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Planting Diverse Native Wildflowers 
Benefits Local Bees
Just as wildlife has suffered from increased 
fragmentation of land through urbanization, 
so have bees, beetles and butterflies. A third 
of U.S. food supply depends on pollinators. 
Why the decline in pollinators? Could it be 
the increased use of pesticides or light 
pollution to the night sky? Whatever the 
reasons, many organizations are offering 
helpful information and incentives for people 
to plant pollinator habitats. Pollinators like 
plants that provide pollen, nectar, habitat, 
shelter and safety from predators. 
Pollinators need nectar throughout most 
of the year, not just spring.
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“I’ve come to you for years, just a tiny customer who helps 
out in our local schools. I grew up in a very rural town; flowery 
meadows were the norm for me as a child...and then all this 
craziness of intensive farming started there and there was not 
a flower to pick for a vase. 
Finding you through the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 
was the best thing that could happen to me. I save my own 
seeds now and am as proud as can be...to join you in helping 
our precious planet. I so love and appreciate what you do.”
–Henrike

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