Certify Your Pollinator-friendly Garden: Handout

Certify Your Pollinator-friendly Garden with Penn State Extension Master Gardeners

Bees and other pollinators are in trouble. Gardeners can help them. By following some simple guidelines, you can make your yard a home for pollinators. See below  for steps.

Four Steps to Certify Your Pollinator-friendly Garden

1. Provide food

• Nectar food sources
• Larval food sources

2.  Provide water

3. Provide shelter

4. Safeguard habitat

• Remove or don't plant invasive plants
• Reduce pesticide use

To certify your garden, go to Penn State Pollinator Garden Certification.

For more help, email  PAPollinator@gmail.com or contact your local Penn State Extension office.