Pollinator gardening is becoming very popular.  More people are turning some part of their lawns into fields where bugs, bees and birds are fed and their life cycles sustained.

There is growing awareness that these creatures rely on native plants to lay eggs and/or feed their young.

Due to consumer interest some nurseries are displaying signs on some plants stating “pollinator friendly.”  That’s good.

What isn’t so good is that the same plants might have been treated with insecticides which would harm the pollinators we wish to protect. We consumers need to ask our local nurseries whether this is the case.  We consumers have the power of the purse and by questioning, can convince nursery owners to supply us with plants not subjected to insecticides. This is another way you can help reverse the tremendous loss of pollinators.
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