{"product_id":"the-pollinator-victory-garden-win-the-war-on-pollinator-decline-with-ecological-gardening-attract-and-support-bees-beetles-butterflies-bats-and-paperback","title":"The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Eierman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environment--the steep decline of pollinators. \u003ci\u003eThe Pollinator Victory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e offers practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these essential animals.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet. Pollinators include not just \u003cb\u003ebees\u003c\/b\u003e, but many different types of animals, including insects and mammals. \u003cb\u003eBeetles\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebats\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebirds\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebutterflies\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003emoths\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eflies\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ewasps\u003c\/b\u003e can be pollinators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But, \u003cb\u003emany pollinators are in trouble\u003c\/b\u003e, and the reality is that most of \u003cb\u003eour landscapes have little to offer them\u003c\/b\u003e. Our residential and commercial landscapes are filled with vast green pollinator deserts, better known as lawns. These monotonous green expanses are ecological wastelands for bees and other pollinators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eThe Pollinator Victory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, you can \u003cb\u003egive pollinators a fighting chance\u003c\/b\u003e. 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Every yard, community garden, rooftop, porch, patio, commercial, and municipal landscape can help to \u003cb\u003ewin the war against pollinator decline\u003c\/b\u003e with \u003ci\u003eThe Pollinator Victory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Eierman\u003c\/b\u003e is an environmental horticulturist and landscape designer specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. She is the Founder of EcoBeneficial, a horticulture consulting and communications company in Westchester County, New York. Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center, Rutgers Home Gardeners School, and advanced education classes for Master Gardeners. An active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscaping topics, she also provides horticultural consulting and ecological design to commercial, municipal, and retail clients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to being a Certified Horticulturist through the American Society for Horticultural Science, Kim is an Accredited Organic Landcare Professional, a Steering Committee member of The Native Plant Center, and a member of The Ecological Landscape Alliance and the Association for Garden Communicators (GWA). 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