Creating an Oasis for Pollinators
Homeowners have an opportunity to restore native habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.
Joe-Pye Weed
Taking a Closer Look at Roadside Wildflowers
Many of the wildflowers seen along local roadways or on day-trips to the beach or mountains (those yellow, orange, purple or pink blurs) can be viewed close-up in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden in Arlington, VA.
Flowers That Attract Pollinators and Robbers to a Garden
The shape, color, structure and odor of a flower usually determine the type of pollinators it attracts. A flower requires a pollinator that will visit it regularly and successfully transfer pollen in and/or between it and other flowers of its species to ensure fruit and seed production. For the service of pollination, the flower provides a reward: usually food such as nectar and/or pollen. Thus plants and their pollinators enjoy a mutualistic relationship.
How to Celebrate National Pollinator Week – 15-21 June: Go Native!
National Pollinator Week - See how MGNV can help you "Go Native!" with pollinators.