Pro tips for pollinator gardens
A hummingbird and a bee pollinate a flower at the Veterans Therapeutic Gardens in Caldwell, Idaho. Homeowners can attract hummingbirds to their gardens with a variety of native plants. (Adam Eschbach/The Idaho Press-Tribune via AP file)
Though the traditional American home might be surrounded by lawn, there’s a growing trend of people recognizing the negative impacts of a neatly mowed front yard. Initiatives such as “No Mow May,” “Let it Bloom June,” and “Leave the Leaves” encourage people with yards to mow less and grow more native plants.
But where to start, and what works best?
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Nick Lingerfelt
Nick Lingerfelt has written for Focus Mid-South Magazine, StyleBlueprint, Salon and At Home Memphis & Mid South. When he was a student at the University of Memphis, he was editor-in-chief of The Daily Helmsman, the school’s student newspaper.
Also while a student at the U of M, he received the Otis Sanford Outstanding Journalism Student award and the 2nd Place Marc Perrusquia Investigative Journalism Award for a story about the demographic makeup of the school’s sports teams.
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