As you all know, we have a pollinator garden. If you have been hearing that buzzing sound, it’s from the many different types of bees. If you have been on that look out, you could find bumblebees and carpenter bees. Did you spot another kind of bees? Do let us know.
Garden@Kimbourne established a pollinator garden to assist our food garden to grow seeds or fruits.
A pollinator garden is any garden that has an arrangement of a selection of plants intended to draw numerous pollinators. It is a garden where the gardeners strive to maximize the opportunity for various species of pollinators to visit by taking into account the pollinator properties of a plant before placing it in the garden. Naturally, due to its array of flowers, it paints a scenic and welcoming environment that’s not only pleasing to the bees but to us here at Kimbourne.
It is a garden that is both aesthetically pleasing and ecologically beneficial, with a focus on native species and a variety of blooming plants. Currently, some of the plants in our pollinator section are: marigolds, golden rod, black eyed Susan and milkweed.
A lot of people think about honey bees as the main pollinators. However, there are approximately 400 native wild bees that are actually far more important for our garden. Now we not only have bees, but we have been spotting some butterflies and some birds in our garden.
Pollinators are a part of permaculture design. As such, we have also attempted a new shade garden for shade pollinators. This is located to the side underneath the trees at Kimbourne Garden.
We thank Pollinate TO for supporting us, so we can continue to maintain our garden. As the days go by and seasons end, we hope to encourage our pollinator garden to flourish which will aid our produce garden supply more food, and with help from everyone thus far, strengthen our community.
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