The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard that Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity Kindle Edition

For the beginner or the adept this book has something to offer. Geared towards those in the United States of America you can find just about any type of information you are looking for. Want to know what types of flowers it takes to attract a certain bee - okay. Want to know which plants will grow best in your area, from ground-cover to herb to shrub or tree, that also support bees - done. Need to know how these bees nest so you can make sure you have the habitat - easy.I made a video review which you can see here: [...]Another great feature of this book is that there are sections for what type of garden you might provide. For example, if you are looking to liven up your front yard but have to keep it within the requirements of your homeowners association there are excellent recommendations for plants that stay neat and tidy yet bloom for the bees.Perhaps you want a sprawling display throughout your backyard, just a small island of color, or a more functional boarder. The Bee-Friendly Garden addresses these and other needs with specific plant examples.Throughout the book you will find copious pictures which help you imagine what type of display you might best enjoy as well as understand what the recommended flowers actually look like! Speaking of flowers The Bee-Friendly Garden does a great job in using both common and botanical names - so not only can you recognize a specific name but you can take the botanical name to the nursery and be sure you are buying the correct cultivar.I was very pleased with the holistic approach of The Bee-Friendly Garden. It includes information from soil health, using native plants, avoiding chemicals, providing habitat and nesting for bees and even information about organizations you can become involved with to help support bees.

This is a terrific book. The combination of authors bringing the science of pollinators and present paucity of pollinator-friendly plants in many gardens and practical planting ideas for creating a much better environment makes for an excellent resource. I've found to my dismay that some of my new plants are not pollinator friendly plants, but I'm finding lots of other plants that will improve the ecology of my garden.Don't miss this book. It is the next step for those who have read The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden and have learned that some plants added to a garden act like statues--not contributing to the local ecology. No more statues, long live the pollinators, birds, soil, and the many other forms of life we can invite into our gardens.

This book is a good introduction not only to the surprisingly large variety of bees but also the specific plants that each type of bee relies upon to sustain them over changing seasons and conditions. The photographs are lovely and the writing is clear and concise. Because the chapters are short and relatively self-contained, you can pick this text up, read a few sections, put it down, and then return to it a week or a month later without feeling any lack of continuity. Another nice feature is the focus on small. medium, and large bee-friendly gardens and various types of gardens (such as herb gardens): there's something to suit the needs of folks with different amounts of space to work with, different plant preferences, and different soil and water conditions. I'm really enjoying reading it.

Very Informative book.. Biggest issue, the font size is very small, and there is a lot of white space on the pages. Why not increase the font size to make it easier to read? and Some pictures should have been enlarged. There is a lot of wasted white space in this book, that could have been used.

I bought this book for my daughter because she is concerned about the bee population. Using this book, she has started a pollinator garden for the bees and the butterflies. Great book with lots of good information. Happy I got it for because she loves the book and all the wonderful information and photographs.

Look forward to planting this garden in the 2nd week of May when the frost has ended.Book arrived on time, in good shape and as described.

I was fortunate to listen to one of the authors, Kate Frey on a local radio garden talk explain the importance of bees.She is very well known for her landscaping career. Then, to bring this all together in such an easy-to-use book is a win-win for all! Very well worth the cost, which was kept very low. And beautiful !

Really good book.

Written for American gardeners which wasn't clear in the discription, otherwise ok

Inspiring and interesting to read!

AGAIN WRITTEN BY AMERICANS FOR AMERICA VERY LITTLE RELEVANCE TO THE UK.ADDITIONAL USELESS MATERIAL 20 PAGES TO SHOW IN US AREAS WHAT IS APPROPRIATE

Beautifull

While information is there, the pages are hard to read for my aging eyes.(1). The font for the text is too small. It could have been bigger. The artsy font for chapter titles at the beginning and at the bottom of pages is hard to decipher.(2) Much is wasted by inner columns which takes up one third of the width of the page. Often there are small pictures with captions, or captions for pictures to the right or left, captions for pictures on the opposite page. Otherwise, the inner column is blank or filled with squiggles.There are plenty of pictures of plants in divers settings. The book is well made. With judicious layouts, the book could have been presented better. In particular, the inner columns should be dispensed with; then, a larger font might be used, without increasing the size of the book.