Attracting native pollinators to your garden: new indigenous plant guide
Posted on 7 December, 2023 by Ivan
Ever wondered how you can attract more native pollinators to your garden, and which plants would be the most suitable for our region’s climate? Well, hot off the press is our latest brochure, ‘Attracting Pollinators to your Garden in the Mount Alexander region‘, which is now ready for download or print and it looks fabulous.
Pollinators can range from bees, butterflies, flies, wasps, moths, birds and even bats and are crucial to the successful reproduction and conservation of many of Australia’s native plant species. With reports of decline of pollinators across the globe due to land clearing and climate change, now is the time to plant, create and nurture habitat for our local native pollinators.
The Common Halfband Hoverfly is a slim-bodied fly with reddish eyes. Photo by John Walter.
Resin Bees get their name because they build their residences out of resin. Photo by John Walter
Elegant Hairy-Cellophane Bee pollinating a native pea. Photo by Karen Retra.
The Imperial Jezebel, is a gorgeous Delias butterfly. Photo: John Walter
Throughout 2023, Connecting Country has been rolling out The Buzz project: promoting pollinators of central Victoria. The project is a Connecting Country project funded by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (NCCMA) through the 2022 Victorian Landcare grants, that aims to celebrate and expand community knowledge on the smaller heroes of our local ecosystems, the insect pollinators.
In the brochure, you’ll find gorgeous images from some wonderful local photographers, as well as a summary of why it is important to create habitat for our native pollinators. You will also find a table containing our favourite twenty indigenous plants that will be sure to attract some native pollinator heroes to your garden.
Click here to download your very own copy, or drop into the office and we can print you a hardcopy. We’d love to hear feedback on our brochure and any other information you may require into the future.
Special thanks to our generous volunteer photographers – Geoff Park and Bonnies Humphreys – who freely donated their images. Without your help and generous donations, such a professional product would not be possible.
The Buzz Project is funded by the 2022 Victorian Landcare Grants through the North Central Catchment Management Authority.
Hi Ivan, wonderful local brochure to help guide our plantings and make them more purposeful in our communities. Kerrie
Thanks Kerrie, you are a great supporter, and glad you like it. Cheers