Our pollinator garden 🐝🦋🐛🐞🪲🕷️

2025/8/30 Edited to

... Read morePollinator gardens play a crucial role in maintaining healthy ecosystems by providing habitats and food sources for a variety of pollinating insects such as bees, butterflies, beetles, and spiders. In places like Topeka and the broader Midwest, these gardens help combat the decline of pollinator populations caused by habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change. One of the most effective ways to attract and support pollinators is to plant native wildflowers, which are well-adapted to the local environment and offer nectar and pollen suited to native species. Incorporating chaos gardening—a method that allows plants to grow naturally and encourages biodiversity—creates a welcoming habitat that supports a wider range of insects and wildlife. Gardeners in Kansas and similar regions can enhance the success of their pollinator gardens by avoiding chemical pesticides, providing sources of clean water, and planting a variety of flowering plants that bloom throughout the growing season. This not only benefits pollinator species but also increases the overall health and resilience of the garden. By embracing these principles and contributing to the #savethebees movement, individuals help sustain agricultural productivity and preserve natural beauty. Pollinator gardens serve as vital community assets, fostering environmental awareness and offering personal satisfaction through hands-on conservation efforts.

Related posts

Remember our pollinator friends!
Please be nice to our pollinator friends! Especially our friends the bees! #Spring #BeeFriends
Cherokee Rene'e

Cherokee Rene'e

85 likes

The cutest pollinator garden
I love it so much! All the perfect plants and flowers to invite the pollinators to the backyard 🌿🌸🍓☀️🌷🐝 #gardening #gardenaesthetic #cutflowergarden #pollinatorgarden #springaesthetic #springgarden #easygardening
Shelby Hart

Shelby Hart

976 likes

Busy bees
Our little helpers ❤️🐝 #bee #flowers #pollinatorgarden #gardening Oregon
Miss Brown

Miss Brown

6 likes

Planting Season
#happyplanting #cutflowergarden #pollinatorgarden #lots of 🌱 #gardengreens
Duquette BethAnne

Duquette BethAnne

76 likes

Creating A Pollinator Garden!
Not any easy task but it is very possible! This last seas was our best season yet! ♥️ #workonthegarden #pollinatoryard #start a garden #gardendlowers Location: Mad Acre Farms
Mad Acre Farms

Mad Acre Farms

12 likes

I started this garden 3 years ago with my husband. This is the first time our milkweed has made flowers and pods. Sometimes we are in the states to see it all bloom, and sometimes we aren’t. I’m thankful I got to see it in full this year & that I get to provide refuge to a lot of amazing pollinator
平田アンナ

平田アンナ

8 likes

Gardening is my peaceful place 🪴👩🏽‍🌾
Planting my pollination garden today—making space for bees, butterflies, and blooms to thrive! Let’s grow something beautiful together. 🌿🌸🩷 #PollinatorGarden #BeeFriendly #ButterflyGarden #PlantWithMe #GardenVibes #SustainableLiving #FlowerPower #GrowWild #NatureLovers #GardenMagic
Vanessa🧚🏾‍♀️Ann

Vanessa🧚🏾‍♀️Ann

37 likes

Two years in the making 🌿 I’ve wanted to earn this certification for over two years, but I always hesitated to hit submit because of the cost. For my 36th birthday my husband surprised me with both the official certification and the metal sign from the National Wildlife Federation, best birthday p
TheTrashyTexan 🗑♻️🌍

TheTrashyTexan 🗑♻️🌍

2 likes

A collection of gardening supplies on a wooden deck, including a bag of potting mix, white multi-tiered planters, small starter pots, plant labels, and various packets of vegetable and flower seeds for a garden starting kit.
A bag of potting mix, designed to help plants grow larger and provide more blooms for up to six months, sits on a wooden deck with a natural background.
A white, multi-tiered planter, suitable for growing plants like strawberries, is displayed on a dark wooden deck.
Dollar tree garden starting kit👩🏻‍🌾
💵 Price: $5- Potting soil $1.25- strawberry planters $1- labels $1 each- vegetable seeds $1 each- flower seeds
🩷trinity🩷

🩷trinity🩷

269 likes

This image displays a collection of flowers and herbs known to attract bees, including Lavender, Black Eyed Susan, Agapanthus, Buddleia, Goldenrod, Blue Borage, Echinacea, Rosemary, Clover, Sunflower, Poppy, Verbena, Honeysuckle, and Cornflower, each with an illustration of a bee.
This image presents a grid of various bee-friendly flowers such as Lavender, Daisy, Sage, Lilac, Lily Of The Valley, Rhododendron, Mint, Rosemary, Forget Me Not, Calendula, Chives, Marigold, Goldenrod, Coneflower, Bee Balm, Sunflower, Aster, Mustard Canola, Thyme, and Yarrow.
This image illustrates plants that repel mosquitoes, featuring a mosquito with a 'no' symbol. The plants shown are Oregano, Peppermint, Basil, Geranium, Lemongrass, Tansy, Lavender, Bee Balm, Feverfew, Marigold, Sage, and Petunia.
Garden Friendly Plant For Pollnators
Plant information attracts bug pollinators that help pollinate and repel.Just wanted to share this information. #pollinatorfriendly #naturevibes #gardening
SpookyToad9

SpookyToad9

4 likes

Can you hear the bees🐝💛🤎
My backyard is covered with bees and blossoms🌸🌱🐝 #bee #redbudtree #pollinatorgarden #pinkblossom #beevibes
Rachel🍒

Rachel🍒

4 likes

A close-up of light purple flowers and green foliage, illustrating the concept of garden therapy on a frugal homestead.
A dense patch of green wild plants, including ferns and other foliage, with text explaining the use of chicken coop compost to nurture the wild beauty for pollinators.
A view of a thriving pollinator garden, formerly a burn pile, featuring tall green plants like dog fennel, goldenrod, and thistle, providing for butterflies and bees.
Gardening Therapy & Frugal Homesteading
📍 Pine Bluff, AR | July Photo Dump We’re building our little slice of paradise one thrifted find and compost pile at a time! From repurposing our old burn pile into a thriving pollinator garden, to using chicken coop clean-out as nutrient-rich compost. Nothing goes to waste out here. We feed
Krissy on the Homestead🌱

Krissy on the Homestead🌱

9 likes

Pollinator Garden 🌸
Trying to do our part to save the bees, birds and butterflies. ❤️
JustChristine

JustChristine

1 like

Texas Native Plants were on sale at HEB. It's a little past prime planting season but with extra watering they should make it through the heat. We got 3 Texas Native Lantanas and expanded one of our smaller garden beds to accommodate them. Slowly but surely our yard is becoming more and more
TheTrashyTexan 🗑♻️🌍

TheTrashyTexan 🗑♻️🌍

4 likes

Pollinator Garden
Let’s make a pollinator garden (save this post for when you go to your garden center to find the perfect pollinator plants) 🌸🌷🦋🌿🐝 I was sent this lovely planter box from Lue Bona and I am in love with how it looks on my patio! I put it all together myself and knew it had to be a special garden for
Shelby Hart

Shelby Hart

72 likes

Dog hair = compost gold 🐕♻️ Yep, it breaks down beautifully and adds nitrogen to your pile. Our Mini Free Backyard Composting Program has officially diverted 2,206 pounds of organic waste from landfills, every handful adds up. We especially love when participants toss in lawn clippings too.
TheTrashyTexan 🗑♻️🌍

TheTrashyTexan 🗑♻️🌍

1 like

Bird Feeder
Bird feeders are a great way to attract pollinators to your garden. One of the biggest down falls was thinking I didn’t need pollinators for our garden but you do! This year I will be starting early! #backyardgardening #pollinatorgarden #gardeningideas #gardeningtipsforbeginners #gardent
Constance

Constance

0 likes

It took 4 years but we did it! 🌿🦋🐝
Pollinator garden 🐝🌸💐🌺
Mad Acre Farms

Mad Acre Farms

2 likes

Close-up of vibrant purple New York Ironweed flowers and buds blooming in a city garden. Green leaves and stems are prominent, with a light-colored building and windows blurred in the background, indicating an urban setting.
New York Ironweed in bloom
in our tiny city garden 🌿 #garden #communitygarden #nativeplants #ironweed #pollinatorgarden
marbleandmilkweed

marbleandmilkweed

1 like

autumn in the garden
the beauty of our native plant beds as the season changes 🍂 #nativeplants #urbangarden #pollinatorgarden #nyc #autumngarden
marbleandmilkweed

marbleandmilkweed

1 like

Pollinator-Friendly Flowers in Bloom 🐝🦋
Bees on the borage, butterflies dancing over the daisies, and lavender swaying in the breeze. These pollinator-friendly blooms are low-maintenance, beautiful, and thrive even in the summer heat. 🐝💜 Lavender, African daisy, and borage are some of my favorites for attracting wildlife while keeping
🌿 Lyly 🌿

🌿 Lyly 🌿

8 likes

The Flowering Succulent That Blooms Almost Year-Round 🌷
This water-wise beautiful plant makes excellent ground cover and adapts to a variety of soil conditions (as long as soil is well-draining). It also thrives in containers, hillsides or rocky terrain. A few things to keep in mind: rock purslane may be toxic to pets if ingested; it grows quickly on
DBartsandcrafts

DBartsandcrafts

20 likes

🐝 Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel
Create a buzz in your garden! 🐝🌿 Our Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel offers a cozy nesting space for solitary bees and other friendly insects—essential pollinators for flowers, fruits, and veggies. Made from FSC-certified timber with a charming bamboo finish, it’s safe, chemical-free, and perfect for k
SpiritFarmVA

SpiritFarmVA

2 likes

Succisa pratensis - Devil’s Bit
Jerry recently visited Bill Noble’s renowned garden in Norwich, Vermont, where he discovered a plant he’d never seen before — Succisa pratensis, commonly known as devil’s-bit scabious. This perennial, native to Europe and western Asia, is prized for its lavender-to-deep-purple pincushion-like bl
Linden Hill Nursery

Linden Hill Nursery

116 likes

Bringing Back The Buzz
Pesticide use is rising fast, wiping out countless precious insects and pollinators like bees, butterflies, and ladybugs. If this continues, we could face a future where these vital creatures are simply gone—silenced by chemicals, with no one left to pollinate our food or sustain natural ecosystems
Garden Fever

Garden Fever

2 likes

ASMR: Pollinator Garden
Build a pollinator garden with me🥰🐝🦋 #gardening #unaesthetic #unfiltered #Lemon8Diary #shareyourthoughts #plant #garden
Rooted & Radiant

Rooted & Radiant

63 likes

Texas Sage Bush
Is this not one of the prettiest bushes you have ever seen?? #bushes #pollinatorgarden #texassage
Abbigayle Jose

Abbigayle Jose

6 likes

Pollinator Garden
Found an accidental #elegantzinnia garden! Such a beautiful and peaceful place!
Zowie Murray

Zowie Murray

4 likes

Cute garden ideas
Here’s some cute ideas I’ve found on Pinterest that I want to incorporate into my pollinator garden this summer. I really want to hone in on the whimsy and add some visual interest with these crafts and DIYs. None of the pictures are mine other than the title slide. If you have any other ideas, fee
Gabbie

Gabbie

101 likes

That Butterflies Love 🦋🩷
Our backyard is a blank canvas and I’m working to change that! We already saw a monarch land on the milkweed while we were digging our holes! ⭐️ “Blazing Star” Gayfeather - this plant will grow fun purple fuzzy looking flowers. The flowers provide nectar for the butterflies. ✨ Buttonbush - t
Aunt Dan

Aunt Dan

1 like

Sleepy little bumble bee in my cucumber blooms this morning 🐝🌼🥒🥹🥲 #pollinatorgarden #container gardening #Lemon8Diary #bees
Lauren Dees

Lauren Dees

4 likes

Chaos Gardening ~ where beauty blooms 🍋🌸
Forget perfect borders and rigid layouts, chaos gardening is about trusting nature’s process. Scatter seeds, mix what you love, and let the wild take over. 🌱 It’s resilient, pollinator-friendly, and different every season. 💚 Just remember: avoid invasive species and choose native or well-adapted
🌿 Lyly 🌿

🌿 Lyly 🌿

79 likes

Pollinator Garden
This is a whole vibe 😍 I could sit outside all day and watch them and listen to this relaxing song of nature. The primary purpose of a pollinator garden is to provide food, habitat, and overwintering sites for various pollinators, including bees, butterflies, moths, and other insects, thus contribu
Brittany Vashaun Buckley-Cobb

Brittany Vashaun Buckley-Cobb

8 likes

Plant Native
Spring’s here, and it’s time to play matchmaker for our garden’s VIP's, the pollinators! As urban gardeners sifting through seed packets like treasure hunters, we’re on a mission to plant the ultimate buffet for bees, butterflies, and their buzzing buddies. Forget dating apps; nothing says "
EastsideShabbyChic

EastsideShabbyChic

1 like

🌿 Zone 8 friends, here’s your June planting guide!
From bold zinnias to pollinator-friendly snapdragons, these blooms aren’t just beautiful — they feed birds, bees, and butterflies all summer long. 🐦🌸 ➡️ Remember: Zones can vary! Even within Washington or Texas, you’ll find areas ranging from Zone 7 to 10. Always check your USDA zone before plan
🌿 Lyly 🌿

🌿 Lyly 🌿

43 likes

summer garden🍋✨
garden pics&recipe inspo🔅 thank you to every insect & pollinator🪲🌱 our world thrives because of you🐞🐝🐛🦋🪻🦇 red / purple clover is edible and medicinal💚 farmers in my area plant fields of it<3 the smell is like a soft powdery sweetness & looks so pretty🍀💜☘️ i love tasting the s
aya🧚🏼✨

aya🧚🏼✨

7 likes

I caught this bee visiting my bird feeder 🐝
Turns out they collect corn dust when pollen is scarce and bring it back to the hive. Nature is always adapting 🌱✨ #BackyardWildlife #PollinatorGarden #SaveTheBees #Zone6Gardening #NatureIsResilient
Relax & Garden

Relax & Garden

6 likes

One of the biggest crises humanity is facing is one you probably won’t hear about on the nightly news. If we can’t save the honeybees, we can’t save ourselves. (Be sure to follow my gardening account @Seeds of Rebellion to learn more about growing pollinator friendly gardens!) #garden #gardening
Kendall Brown

Kendall Brown

18 likes

Texas garden 🌸
If you’re looking for a drought tolerant, perennial plant that survives in Texas heat, this is it. It’s called Gregg’s mistflowers and it’s a pollinator haven. #texasgardening #gardening #texasnativeplants #garden #plants
Cathjoanw

Cathjoanw

6 likes

Zone 9 Gardeners — What to Plant in June 🌸
June isn’t too late for flowers - it’s the start of summer bloom season in Zone 9! ☀️ With long growing days and warm soil, you can still direct sow heat-loving flowers like zinnias, cosmos, nasturtiums, and sunflowers. Prefer a slower start? Begin echinacea, delphinium, or coreopsis indoors for
🌿 Lyly 🌿

🌿 Lyly 🌿

29 likes

An infographic titled "BEST HERB PAIRINGS FOR CONTAINER GARDENING" displays six wooden planters, each containing a different herb combination. Pairings include Italian Classics (Basil, Oregano, Parsley), Tea Lovers' Blend (Chamomile, Mint, Lemon Balm), Salad Boosters (Chives, Dill, Cilantro), Cocktails & Drinks (Mint, Basil, Lemon Verbena), Pollinator-Friendly (Lavender, Bee Balm, Lemon Thyme), and Savory Cooking Trio (Rosemary, Thyme, Sage).
best herb pairing
Level up your kitchen game with the ultimate herb garden guide! 🌿✨ Whether you have a massive backyard or just a sunny windowsill, container gardening is the perfect way to keep fresh flavors within arm's reach. ​Pairing your herbs correctly is the secret to a thriving harvest. Here are some
Amanda White Mainville

Amanda White Mainville

1120 likes

Why I Garden This Way 🌱
This is a small part of my story and what Growing Good Company is about. Gardening, for me, is about caring for soil, protecting pollinators, and learning how to grow with intention instead of against nature. I shared the full story on my YouTube channel 🤍 👉 Link in bio #GrowingGoodCo
Lisa | Growing Good Co 🌱

Lisa | Growing Good Co 🌱

19 likes

A collage titled 'Save Our Bees' displays 18 pollinator-friendly flowers like Hebe, Cardoon, Fuchsia, Dahlia, Lavender, and Poppy, encouraging planting them in gardens. A cartoon bee is also featured, promoting biodiversity and year-round support for beneficial insects.
Bee 🐝 🌸✨✨
🐝 Pollinator-Friendly Flowers That Support Biodiversity Adding a mix of nectar-rich plants ensures year-round support for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. Choose varieties that bloom across seasons and group them in sunny, sheltered spots. • Include both tubular and open-faced f
Rican Goddess

Rican Goddess

3 likes

Dandelions can be used for so many things!
*Always be sure to pick dandelions from places you know for sure have not been sprayed or treated with chemicals. We only pick from our yard. 🌼Did you know that those cheerful yellow dandelions popping up in your yard are more than just weeds? These little wonders are packed with benefits and c
Lumina_ByLyss

Lumina_ByLyss

4 likes

🐝🦋🐞the polinators garden🐞🐝🦋
pro tip: get perenials! this is a one-time buy they will come back every year. Great way to save money. I bought a few last year this was the add-on garden for flowers only. i do plan to add more this. 💐 I also added a bug hotel. These can be made yourself, but I bought mine at tjmax. I think i
Lexie

Lexie

0 likes

Raised Bed Pollinator and Vegetable Garden
Garden Projects like these are my absolute favorite. I had the honor of designing this pollinator friendly vegetable garden that is packed with: Heirloom vegetables 🍅 Bright pollinator friendly flowers that attract bees and boost yields 🌸 Medicinal and culinary herbs 🌿 Complete with a custo
Najet

Najet

27 likes

Help the pollinators in your garden with this simple DIY garden craft to keep them cool 🐝🦋 #beekeeping #pollinatorgarden #gardening #pollinators #nativebees #beekeepers #honeybees #beehives #honeybees #bees
thecottagepeach

thecottagepeach

52 likes

Florida Garden in December
#garden #gardening #pollinatorgarden
SouthernGarden

SouthernGarden

9 likes

How to start a pollinator garden
One of the best ways to start a pollinator garden is to integrate nectar rich flowers or Keystone native plants that support butterflies and moths. The best part is you can also grow some of these flowers and containers! So no matter if you have a patio / balcony, a side yard or a giant wide
Elizabeth | Seed & Scribe

Elizabeth | Seed & Scribe

12 likes

Allium thunbergii ‘Ozawa’
Allium thunbergii ‘Ozawa’ A standout in the fall garden, Allium thunbergii ‘Ozawa’ is one of the last ornamental alliums to bloom. Its rosy-purple flowers appear in late September into October, often coinciding with fall foliage color. Compact and clump-forming, it thrives in full sun and well-d
Linden Hill Nursery

Linden Hill Nursery

14 likes

See more