Pollinator Garden
Bringing Pollinators Back to Your Yard
When creating a pollinator garden, choosing plants native to Southern California has two immense
benefits: they are water-efficient and suited to a dry environment, and provide support to our native
birds and insects.
Mix them with plants from similar climates to ours, such as the coastal regions of the Mediterranean,
Australia, South Africa, and South America to create a lush and colorful landscape that blooms in not
only in spring, but also in winter, summer, and the fall to provide a year-round source of food for
pollinators as well as the insects, berries and seeds that birds depend upon.
We all agree that preserving pollinators is a top priority. Do you want to make sure you’re doing your
share? Then follow these simple steps:
Simple steps to preserving pollinators
Lastly, if you are interested in sharing information about the pollinators who visit your yard, download the following apps. If we all work together, we can save them!
www.beescount.org,
https://www.inaturalist.org/
Below you will find a list with photos and a diagram of the Pollinator Garden. The Sustainability Garden is always changing and though District staff will be updating the garden diagrams regularly customers may find a plant out of place in the garden compared to the diagram. if you are looking for a particular plant, let us know and we will work to get you the information you need.
The plants we used are only the tip of the iceberg. Some other recommended California native pollinator plants can be seen here:
Sign 5 Xerxes Pollinator Plants for California.pdfView the below video for more information on pollinator gardens.