Bee Friendly

Gardening for Pollinators

With more time spent at home, we are discovering our gardens again! Take time to walk outside and enjoy all that Mother Nature has for us. It’s good for the soul and the mind.

It’s a busy time in the garden! Now with more consistently warmer temperatures, we are enjoying the colour of the season: blooming trees and bulbs, spring perennials and shrubs as well as the seedlings in the garden. It’s a wonderful time of year!

We may not be able to have backyard parties just yet, but let’s invite some other guests to the garden. We all know how important bees and other pollinators are to our food sources so let’s give them a reason to visit our garden! Read on for some suggestions to help them to feel at home.

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Please note that as of Friday, June 12, 2020, all visitors to the Dufferin Garden Centre

must wear a face covering as directed by the Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health.

Pollinator - Friendly Gardening

“The hum of bees is the voice of the garden” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

This trend of gardening has increased in popularity. It isn’t hard to create a healthy habitat – Bees are easy to please! Bees are by far the most popular pollinator in the garden, but other pollinators also help out including butterflies, other insects, even birds!

Cinderella and Ice Ballet Milkweed (Asclepias)

These perennials are selections of the native North American wildflower. Butterflies lay their eggs specifically on this plant, which the larvae use for food.

Height: 35" - 47"

Cinderella: clusters of rosy-pink, vanilla scented flowers in mid-summer

Ice Ballet (see photo): clusters of white vanilla-scented flowers in mid-summer

Plants are subject to availability

Favourite Perennials for Pollinator Gardens

Pollinators are on our minds these days as we wait for the arrival of the Monarch butterflies. Our perennial section is refreshed every week with new deliveries.

From Butterfly Weed to BeeBalm, Asters and more - these are our favourite perennials for pollinator gardens.

Checklist for a Bee-Friendly Garden

Beneficial pollinators are a crucial part of our environment and gardens, especially our vegetable gardens.

Of all the pollinators bees are by far the most important!

Feathered Friends

Birdscaping - Attracting fruit-loving birds to your garden such as: orioles, grosbeaks, catbirds, robins, waxwings, blue jays, chickadees, woodpeckers, house finches and more.

Website Links

Pollinators need you.

You need Pollinators!

Calling all bird lovers

Nematodes are available

June Gardening Tips

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