Snohomish County Resources for Pollinator Gardening
While our mission is to educate honey bee beekeepers, we recognize not everyone can be a beekeeper. However, most of us can plant for and support our native pollinators.
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Pollinator Resources
Pollinator heroes from the Natural History Museum in the UK
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/insect-pollination.html
Native Pollinator resources from Snohomish County Extension
https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/garden/gardening-resources/bees-and-beekeeping/native-bees/
NW Pollinators from the UW Arboretum
https://arboretumfoundation.org/2016/07/15/getting-to-know-our-native-northwest-bees/
Beyond Bees as Pollinators from University of Maryland
Reducing Bee Poisoning from Oregon State University
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/extd8/files/documents/pnw591.pdf
How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees from the Xerces Society
Pollinator Garden Resources
Gardening for Pollinators from the US Forest Service
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/wildflowers/pollinators/gardening
How to Build a Pollinator Garden from the US Fish and Wildlife Service
https://www.fws.gov/story/how-build-pollinator-garden
Pollinator resources from the Pollinator Partnership
https://www.pollinator.org/learning-center/gardens
Enhancing landscapes to protect pollinators
More than Just a Pollinator Garden
Resources for Selecting Plants for Pollinators
Selecting Plants for Pollinators from the Pollinator Partnership
https://www.pollinator.org/PDFs/PacificLowlandrx8.pdf
Plant list from the Xerces Society
https://www.xerces.org/publications/plant-lists/pollinator-plants-maritime-northwest-region
Plant lists from Great Plant Picks
https://www.greatplantpicks.org/searchnav
Create a home landscape for pollinators
List of Pollinator Plants for NW Washington from WSU
https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2093/2021/06/Pollinator-Plants-Pacific-NW.pdf
Compiled by Martha Clatterbaugh, March 2026 - Snohomish Master Gardeners