People, Plants, & Pollinators edition - June 2025

This month on the People, Plants, and Pollinators edition of the garden Journal, Kaitlin interviews Sharon Selvaggio, a Pesticide Program Specialist with the Xerces Society, who leads the pollinator-safe nursery plant program. Sharon shares tips on how to find plants for your garden that are free of pesticides harmful to pollinators and how growers can manage pests without excessive pesticide use. 

Xerces Bee-safe Nursery Plants page

Harmful Pesticides Found in Milkweeds from Retail Nurseries press release

Santa Fe Pollinators Habitat Kits - local opportunity to acquire pesticide free plants