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Some of Our Favorite Pollinator Gardens from Garden Photo of the Day

By Christine Alexander

We get so many wonderful submissions to our Garden Photo of the Day blog that it’s fun from time to time to revisit some of our favorites. Below, you’ll find an assortment of gardens that are looking to attract a specific type of visitor—pollinators!

Pollinators are incredibly important to the health of our ecosystems. We hope the posts below will inspire you to add some more pollinator-friendly plants and give you some ideas for how to incorporate the basic elements that pollinators need to flourish, such as water, food, the correct host plants, and shelter.

 

To learn more about creating a pollinator-friendly garden, check out these articles:

A Stylish Pollinator Garden

7 Important Host Plants for Pollinators

Pollinators’ Favorite Nectar Plants

 

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