Whether you are interested in improving pollinator resources on your own property, looking for guidance developing a landscaping plan, or trying to determine which native plant species to stock for sale, these curated lists of native, pollinator-friendly container plants and seeds will help you make the right decisions.
Online and Downloadable Resources
Pollinator Plant Lists/Landscape Design:
- Creating Pollinator-Friendly Gardens with Native Plants: Locally Available Options: Searchable List or Printable Version (pdf)
- Cape Cod Native Plant Selector (from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod)
- Establishing Native Plants on Roadsides in New England (from MassDOT)
- Gardening for Pollinators - Planning, Creating, and Maintaining a Pollinator Garden: A Five-step Guide (pdf from the Native Plant Trust)
- How to Create Your Own Pollinator Garden, from Start to Finish (pdf from the North American Native Plant Society)
- Landscape Design Toolkits and Pollinator Action Plans (from Landscape Interactions)
- Landscaping Near a Salt Marsh: Planting a Meadow Buffer (from the Mass. Office of Coastal Zone Management)
- Landscaping with Native Plants on Nantucket (.pdf) rom the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative)
- Lincoln Pollinator Action Plan Toolkits and Plant Kits (from the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and Rural Land Foundation)
- Managing Landscapes for Pollinators (from UMass Extension)
- Native Plants Recommendations for Plymouth County (pdf from SEMPBA)
- Native Pollinator Garden Recipe Card for the Northeast (pdf from the Pollinator Partnership)
- Native Pollinator Plants Seed List (Excel file)
- Plant a bumblebee-friendly garden (via MassWildlife)
- Pollinator Habitat Educational Resources for Farmers (from The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund)
Other Pollinator Plant Resources:
- Garden Centers and Nurseries that sell Native Plants
- Growing Wild Massachusetts (from DCR)
- Massachusetts Native Plants and Pollinators Poster(pdf from MDAR)
- Towns along the Pollinator Pathway in Massachusetts
Upcoming Classes, Workshops, and Events:
- Classes and Field Studies from the Native Plant Trust
- Pollinator Steward Certification Program from UMass Extension
- Workshops and Other Events from Grow Native Massachusetts
Archived Events:
- Xerces Society YouTube channel
- Pollinators in the Woods with Dr. Kass Urban-Mead (Mass. Pollinator Network)
- Landscaping for Pollinators and Birds at Home with Desiree Narango (Mass. Pollinator Network)
- MAPN Seminar: NRCS Program for Construction Pollinator Habitat with Xerces Society & NRCS (Mass. Pollinator Network)
- Managing Pests While Protecting Pollinators, Emily May, Xerces Society (Mass. Pollinator Network)
- Project Wingspan Pollinator Habitat Technical Training Workshop Series, free 5-part webinar (Pollinator Partnership)
- Lexington Nature Speaker Series, Dr. Robert Gegear: More than Just the Buzz: Using native plant-pollinator systems as a tool for biodiversity conservation
- Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts: Design a Beautiful Native Plant Garden for your Civic or Home Landscape
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden: Native Plants for New England Gardens
- USDA NRCS: Wetlands and Pollinators: How Water Quality Practices Can Benefit Pollinators
- NOFA: Farming for Biodiversity: Designing Pollination Systems to Sustain Native Wildlife
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| Last updated: | June 22, 2026 |
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