Native Pollinator Gardens
Native Pollinator Gardens is on Friday, April 26 at 2:00 PM in the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library’s Workman Room.
A pollinator garden is a type of garden designed with the purpose of growing specific nectar and pollen-producing plants that will attract pollinating insects. In a native pollinator garden, the plants selected provide pollinating insects (a.k.a. pollinators) with particularly high value nectar and pollen. Choosing native plants can help local pollinators such as bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, and more. Pollinators are responsible for one out of three bites of food we take each day and they are essential for the health of our ecosystems and the health of many of our food crops.
Erin Goldstein of Teutopolis will discuss how one can design and plant a native pollinator garden. Erin is also in the process of planting a native pollinator garden at the Library. Effingham Public Library Director Amanda McKay says, "We are very glad to have Erin come to the Library and speak on this topic. The Library has many resources to assist and educate the amateur gardener and we feel that this program covers an often overlooked and important aspect of gardening.”
This is a free program and a library card is not needed to attend but registration is required.
To register or to learn more about this free library program, go online to effinghamlibrary.org, email info@effinghamlibrary.org or call 217-342-2464 x. 1.