators. This book explains all you need to be a pollinator champion.
*Covers USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9, including twelve southern states
*Explains what makes pollinators happy—bees, for sure, and many others, great and small
*Brings science and art together in gardens of all types, including urban, food, container, community, school, and large-scale gardens
*Provides step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, considering seasonality in your garden design, managing your garden throughout the year, and much more
*Richly illustrated with photographs, design plans, and handy charts and lists
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Pollinator Gardening for the South?
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure > Gardening
Where can I read a sample of Pollinator Gardening for the South?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781469659411
How long is Pollinator Gardening for the South and how many pages does it have?
Pollinator Gardening for the South has 168 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Pollinator Gardening for the South?
Anne M. Spafford, Danesha Seth Carley
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Pollinator Gardening for the South is available as paperback(ISBN 9781469659411) and ebook(ISBN 9781469659428) and pdf(ISBN 9798890857637)
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