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Pollinator Garden How do you design?

Learn the importance of pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds in food production and how to design a garden to attract them. Discover the preferred shapes and colors of flowers for different pollinators to create a thriving ecosystem in your backyard. With simple materials and creative planning, shape your garden into a welcoming habitat for these vital creatures.

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Pollinator Garden How do you design?

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  1. Pollinator GardenHow do you design?

  2. Pollination is the transfer of “pollen” to make seeds

  3. Why do we need pollinators?? • Without pollinators we would not have a lot of our food!

  4. Flowers have both nectar (sugary liquid) and pollen. • Some organisms like bees eat nectar and pollen. • Some organisms like hummingbirds drink nectar (rich in sugar) and transfer pollen along the way.

  5. Pollinators like different shapes and colors of flowers Bees prefer yellow, blue and purple flowers Butterflies like flat flowers that are red, orange, yellow pink or blue Hummingbirds like tube flowers with lots of nectar, especially red ones! Bats like large light-colored flowers that smell like fruit that open at night

  6. Design a pollinator gardenMaterials: shape it, plastic items to make beds for flowers, walkways

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