How-To: Gardening for Pollinators
Creating a Pollinator Garden
http://www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas/projects/jan03/pg1.html
From Kids Gardening
By cultivating a garden, schoolyard, or even a few containers that allure these important plant partners, students can provide vital oases amidst deserts of buildings and concrete. They can, in turn, set up investigations of animal visitors and their sometimes flashy floral partners, and begin to understand how these threads of life connect.
Planning a Pollinator Garden
http://www.kidsgardening.com/Dig/digdetail.taf?Type=Art&id=2149
From the National Gardening Association
Making a place in your schoolyard specifically for native pollinators can help preserve struggling local populations. Students benefit from having a space for real-life observation and exploration, and can feel pride in their environmental stewardship.
Pollinator Value of NRCS Plant Releases used in Conservation Plantings
http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/pollinator_Value.html
From the Plant Materials Program of the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
This link lists native forbs/wildflowers and legumes selected by the Plant Materials Program that are useful in creating habitat for butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and other important pollinators.
For more information about the Plant Materials Program and where to locate vendors of these released plants, contact the PMC or plant materials specialist that serves your state ( http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov). This information was compiled by Plant Materials Program staff in cooperation with Eric Mader, Assistant Pollinator Program Director, and Jennifer Hopwood, Midwest Outreach Coordinator, of The Xerces Society (http://www.xerces.org/).