About this episode

Margaret Roach talks with Shaun McCoshum about creating pollinator gardens and the importance of plants for insects.

We talk about pollinator gardens, and seek out the plants that provide that essential nourishment to bees and butterflies and moths, for example. But insects do not live by pollen alone: To make our gardens places of life-sustaining habitat, we... Read More ›

People in this episode

Host: Margaret Roach

Guest: Shaun McCoshum

Topics covered

• pollinator gardens
• habitat creation
• plant nourishment
• insect ecology
• sustainable gardening

Keywords

• pollinator gardens
• bees
• butterflies
• moths
• sustainable gardening
• habitat
• plant nourishment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: pollinator gardens

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