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9415 Miller Rd NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206-842-5888
 

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Spring Hours: Mon-Sat: 9am-5:30pm, Sun: 10am-4:00pm

 
THIS WEEK

Tue, Apr 21, 1pm – Poetry Workshop – Makaela Smith, Poet of the Year 2024, will be conducting a poetry workshop. What better place than a nursery full of trees and flowers! $10 fee.

Wed, Apr 22, 1pm – Winney Farm Meet and Greet – Did you know that wool could be used as fertilizer? Learn more about wool pellets made from Bainbridge Island sheep from Brian and Penny Stahl of Winney Farm.

Fri, Apr 24 – Arbor Day, Part 2 – Drop in on Arbor Day (the second Arbor Day of the month — see below). All trees are 25% off.

Miss our last What To Do In The Garden? Here is our April Checklist. Click here

POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY
GARDENING

Did you know that one out of every three foods we eat rely on pollinators? Pollinators fertilize flowers, which then produce seeds, which you can find buried in that apple you eat or on the outside of the strawberry that you pick. In the non-edible world, pollinators help maintain a thriving ecosystem by continuing plant species and adding biodiversity.

As you garden, think about what you are doing in your garden to encourage bees, birds, and butterflies. And also to ensure that we aren’t doing to anything detrimental to our flying and buzzing friends.

Create a pollinator-friendly environment in your backyard. Plant flowers that encourage bees and birds, like asters, coneflowers, lavender, sunflowers, yarrow, etc. Have water dishes in a safe place for pollinators to get a drink.
Check the labels of any insecticide, herbicide, or fungicide that you use. Be aware of spraying where the bees are and minimizing spray drift.
Take care of the environment. Climate change not only affects humans.
Come on in to pick up our list of pollinator friendly plants.

HERE COME THE MASON BEES
 

Now that we’ve hit 55 degrees (finally!), we can say it’s mason bee season!

Consider setting up a mason bee house near your fruit trees or flowering plants. Mason bees are amazing pollinators. Their pollination rate is 120 times greather than that of a honey bee! They rarely sting (males don’t have stingers) and are solitary (vs hive) creatures.

Mason bees emerge from their cocoons in early-mid March, when the temperatures reach around 50-55 degrees. These docile bees will immediately begin to pollinate our early flowers, fruit trees, and shrubs. (We have a table of blueberries near our mason bee houses for this purpose.)

Mason bees have a pretty short lifespan. Males die shortly after mating. Females live for about six weeks. It’s at this time that they go to work, laying eggs and pollinating your plants.

How to start housing mason bees:

Basically, you need just a few things to start. A house, nesting materials, and some bees or bee cocoons.

Bee houses should be mounted along a sturdy wall

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