Grow plants that are native to your area, because they provide the abundant, high-quality pollen and nectar that native bees need to survive and raise their young.

So how to celebrate? Hands down (preferably in some dirt) the very best thing you can do for Pollinator Week and pollinators in general is to plant flowers. You can start as small as a plant and a single square foot in your yard, or similarly sized round planter pot. Every flower adds a little more forage for bees and other pollinators such as butterflies, moths, flies, beetles and birds. If everyone would just add one flower, think of the habitat connectivity we could bui