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People, Plants, & Pollinators edition - June 2025

People, Plants, & Pollinators edition - June 2025

The Garden Journal

June 21, 202529m 0s

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Show Notes

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