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The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard that Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity
By Kate Frey, Gretchen LeBuhn and Leslie Lindell
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For every gardener who cares about the planet, this guide to designing a bee garden helps you create a stunningly colorful, vibrant, healthy habitat that attracts both honeybees and native bees.
In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award-winning garden designer Kate Frey and bee expert Gretchen LeBuhn provide everything you need to know to create a dazzling garden that helps both the threatened honeybee and our own native bees. No matter how small or large your space, and regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs, or country, just a few simple changes to your garden can fight the effects of colony collapse disorder and the worldwide decline in bee population that threatens our global food chain. There are many personal benefits of having a bee garden as well! Bee gardens:
· contain a gorgeous variety of flowers
· bloom continuously throughout the seasons
· are organic, pesticide-free, and ecologically sustainable
· develop healthy and fertile soil
· attract birds, butterflies, and other beneficial insects
· increase the quantity of your fruit and vegetable harvest
· improve the quality, flavor, and size of your produce
Illustrated with spectacular full-color photos, The Bee-Friendly Garden debunks myths about bees, explains seasonal flower progression, and provides detailed instructions for nest boxes and water features. From “super blooming” flowers to regional plant lists and plants to avoid, The Bee-Friendly Garden is an essential tool for every gardener who cares about the planet and wants to make their yard a welcoming habitat for nature’s most productive pollinator.
In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award-winning garden designer Kate Frey and bee expert Gretchen LeBuhn provide everything you need to know to create a dazzling garden that helps both the threatened honeybee and our own native bees. No matter how small or large your space, and regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs, or country, just a few simple changes to your garden can fight the effects of colony collapse disorder and the worldwide decline in bee population that threatens our global food chain. There are many personal benefits of having a bee garden as well! Bee gardens:
· contain a gorgeous variety of flowers
· bloom continuously throughout the seasons
· are organic, pesticide-free, and ecologically sustainable
· develop healthy and fertile soil
· attract birds, butterflies, and other beneficial insects
· increase the quantity of your fruit and vegetable harvest
· improve the quality, flavor, and size of your produce
Illustrated with spectacular full-color photos, The Bee-Friendly Garden debunks myths about bees, explains seasonal flower progression, and provides detailed instructions for nest boxes and water features. From “super blooming” flowers to regional plant lists and plants to avoid, The Bee-Friendly Garden is an essential tool for every gardener who cares about the planet and wants to make their yard a welcoming habitat for nature’s most productive pollinator.
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Kate Frey
Kate Frey is a consultant, educator designer, and freelance writer specializing in sustainable gardens and small farms that encourage biodiversity. She is a frequent and popular speaker for master gardener programs, garden clubs, garden shows and horticultural groups. Visit her website at freygardens.com.
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Reviews for The Bee-Friendly Garden
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spring is in the air so I am really excited to review this "garden" book. The cover looks so "Spring-like" and bright! So what comes to mind when you hear the words, "bee" and "garden" ? Most people will have the honeybee come to mind and flowers or vegetables in nice, neat rows. I was surprised to find out a bee-friendly garden does not need neat rows. Did you know that over 70% of the world's plants depend on the pollination services of bees? Why should humans care about bees? Well, bees are a big chain link in the earth Eco-system. If plants don't thrive because they haven't been pollinated, then animals will not be able to eat those plants and then humans will starve because plants and animals will not be available to eat. The book was well written and easy to follow. The author made a good case for why we all could do our part and make our spaces "bee-friendly." In any given region of the country, there are a variety of bee-friendly plants that can be combined to suit every taste and style. This good point was brought to my attention by reading this book, "Native plants are especially beneficial to the survival of bees. First and foremost, we need to grab whatever opportunities exist for preserving important native wildflower areas." This book is worth a read if you want a guide for your garden or care about the world we live in. I will be encouraging my library patrons to page through this beautiful book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I enjoyed this book very much and will be referring to it often as I continue to improve my bee-friendly garden. Firstly, the photos of bees are amazing. You get a handful of the most common varieties in glorious, colorful close-ups. This is a bee-lovers bonus. There are, too, nice close-ups of flowers and of a variety of gardens/settings to promote ideas for your own design. While the photos made me rather jealous of what others have, the book made very clear that no matter what you have, you can use it to help bees. Everything counts. The book went into more depth than I expected. I thought it would be just plants and garden designs, but it went into detail on bees' life cycles, nesting, why they like certain plants more than others, how and when they collect what they need, and even how/why plants offer nectar/pollen. I learned facts that amazed me and enriched my learning beyond just having a pretty flower patch that hopefully attracts bees. Included were lists of the best bee-attracting plants to put in your garden/property divided by region and zone. The only thing that disappointed me was that I did not come across info on which bees appeared in which regions. But an internet search will easily tell me what I can attract here.A list of "citizen science" projects, organizations, seed sellers/nurseries, websites, and a bibliography and index complete the book, making it far more useful than just a how-to garden tool. *This honest review was provided in exchange for a free copy of the book from bloggingforbooks.com
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First the cover, and then the title drew me in to reading this book. I know and have been reading about the bees dying, and we are heading for a major disaster if that happens.I do plant my flower garden with the bees in mind, along with the hummingbirds, Monarda, Oswego Tea, or Bee Balm, all the same name for one plant, is one of the plants that comes to mind.This book is a plethora of beautiful pictures and advice, and it is one that I will be referring to for a long time to come. Love that we come to the back of the book there are plants that are suggested along with their climate zones for each section of the country. I am sometimes very surprised that I can grow a plant that I didn’t realize would tolerate my zone.There is so much information presented here, I love it!I received this book through Blogging For Books, and was not required to give a positive review.