There are a lot of great websites on the Internet about pollinators and pollination.  Here are some of our favorite sites related to planting and gardening for pollinators.  Be sure to check out our other categories of website links for many other valuable resources.

 

• Suggestions for a Pollinator-Friendly Garden (Pollination Guelph)

• Putting Your Garden to Bed the Pollinator-friendly Way (Pollination Guelph)

• Urban Bee Gardens (Berkeley, California)

• Powerpoints & PDFs of Powerpoints about pollinations, beneficial insects, and more (Michigan State University Extension)

• Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden Using Native Plants (USFS/USDA)

• Useful Resources for Gardens (Pollinator Partnership)

• Roadsides and Pollinator Patches (Roadsides, Ontario Horticultural Association)

• Designing Gardens - including butterfly gardens, pollinator-friendly gardens (City of Guelph Healthy Landscapes Program)

• Pollinator Conservation Resources – Great Lakes Region (Xerces Society)

• Planning a Pollinator Garden - Lesson plan grades 4-8 (Kids Gardening)

• Pollinator-Friendly Parks: How to enhance parks, gardens, and other green spaces for pollinators (Xerces Society)

• Roadsides for Bees and Butterflies Brochure (Xerces Society)

• Conserving Pollinators: A Primer for Gardeners (extension.org)

• Scorpionfly Wildlife Gardening (based in Toronto - lists of plants, how to create gardens, clearing up misconceptions, etc.)

• Pollinator Pathway - a mile-long row of pollinator-friendly patches along Columbia Street in Seattle (blog post about plant alternatives)

• Bee Gardens & Bee Nests (LifeCycles, Vancouver BC)

• Sustainable Landscape Designs Utilizing Native Species to Increase Pollinator Habitats on Military Lands (US Department of Defense, Ecoregional Planting Guides and Habitat Creation Notes)

• Canadian Wildlife Federation's Pollinator Garden (includes their planting plan and design)

• Native Woodland Gardens for Homes, Credit Valley Conservation Authority

• Healthy Yard fact sheets (Toronto Region Conservation Authority)

• Naturescaping - how to plan, plant, maintain garden, and lists of native plants for different types of gardens (Toronto Region Conservation Authority)

• North American Butterfly Association (regional plant guides (incl S ON), certification program, and more)

• Gardening for butterflies (Toronto Entomologists' Association)

• Meadows & Buffers for Bees - creating mid-Atlantic Pollinator habitats

• Conserving Bumble Bees - Guidelines for Creating and Managing Habitat for America’s Declining Pollinators (Xerces Society)

• Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)