Pollinator Week is Coming

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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June 20th - 26th is Pollinator Week. So many groups have come together to make this a federally legislated week! One way you can celebrate is growing a native/pollinator garden and becoming a Certified Wildlife Habitat at nwf.org/certify. It comes with a very fancy plaque. Connect with Mary Phillips: Mary Phillips is the head of Garden for Wildlife™ at National Wildlife Federation. Mary will share about why it’s vital to grow native species, reveal the perfect plants for every region, and provide tips on how to cultivate the optimal home for local pollinators. Garden For Wildlife National Wildlife Federation Code GARDEN22 - 20% off wildlife sign and certification Code EPIC22 - 20% off plants and pollinator packages Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know that there is an entire week dedicated to pollinators?
0:17.5	You know that I've become very, very big on this here at the Epic Garden, and we have
0:22.8	Mary Phillips back on the show.
0:24.2	She's the head of Garden for Wildlife at the National Wildlife Federation.
0:28.5	I know that we're airing these episodes, Mary, just a little bit ahead of pollinator
0:33.7	week.
0:34.7	But I think that's actually great because then people can prepare for it.
0:36.7	So do you want to share just a quick bit about how that came to be and what it's all
0:40.1	about?
0:41.1	Sure.
0:42.1	Well, yeah, thanks.
0:43.1	So pollinator week was started over a decade ago with one of our partner organizations,
0:47.5	pollinator partnership, and it's actually been legislated as a pollinator week, which
0:53.2	is so awesome.
0:54.2	And so many groups have come together.
0:56.1	We actually help start the National Pollinator Garden Network, which included that group and
1:00.9	many others to promote pollinators across the country and creating gardens for pollinators.
1:09.1	And so June 20th to the 26th is pollinator week, and we of course celebrate it all month
1:14.5	long.
1:15.5	We love June.
1:16.5	It's a great time to get out and plant.
1:17.8	It's a time when a lot of pollinators are really revving up in your garden.
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