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                                              Pacific Region Garden Clubs, Inc
​​                                                                      Carol Norquist
​                                                       Director 2023-2025
                                         "Unleash the Wild - Bring Nature Home
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www.pacificregiongardenclubs.org        





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               Unleash The Wild: Bring Nature Home 2023-2025 Pacific Region                                                 Garden Clubs Project 

Small gardening practices can make a difference. The gentle bumble bee queens need to find a place in the soil under leaflitter to overwinter - so add organic materials to the top of your soil as mulch. Insects that prey on garden pests also need to find safe places. Fresh water for insects, birds, bats, frogs, and other critters is a requirement for survival. Of course, places for birds to nest in trees and shrubs or nest boxes of the correct design are helpful to bring these future parents into the yard (to eat the thousands of insects that should be available) where pesticides are not used. Certain early blooming plants have nectar and or pollen available to feed the emerging bees and other insects. A series of different plants are needed to supply nectar, pollen, leaves, seeds, berries, or structure to support the circle of life. Each critter is dependent on others - and others dependent on it. In our yards, they are all dependent on our choices. It has been shown that plants native to an area support the native critters. With climate warming some natives are blooming too early or arriving too late to synchronize their needs - especially for pollination and food. There are many sources of information to help you find out what will probably work in your yard. 












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