Pollinator Gardening for the South - by Danesha Seth Carley & Anne M Spafford (Paperback)

About the Book

"In POLLINATOR GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH, Spafford and Carley combine the latest scientific findings about the needs of plant pollinators with easily applicable landscape strategies to enable gardeners of all levels to design, plant, and maintain their perfect pollinator-friendly garden. Packing a punch by combining plant growing know-how with garden design know-how, this book will provide critical and creative information on designing, planting and managing successful pollinator gardens. And it is a book designed specifically for the garden-crazy South, covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, the Florida panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, very eastern Texas, southern and eastern Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. This includes USDA Hardiness Zones 6, 7, 8 and the physiographic regions of the coastal plain, the Piedmont, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the southern Appalachian Mountains and Appalachian Plateau, and the southern end of the interior low plateau"--

Book Synopsis

This step-by-step guide will answer all of your questions about how to create beautiful gardens designed to welcome beneficial pollinators across the South. Combining up-to-date scientific information with artful design strategies, Danesha Seth Carley and Anne M. Spafford teach gardeners of all levels to plan, plant, and maintain successful pollinator gardens at home and in shared community sites. Everyday gardeners, along with farmers, scientists, and policy makers, share serious concerns about ongoing declines in bee and other pollinator populations, and here Spafford and Carley deliver great news: every thoughtfully designed garden, no matter how small, can play a huge role in providing the habitat, nourishment, and nesting places so needed by pollinators. This book explains all you need to be a pollinator champion.

*Covers USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9, including twelve southern states
*Explains what makes pollinators happy--bees, for sure, and many others, great and small
*Brings science and art together in gardens of all types, including urban, food, container, community, school, and large-scale gardens
*Provides step-by-step instructions for choosing locations, preparing soil and garden beds, selecting the best plants, considering seasonality in your garden design, managing your garden throughout the year, and much more
*Richly illustrated with photographs, design plans, and handy charts and lists

Review Quotes

"Full of useful plant and design information. . . . [Its] primary focus on . . . sustainable pollinator habitats will appeal to all with the gardening bug."--North Carolina Libraries

"A delightful, easy to understand guidebook. . . . Not only is the science impeccable, this outdoor lover's manual is full of wisdom, history and wonderful observations about nature, even human nature."--Lloyd Brinson, Briar Patch Books

About the Author

Danesha Seth Carley is associate professor of horticultural science at North Carolina State University and director of the Southern Integrated Pest Management Center. Anne M. Spafford is associate professor of horticultural science at North Carolina State University and coauthor of Rain Gardening in the South.