Kim Eierman - The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and Other Pollinators
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The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environmentthe steep decline of pollinators. The Pollinator Victory Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these essential animals.
Pollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet. Pollinators include not just bees, but many different types of animals, including insects and mammals. Beetles, bats, birds, butterflies, moths, flies, and wasps can be pollinators.
But, many pollinators are in trouble, and the reality is that most of our landscapes have little to offer them. Our residential and commercial landscapes are filled with vast green pollinator deserts, better known as lawns. These monotonous green expanses are ecological wastelands for bees and other pollinators.
With The Pollinator Victory Garden, you can give pollinators a fighting chance. Learn how to transition your landscape into a pollinator haven by creating a habitat that includes pollinator nutrition, larval host plants for butterflies and moths, and areas for egg laying, nesting, sheltering, overwintering, resting, and warming. Find a wealth of information to support pollinators while improving the environment around you:
The importance of pollinators and the specific threats to their survival
How to provide food for pollinators using native perennials, trees, and shrubs that bloom in succession
Detailed profiles of the major pollinator types and how to attract and support each one
Tips for creating and growing a Pollinator Victory Garden, including site assessment, planning, and planting goals
Project ideas like pollinator islands, enriched landscape edges, revamped foundation plantings, meadowscapes, and other pollinator-friendly lawn alternatives
The time is right for a new gardening movement. Every yard, community garden, rooftop, porch, patio, commercial, and municipal landscape can help to win the war against pollinator decline with The Pollinator Victory Garden.
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Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening
HOW TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT BEES, BEETLES, BUTTERFLIES, BATS, AND OTHER POLLINATORS
Kim Eierman
Pollinator garden at The Native Plant Center, Westchester County, New York
P ollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet. But many pollinators are in trouble, and the reality is that most of our landscapes have little to offer them. I wrote this book to help you change that. You can create a beautiful landscape that attracts and supports many different species of pollinators.
Animal pollinators include not just bees but also many other types of pollinators, including insects and mammals. Beetles, bats, birds, butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, and even some mosquito species can be pollinators. This is not to say that all species within these various groups are pollinators, but within each group many species are. Beetles are the largest and most ancient group of pollinators on Earth, and likely one of the groups we rarely garden for. Its time to start thinking about supporting a variety of pollinators in our landscapes and gardens.
Pollinator decline is an ecological reality of our time, well publicized in the media and evident to anyone who gardens or even steps outside during the growing season. It is not your imaginationresearch studies confirm what we are seeing, or, rather, not seeing. It is fair to say that we are facing a pollinator crisis. It has been a long time in the making, but many of us simply have not noticed until recently.
Worldwide, there are an estimated 20,000 species of bees, with more than 3,600 known species in the United States and Canada, but many bee species are suffering losses. In 2017, the Center for Biological Diversity published disturbing research findings on native bees in North America and Hawaii. Of those species with sufficient data to study and assess, more than half of those native bee species were declining. In addition, one in four native bee species in North America and Hawaii is imperiled and at an increasing risk of extinction. And that is just native bees; European honey bees have been facing their own significant threats in recent years.
There are numerous threats to pollinators in our environment, including the dwindling of resources they need to exist. Ongoing construction and development rob pollinators of precious habitat and flowers. New housing developments, corporate parks, shopping malls, and even home renovations and additions displace pollinators from the habitats they need. Restoring native habitat has rarely been a primary consideration for most homeowners, but it should be. Ill give you the knowledge you need in order to change that.
Residential, commercial, and municipal landscapes are filled with vast green pollinator desertsbetter known as lawns. These vast expanses are ecological wastelands for bees and other pollinators, save for the few lawns that are allowed to contain pollinator-friendly blooming weeds, such as clovers and dandelions. Imagine all of the pollinators that once flourished on these sites before the lawns were created. By planting just a little bit differently and by tweaking your landscape aesthetic, you can transition your landscape into a pollinator haven.
Widespread pesticide use is another cause of pollinator decline. Pollinators can be exquisitely sensitive to man-made pesticides, but even some organic pesticides can be fatal to delicate creatures like bees. By adopting garden management strategies that do not require pesticides, you can keep pollinators, and humans, healthier. By using proper cultural practices in your garden, by choosing the right plant for the right location, and by attracting natures pest control, beneficial insects that act as natural enemies, you can keep nature in balance and give pollinators a fighting chance.
Climate change is another threat to pollinators, often throwing plant activity such as bloom time out of sync with pollinator activity. Thoughtful gardening strategies can help fill some of these gaps. Planting for an overlapping succession of bloom in the garden throughout the entire growing season has become critically important in the face of climate change.
During World War I, a movement was started to protect food supplies. In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens were planted in residential landscapes, community gardens, and public parks. Known as food gardens for defense, these plots were promoted as Victory Gardens. In addition to providing a reliable food source, Victory Gardens were encouraged as a way to boost civilian morale and empower participants to help the war effort off the battlefield. Two decades later, when World War II began, Victory Gardens were popularized once again. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that more than 20 million Victory Gardens were planted in the United States during World War II.
The passion and urgency that inspired those Victory Gardens long ago is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environmentthe steep decline of pollinators. Now is the time for a new gardening movement. Every yard, garden, rooftop, porch, patio, and corporate landscape can help win the war against pollinator decline.
You dont have to be an entomologist to realize that pollinators are in trouble, and you dont have to be a professional landscaper or horticulturist to do something about it. The Pollinator Victory Garden is for all of us who care about the environment, who want to make it better, and who enjoy having a beautiful landscape that is filled with life. This book shows you how to use ecological landscaping and native plants to benefit not just pollinators but also the overall health of the ecosystem that is your landscape.
I hope you enjoy the book, and most important, I hope you relish the wonderful results that come when you implement these tips.
More pollinators? Yes, please.
Pollination is something we take for granted, but its essential to life on Earth. It is the means by which most flowering plants reproduce. As youll recall from biology class, pollination involves the physical movement of pollen from the male part of a plant to the female part of a plant. Without pollination, a plant cant be fertilized so that seeds can form. Pollination can happen in several ways:
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