Learn the basics of gardening for pollinators from the experts at Metro Blooms, including pollinator garden templates.

Have you been to Blue Thumb’s website lately for their garden design templates? Find a rich assortment of plant and layout ideas to handle your site, no matter what challenges you’re up against.

Tuesday’s Protect the Pollinators symposium at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum included four great speakers on butterflies, bees, other pollinators, the threats they face and what gardeners can do about them. One over-riding message of the symposium was that while there are definite threats to pollinators, which are vital to food production, there is hope, and…