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Pollinator garden ideas

A pollinator garden is a working habitat: nectar and host plants massed in big single-species blocks, sequenced so something is in bloom from early spring to late fall, with goldenrod and asters closing the season. A shallow pebble-filled water dish and a bee house finish it.

A pollinator landscape rendered by YardRemake on a sample home
Rendered by our engine on a sample home, with the house kept and the yard restyled. Your photo gets the same treatment.
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How to get the look

  1. 1Plant in blocks of one species, a square metre at a time, so foraging insects can find them.
  2. 2Plan for three seasons of bloom and let goldenrod and aster carry the autumn.
  3. 3Include host plants, not just nectar: milkweed for monarchs, and skip the pesticides.

Where it thrives

Every zone. Choose the milkweed, salvia and aster species native to your area.

Up close

Three details from the same render.

Pollinator style, from the path
From the path
Pollinator style, beside the steps
Beside the steps
Pollinator style, across the beds
Across the beds

Plants that build the look

From our library of real plants, each rated for the zones this style suits. Every card opens the plant's page with its zones, sun, water and sources.

May Night Salvia
May Night Salvia
Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht'
AccentZone 4-8Full sunLow water
Care details
Purple Coneflower
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
BorderZone 3-8Full sunLow water
Care details
Bee Balm
Bee Balm
Monarda didyma
BorderZone 4-9Full sunHigh water
Care details
Common Milkweed
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Zone 3-9Full sunLow water
Care details
Mountain Mint
Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Zone 4-8Full sunMedium water
Care details
Anise Hyssop
Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
BorderZone 4-8Full sunLow water
Care details
Blazing Star
Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
BorderZone 3-8Full sunMedium water
Care details
Goldenrod
Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Zone 3-9Full sunMedium water
Care details
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Real before and afters

From the gallery, made with the same engine.

Your yard, this style

See your own home in the Pollinator style

One photo of your yard. The house stays, the yard is restyled, and every plant in the result is a real species checked against your zone.

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