One of our second grade classes helped put in a pollinator garden this year. Our hope is to attract all kinds of pollinators to our plants, not just butterflies and bees. We learned that beetles, birds, flies, and bats (in desert areas) can also pollinate plants!
We chose plants that will flower in different seasons to increase our pollinator traffic throughout the year. These included coreopsis, alyssum, oregano, aster, begonia, blue star, yarrow, bee balm, lantana, milkweed, and sweet peas.
What a great group of gardeners!
We also added a rain gauge and a thermometer...although the sun seems to be sending our thermometer into the hundreds each day. It's not that hot yet!
And here is our SHARE sign to make it official.
SHARE stands for Simply Have Areas Reserved for the Environment. Do you have your own pollinator gardens at home? What do you see that attracts the most pollinators?
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