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.
Downloadable Resources
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Creating Pollinator-Friendly Gardens with Native Plants: Locally Available Options
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Landscape design toolkits to support pollinators in the Connecticut River Valley (from Pollinate Northampton!)
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Native Plants Recommendations for Plymouth County (from SEMPBA)
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Native Pollinator Garden Recipe Card for the Northeast (from the Pollinator Partnership)
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Cape Cod Native Plant Selector (from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod)
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Pollinator Habitat: Establishment & Management Guide (from The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund)
Upcoming Events:
- 10/21/2021, 1pm, webinar: Climate Change and Land Use Change Impacts on Pollinators (Xerces Society)
- 10/25/2021, 7pm, webinar: Gardening as an ecological tool in a changing climate (NOFA/Grow Native Massachusetts)
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10/28/21, 7pm, webinar: Why Native Plants Matter (Essex County Greenbelt)
Archived Events:
- 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
- Ecological Landscaping Alliance: A Walk in the Garden Webinar Series
- USDA NRCS: Wetlands and Pollinators: How Water Quality Practices Can Benefit Pollinators
- NOFA: Farming for Biodiversity: Designing Pollination Systems to Sustain Native Wildlife
- Xerces Society: Human Dimensions of Pollinator Conservation
- Pollinate Northampton's Archive of Pollinator Habitat webinars