A pollinator garden is a type of garden that is designed to attract and support pollinators such as bees, butterflies and other insects. Pollinator gardens are made up of nectar and pollen-rich plants ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bee sitting on a flower - Colombe Photographie/Shutterstock Pollinators work harder than we ...

You may be familiar with the health benefits (both physical and mental) that gardening can provide you as an individual, but at least one type of gardening in particular has the potential to help all ...

It's easy to end up with partial bags of potting soil, or pots with soil and no flowers. After awhile that soil loses nutrients and porosity. But it's useless.

Not to be dramatic, but our existence depends on pollination. The transfer of pollen between anther and stigma is crucial to U.S. agriculture, food security and the economy. Insects and animal ...

Where some people might see a dried-out sunflower stalk, Emily Moorhead-Wallace sees a home. Some gardeners toss twigs, thatch and branches at the end of fall to prepare for winter. But those dry ...

One of the major challenges faced by pollinators is that much of their habitat has been co-opted for human use. Usually, it’s altered in ways that make it inhospitable for pollinators as well as other ...

On a sunny day last June, Brendan Keegan walked down a mulch path at the Arnold Arboretum, unlocked a chain-link fence and stepped into a jungle. "If you just look at a couple square feet, you can ...

Pollinators work harder than we often realize. From dawn until dusk, the bees, butterflies, and beetles in your yard hustle from bloom to bloom, making sure your garden stays vibrant and productive.