Native gardens can help support pollinators and wildlife

Jun 1, 2017 at 2:00pm

By Joan Morris, The Mercurey News

California has one of the richest and most diverse environments with more than 4,400 native plants that support hundreds of insects and pollinators.

However, urbanization has derailed things a bit, making it important, says horticulturist and Bay Area News Group columnist Patrice Hanlon, that gardeners create small pockets of habitat by growing native plants.

Hanlon says gardeners should use native plants to build the bones of their gardens, which can then be filled in with other plants. Here are some of her tips for creating native gardens.

Read full article for some tips for creating native gardens.