🦋 Attract MORE

Are you looking to attract more butterflies, native bees, moths, fireflies, and other pollinators to your gardens? This video shares 5 key tips to keep in mind when designing a garden that not only looks beautiful, but is buzzing with life as well. Remember N3H3 when planning your garden - follow along to learn more!
All videos and pictures featured in this video were taken in my small suburban gardens in Southern Ontario, Canada.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch this video! If you liked it or learned something new, please be sure to like and subscribe for more gardening tips just like this! You can also follow along on Instagram / thesuburbangardenista - be sure to pop in and say hi! Happy gardening!
This video was prepared to satisfy the outreach and education requirements of the Pollinator Stewardship Certification program from Pollinator Partnership Canada (pollinatorpartnership.ca/). For more information on the program, see pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/p.... I would highly recommend!!
Information Sources:
Information shared was from a collection of resources including the Pollinator Partnership Pollinator Stewardship Certification training program, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centre (@WildflowerCenterAustin www.wildflower.org/), the fabulous book, A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla, life experience and trial and error! I hope you find the video content helpful and that it encourages you to start planting more native plants in your gardens to support local pollinators and biodiversity in your community!
Johnson, L., Colla, S., & Sanderson, A. (2022). A garden for the rusty-patched bumblebee: Creating habitat for native pollinators. Douglas & McIntyre.
Links:
@PollinatorOrg @pollinatorpartnershipca
Pollinator Partnership Canada Ecoregional Planting Guides: pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/e...
Pollinator Partnership Canada Pollinator Garden Signs:
pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/g...
Pollinator Partnership USA Ecoregion Planting Guides:
www.pollinator.org/guides
Video Highlights:
00:00 Intro
00:40 N3H3
00:49 Native Plants
02:52 3x3x3
04:14 Host Plants
04:59 Habitat
06:37 Have Fun
07:55 Conclusion
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[@robertsmith5745]

Excellent

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! 💚

[@exvaxmama]

Thanks for the video!! Last year I planted 2 butterfly weeds but didn't realize they were host plants foronarchs til I went out one day and they were covered w those gorgeous white, yellow and black cats lol. I was hooked from then on out I think I ended up having to give buy over 30 milkweed plants to feed all the caterpillars I was finding lol this fall I invested heavily into host plant seeds specifically varieties of milkweed so far I have well over 200 started and I'm so excited but also slightly second guessing that they still might not be enough lol its amazing how much those critters can eat. Bless yall!

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

What a wonderful realization! Aren't they the coolest little creatures?! I had them a few years back, but they haven't found them again - I'm crossing my fingers for this year!!! I have a few more varieties this year too, so hopefully I have enough to catch their eye! It is so fun watching the whole life cycle happen in your own backyard - and know that you're helping them along the way! Good for you for focusing on growing so many more for these beautiful creatures! They will thank you for it by visiting more and more often! Good luck with your milkweed grove this year!! I hope you get tons of visitors!!! 💚🐛🐛🐛🦋🦋🦋💚

[@ekundayowt]

Thanks

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Thank you for watching! 💚

[@jumprope04]

Beginner here (year 3). We have a good start. Ready to add new plantings. Learning about biodiversity but unsure about our shopping list. Your video is just what we need, thank you! ❤

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

I'm so glad! Where are you located on the globe? I might be able to suggest some sources for plants 😊

[@jumprope04]

@@TheSuburbanGardenista Zone 7a, Tx Panhandle. We’re very fortunate to have an excellent local nursery with xeriscape and native plants for pollinators. But I welcome your suggestions!

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

​@@jumprope04so glad you have a nearby source for native plants! I wouldn't want to incorrectly suggest anything for such a different climate to mine (I'm up in Ontario, Canada). I'm sure I could learn from you! With the climate changing, we'll be looking for more and more plants that can handle the heat that I'm sure you're quite accustomed to! Thank you for watching my little video and for commenting 💚

[@jumprope04]

@@TheSuburbanGardenista You're welcome, I hope you'll make more. It's delightful!

[@vhu395tgo]

Another excellent and informative video! 👏

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Thank you so much, Walter! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one ☺️ I put a lot of work into it - thank you for the positive feedback! 💚

[@SkeleSquatch51]

I love this video! This made me so excited for my own yard, hopefully I can find one with lots of space for our little pollinator freinds! I also love that you included some footage of Nibbles too! This is a very well made video, thank you for being so inspiring and encouraging to my nature side! 💙🌱 Hope you are well

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

I can't thank you enough for the kind words and wonderful encouragement 🥰 you really made my day 💚 this one took a lot of time and consideration and comments like this make it all worth while ☺️ thank you for watching, for sharing your kind words, and for planning for our little pollinator friends too 🐝💚🐛🦋😁

[@hellomsyarn]

What beautiful images you've shared - all from your yard! Very inspirational. Also, that last bit about obedient plant got me excited. I got a few seeds and hope something germinates.

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

It really is amazing what you can fit in a small space - and the difference it can make for the pollinators! I hope your obedient plant grows well for you - I've heard that it can flower in the first year when grown from seed, which is nice for a native perennial! Good luck and happy gardening 💚

[@kitchengardeningofficial]

Good video

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Thank you so much! Thanks for watching! 💚

[@JaniraJay]

Thanks for sharing these awesome tips!🌻🌸🦋🐝

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Thanks so much for watching! I'm so glad they were helpful 💚

[@TwoDovesBees]

Great video... fantastic information for our pollinators and native plants.

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Thanks so much! So glad it was helpful to you! Thanks for watching and for the lovely comment 💚

[@jdy1054]

Perennial sunflowers, goldenrods and asters support the most species of native bees, but plant milkweeds and early spring ephemerals are so important to bumblebees,

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

All awesome suggestions! My new england asters are just exploding right now! Do you have a favourite pollinator plant?

[@davethebutterflyguy9841]

Nice video, it reminded me to continue to have flowers blooming in different times of the year! I need work in my garden early in the Spring. DTBG

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

So glad it was helpful - even to a pro like you! There are so many lovely spring options! I am a big fan of foamflower - not sure if it's native where you are though! Happy hunting for the perfect fit for your gardens! 💚

[@millsfamilygardening2634]

Amazing video! Are all those plants in the video from your garden? I planted more native flowers last fall, but I am hoping to keep adding more, like you mentioned in the video.

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it! Yep, all of those plants and critters were from my gardens! I really don't have a huge yard - it's amazing how much you can grow in a small space! That's great that you've started your collection! Fair warning - it can become quite the obsession!!! 🤓

[@ottawawildflowerseedlibrar8788]

I also have lots of leaf cutting bees on my butterfly milkweed!

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Fun! I found some on my serviceberry too! It's such a neat discovery! 🐝😊

[@driouchben2846]

My daughter wants to do what you do, 😊😊😊

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Wonderful! I hope she has great success supporting pollinators in her gardens as well!! 💚💚💚

[@driouchben2846]

@@TheSuburbanGardenista hopefully Everything will be successful, which country are you from 🥰

[@sharonbarfield4284]

Great information. The sound was not great. I had my volume up to 70 and still had a hard time hearing over the background music.

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Oh no!! That's no good! I wonder what happened! I will have to look into this! Thank you for letting me know!

[@zztopwater8568]

I sowed a bunch of 2 buck chuck wildflower boxes/packets before I knew that they were full of European flowers 😭. Thankfully over a couple years the true wildflowers have taken over but buyer beware.

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Live and learn! I have done the exact same thing only to find out every flower that popped up wasn't native! Such a disappointment when you're trying! Glad we both figured it out! And took the time to identify them all!

[@lanialost1320]

You have a very pleasant speaking voice, and the background music was very jarring and unnecessary.

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that! There must be some kind of technical issue - most folks don't have any issues, but a few comment that the sound is a problem. I'm so sorry that you experienced that - especially because I worked so hard on this video. It's such a bummer. Thank you for the kind words - I will definitely try to fix this issue in the future!

[@knyghtryder3599]

Disagree

[@TheSuburbanGardenista]

​@@knyghtryder3599Happy to hear that it wasn't a problem for you! I can't go back to change it unfortunately, but I'll definitely be more careful to calm down the background tunes in future videos! Thanks for commenting 💚