During World War II, children collected milkweed pods so the plant's buoyant seed floss could be used in military life ...
While watering their yard, one gardener spotted monarch butterflies fluttering over a patch of milkweed and paused to ...
Photo Credit: iStock Researchers and officials said "Pollinator Week" carries a lesson that lasts beyond the event itself: ...
As gardeners across the Northern Shenandoah Valley struggle with summer heat, many are rethinking what they plant and why.
They joined the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and Mecklenburg County Parks and Rec at McDowell Nature Preserve to plant ...
Each year the National Garden Bureau chooses plants of the year. I always look forward to which plants they pick and learning more about each plant. This year among the chosen is Asclepias or milkweed ...
In 2007, the U.S. Senate designated a week in June as National Pollinator Week to increase the general public’s awareness of ...
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One gardener's bee balm and milkweed are blooming, but the pollinators are barely showing up
"You have to give them all of the supportive ecosystems where they breed, live, can find water." ...
(Beyond Pesticides, June 22, 2026) National Pollinator Week, June 22-26, 2026, celebrates all pollinators and the ecosystem services they provide. With a theme of “Life on a Leaf… From Bloom to Buzz!
Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ~ Henry James. With the 250th birthday of our natio ...
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