With this lavishly illustrated guide, gardeners can create a stunningly colorful, vibrant, healthy, productive garden that helps not only the threatened honeybee, but the many lesser-known, amazing native bees as well.
Preface vii
Introduction: The Benefits of a Bee-Friendly Garden 1
Chapter 1: Our Friends, the Bees 15
Chapter 2: Plants for Your Bee-Friendly Garden 43
Chapter 3: Bee-Friendly Plants for Edible Gardens 103
Chapter 4: Bee Garden Basics 115
Chapter 5: Designing Your Bee Garden 137
Chapter 6:
Beyond Your Own Backyard—
Becoming a Bee Activist 173
Resources 181
Regional Plant Lists 186
Southeast Region 190
South Central Region 192
Southwest Region 194
Pacific Northwest Region 197
Rocky Mountain/Intermountain West Region
201
Northeast/Midwest/Mid-Atlantic Region
204
Photography Credits 207
Index 208
KATE FREY is an international garden designer and consultant
specializing in sustainable, insect-hospitable landscaping and
small farms. She won two gold medals at the Chelsea Garden Show in
London for ecologically themed gardens and is a popular speaker at
garden shows and clubs. She has written for Gardens Illustrated and
Pacific Horticulture magazines, and lives in Hopland, CA. Learn
more at freygardens.com.
GRETCHEN LEBUHN is a professor of biology at San Francisco State
University and the author/editor of two books on pollinators, Field
Guide to the Common Bees of California and Attracting Native
Pollinators. She is the founder and director of The Great Sunflower
Project (www.greatsunflower.org), a national citizen science
program designed to gather information about bee diversity and
activity.
Winner of the American Horticultural Society 2017 Book Award
"Even in drought, plant for bees; nectar-rich blooms help these
important pollinators survive dry times. Learn how to attract bees
(that don't chase humans) and increase your vegetable garden yields
in the new book The Bee-Friendly Garden."
—Sunset magazine
"Award-winning garden designers Frey and LeBuhn team up in this
accessible book to offer gardeners solid advice on how to attract
and encourage more bees."
—Library Journal
"Worried about reports of massive bee die-offs and what the
consequences will be to global food production? Look
to The Bee-Friendly Garden for what you can do to help
support your local bee populations."
—Sierra magazine
"Most people don’t understand the need to plant for pollinators to
achieve productive vegetable gardens, or that pollination and
beauty go together. This book underlines the importance and
possibilities of flower-filled gardens that address our needs and
create lovely and productive spaces around our homes."
—Rosalind Creasy, author of Edible Landscaping
"What a delightful, necessary book! The authors deliver its
important mission—encouraging bee gardening—simply, graciously, and
thoroughly. Find inspiration here, and the tools to reconnect the
land you steward with the web of life. Bee happy!"
—Lauren Springer Ogden, garden designer, author of The Undaunted
Garden, and coauthor of Plant-Driven Design and Waterwise Plants
for Sustainable Gardens
"This book will make bees happy and healthy in gardens across the
country."
—Laurie Davies Adams, executive director of Pollinator
Partnership
"Filled with 'practical information that any gardener can use, this
book does an excellent job of focusing on a specific, sufficiently
narrow subject,' notes Brian Thompson, especially one that has
increasing significance to pollinator health. Mary Ann Newcomer
appreciates the 'wide range of plant recommendations by region,
making it a useful resource anywhere in North America.' From its
in-depth, insightful discussions to its 'layout and photography,
it’s a well done book all the way through,' says Doug Oster."
—The American Horticultural Society 2017 Book Awards Committee
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