Pollinator Garden Plans
Native pollinator garden design is the keystone of a healthy yard.
Much more than beautiful butterflies, bumblebees and hummingbirds, beneficial insects provide services such as insect pest predation, composting of leaf debris and more.
Isn’t it nice to know that while we’re in blissful appreciation of a Monarch, Black Swallowtail or Skipper, that a whole food chain of pollinators and their allies are helping to heal the landscape?
Colors of Liatris (Blazingstar), Sweet Black-Eyed Susan, Butterfly Milkweed, Anise Hyssop and more show their diverse blooms from April through October in thoughtful pollinator garden design plans. Minnesota and Wisconsin have a vast native plant diversity to offer, and many of these species work well in a garden setting.
Not Just a Pollinator Garden
A butterfly garden design is also a songbird garden. Migrating and resident birds such as Sparrows, Goldfinch, Warblers and more enjoy the abundant insects and seeds provided by pollinator garden plans. Perennial wildflowers and bunchgrasses aren’t the only options we have for pollinator power, either. Many of our native shrubs and small trees offer dense bloom forage for hungry bees and butterflies, which can then produce abundant berries for songbirds as they prepare for Fall and Winter.
Cost-effective, for Small or Large Areas
There are multiple ways to install a native pollinator garden design. Whether it’s a more traditional prairie style planted as native seed mix, native plant plugs, or larger potted plants, there are benefits and drawbacks to each method. While we create your pollinator garden design plans, I’ll help you find the path that best fits your goals and budget. Then, using the plants and materials lists and step by step install instructions provided, you or recommended native landscape contractors can get it done right the first time. After all, this is all about you and the pollinators enjoying the final result!
Where to Start
Low Maintenance, not Weedy Looking
Pollinator garden designs come in many forms. In the past decades, designers have brought a new American landscape to life. A native pollinator garden can be subtle or bold, textural or richly layered from all angles. Planting in groupings of diverse species can help pollinators by offering more forage in a smaller area, and also shows neighbors and visitors that this isn’t just a patch of weeds or overgrown meadow. It’s intentional, and provides year-round beauty. If I had a nickel for every time the neighbors see an attractive native pollinator garden design and suddenly plant one of their own the next Spring!
If you’re interested in professional pollinator garden plans for your Minnesota or Wisconsin property, please fill out the form below to initiate a free phone consultation.