Bloomers in the Garden • 5.31.25 • What's a Pollinator? • Deep Dive on Butterflies • Beloved Busy Bees • Native Plants • Best Practices for Pollinators

Bloomers in the Garden

Bloomers in the Garden • 5.31.25 • What's a Pollinator? • Deep Dive on Butterflies • Beloved Busy Bees • Native Plants • Best Practices for Pollinators

1. June is National Pollinator’s Month!! Have you ever wondered what the heck a pollinator is? That’s what our 1st segment is all about!!

2. Butterflies are the most popular of the Garden Pollinators. It’s a strange Dichotomy because those same butterflies pollinating your plants start off as caterpillars that eat your plants. We’ll take a deep dive into what came 1st…the caterpillars or the butterfly in our 2nd segment!!

3. Over the last decade I’ve watched Bees go from a nuisance stinging pests to beloved cherished savior of the known world. The facts are that Honey bees and other once frightening insects like hornets are now mans best friend to a productive harvest. In our 3rd Segment we’ll discuss the benefits of honey bees and bumble bees and what you can do to help them!!

4. In our 4th segment we’re talking about Native Plants! Find out what’s best: Natives or Nativars!

5. In our final segment, we’re going to talk about the best practices for encouraging and protecting pollinators!

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Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len is your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations. Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center.

Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at [phone] to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] ....