Amazing Diversity of Critters at Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Garden!

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Photos by Debbie Roos, Chatham County Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension's Pollinator Paradise Garden

Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden

In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Mills to provide forage habitat for pollinators such as honey bees, native bees, butterflies, flower flies, hummingbirds, beetles, and other beneficial insects. The garden features over 145 unique species of perennials, 85% of which are native to the North Carolina piedmont. The garden is a great teaching tool that I use to conduct workshops and tours for hundreds of folks each year. It has taught me so much and I enjoy sharing this knowledge with others.

Over the years I have taken thousands of photos of the garden and its inhabitants. I post photos weekly on my facebook page and created a slide show of over 150 photos of the garden throughout the seasons and years that will allow you to take a virtual tour. I just updated the slide show with some new photos.

Below is a sampling of photos showing the diversity of insects and other critters that enjoy visiting the garden. You’ll see native bees and honey bees, wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, spiders, reptiles, and much more!

I give free monthly tours of the pollinator garden, and the next tour is this Wednesday August 13.

Mark your calendars now for the next Plant a Pollinator Garden Workshop and Garden Tour, just in time for fall planting: Wednesday October 1 and Saturday October 4 (same workshop, repeated) both from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in Pittsboro. Details will be posted soon on the Growing Small Farms workshop section.

For more information:

Pollinator Paradise Garden website

Slide Show of Pollinator Garden: Take a Virtual Tour!

2014 Pollinator Garden Tour Schedule

What’s in Bloom in the Pollinator Garden – updated bi-weekly!

Debbie’s List of the Top 25 Pollinator Plants for the North Carolina Piedmont

Sweat bee on joe-pye weed

Sweat bee on joe-pye weed

Soldier beetles on wild ageratum

Soldier beetles on wild ageratum

Hummingbird clearwing moth caterpillar on possumhaw viburnum

Hummingbird clearwing moth caterpillar on possumhaw viburnum

Assassin bug on eastern ninebark

Assassin bug on eastern ninebark

Syrphid fly on aromatic aster

Syrphid fly on aromatic aster

Florida predatory stink bug feeding on brown stink bug on bronze fennel

Florida predatory stink bug feeding on brown stink bug on bronze fennel

Lady beetles on golden alexander

Lady beetles on golden alexander

Carolina anole on coneflower

Carolina anole on coneflower

Robber fly on swamp milkweed seedpod

Predatory robber fly on swamp milkweed seedpod

Monarch on blazing star

Monarch on blazing star

Wheel bug feeding on soldier beetle on boneset

Wheel bug feeding on soldier beetle on boneset

Crab spider on goldenrod

White-banded crab spider on goldenrod

Honey bee on small's beardtongue

Honey bee on small’s beardtongue

Two-spotted long-horned bee on zinnia

Two-spotted long-horned bee on zinnia

Eastern tiger swallowtails on joe-pye weed

Eastern tiger swallowtails on joe-pye weed

Ambush bug on butterfly weed

Ambush bug on butterfly weed

Bumble bee on buttonbush

Bumble bee on buttonbush

Potter wasp on yarrow

Potter wasp on yarrow

Leafcutter bee on wild indigo

Leafcutter bee on wild indigo

Praying mantis feeding on tiger swallowtail

Praying mantis feeding on tiger swallowtail

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Debbie Roos, N.C. Cooperative ExtensionDebbie RoosExtension Agent, Agriculture - Sustainable / Organic Production Call Debbie Email Debbie N.C. Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center
Updated on Aug 11, 2014
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