Pollinator

From the McDonald Garden Center Blog

How to Plant a Pollinator Garden

How to Plant a Pollinator Garden

Pollinators like bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and even moths play a vital role in keeping our ecosystems thriving. By helping plants reproduce, they support the entire food web, including us! In honor of National Pollinator Week, we’re diving into how to plant your very own pollinator garden. It’s more than just a beautiful, blooming space,  it’s a powerful way to support biodiversity and give back to the environment right in your own backyard.Here’s how to get started:

Bee Our Guest: Container Combos Pollinators Can’t Resist

Bee Our Guest: Container Combos Pollinators Can’t Resist

Looking for a way to support pollinators and add instant charm to your outdoor space? A pollinator-friendly container garden is the perfect solution. From small patios to sunny front porches, these combos attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, while delivering long-lasting color and beauty through the seasons.

How to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden

How to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden

Transforming your garden into a pollinator paradise is an exciting way to help the environment while making your outdoor space more beautiful and bountiful. Pollinators are crucial for our ecosystems, and with a few simple steps, you can create a welcoming haven for them right in your backyard. Here’s how to get started:

10 Things You Didn't Know About Bees

10 Things You Didn't Know About Bees

Bees, the insect that consistently amazes us with their various abilities, are an integral part of our environment.  As nature's tiny superheroes, bees work tirelessly to create wonders that amaze us all. From pollination to honey-making, there is much to discover about these creatures beyond that bottle of honey sitting next to your breakfast spread. Today, we're delving into the remarkable lives of these buzzing creatures to uncover the mysteries behind honey production, hive dynamics, and more.

Help Save the Monarch Butterfly, McDonald Garden Center

Help Save the Monarch Butterfly

Some very sad news has crossed the world this past Thursday, July 21st, as our beloved Monarch butterflies are officially on the “Red List”. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added the Monarch butterfly to their endangered species list, as numbers have plummeted in the past few decades.

Top 10 Pollinator Friendly Plants, McDonald Garden Center

Top 10 Pollinator Friendly Plants

It’s a Pollinator Palooza at McDonald Garden Center! This week, June 20th - 26th, 2022, is National Pollinator Week. This week is one of the most important of the year, as it supports our local pollinators and their ecosystems. This year, during our Pollinator Palooza event, we are rounding up the best of the best plants for our favorite pollinators. Check out these Top 10 pollinator-friendly plants to put in your garden!

What Every Garden Needs for Hummingbirds, Bees, & Butterflies

What Every Garden Needs for Hummingbirds, Bees, & Butterflies

We love seeing busy bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds flitting about the garden center as they pollinate our vast collection of plants. It tells us that the warm weather is here to stay and sunny days are ahead of us! You too can have these famed garden visitors in your neck of the woods by placing the blooms, foliage, and products they love to eat and drink from in your garden.  WHY POLLINATOR GARDENS? 

Creating a Pollinator Paradise, McDonald Garden Center

Creating a Pollinator Paradise

McDonald Garden Center welcomes National Pollinator Week as one of the most anticipated events of the year! We are celebrating this week-long event by dedicating it to the conservation and education of local pollinators in the Hampton Roads area and all around the world. 

Bees, McDonald Garden Center

Pollinator of the Week: Bees

National Pollinator Week is almost here! McDonald Garden Center, along with the rest of America, will be celebrating this week-long event. This week is dedicated to the conservation and education of our favorite friendly fliers. The past two weeks in June, we have had a “Pollinator of the Week” blog on the amazing pollinators we know and love.  

Butterfly, McDonald Garden Center

Pollinator of the Week: Butterflies

To celebrate the upcoming 2021 National Pollinator Week, June 21st - 27th, we are celebrating our favorite pollinators and plants that help the world go-round.