The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard that Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity

by Kate Frey and Gretchen Lebuhn

Leslie Lindell (Photographer)

For every gardener who cares about the planet, this guide to designing a bee garden helps you create a stunningly colorful, vibrant, healthy habitat that attracts both honeybees and native bees.

In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award-winning garden designer Kate Frey and bee expert Gretchen LeBuhn provide everything you need to know to create a dazzling garden that helps both the threatened honeybee and our own native bees. No matter how small or large your space, and regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs, or country, just a few simple changes to your garden can fight the effects of colony collapse disorder and the worldwide decline in bee population that threatens our global food chain. There are many personal benefits of having a bee garden as well! Bee gardens:

· contain a gorgeous variety of flowers
· bloom continuously throughout the seasons
· are organic, pesticide-free, and ecologically sustainable
· develop healthy and fertile soil
· attract birds, butterflies, and other beneficial insects
· increase the quantity of your fruit and vegetable harvest
· improve the quality, flavor, and size of your produce

Illustrated with spectacular full-color photos, The Bee-Friendly Garden debunks myths about bees, explains seasonal flower progression, and provides detailed instructions for nest boxes and water features. From “super blooming” flowers to regional plant lists and plants to avoid, The Bee-Friendly Garden is an essential tool for every gardener who cares about the planet and wants to make their yard a welcoming habitat for nature’s most productive pollinator.

• ISBN10: 1607747634
• ISBN13: 9781607747635
• Publish Date: 9 February 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Ten Speed Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 224
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781607747635

Reviews

[Jane]

**I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.**

The Bee-Friendly Garden has the potential to remind society today how important the Earth is—that all living things share it, and we need to work together to keep it spinning. Bees are an integral part of humanity, after all.

I think the only thing this book lacked was an actual list—like a guide of sorts—containing all the plants poisonous to bees, then a list of plants with the types of bees they attracted. Of course, such a list would likely stretch far and wide…and I may just be looking for an easy way to understand something I’m not 100 percent familiar with.

Full review at Janepedia: https://janepedia.com/bee-friendly-garden/