The Bee-Friendly Garden contains a wealth of information for someone who has no idea what she's doing when it comes to gardens, like myself, or enthusiasts with green thumbs or an affinity to bees or environmentalists like others.  I recently read an article about how bees are dying out, at least the cross pollinators that are conducive to our food chain.  Like Rosalind Creasy said on the back of this book, "Most people don’t understand the need to plant for pollinators to achieve productive vegetable gardens, or that pollination and beauty go together.” So without any knowledge of the matter and what I can do in my part, I went searching in the place that I know will give me a good background and ideas. Where? In books, of course! Hence, the need to read through The Bee-Friendly Garden. 

I must say, I'm genuinely impressed with the knowledge one can gain from this book. It's a reading book with charts and ideas that can help you design a garden that benefits 1, your soil, 2, the bees, 3, your curb appeal, and 4, the environment, as well as do a little to help to support biodiversity.  Being someone who doesn't have an ounce of green in any of her fingers, this really does broaden my knowledge of gardening. The types from perennials to annuals, patch size to specie types to color, shapes and sizes, and what works and doesn't work to encourage bee pollination.  It also provides info on the types of bees and what they need.  I particularly like the resources in the back if you want to dive deeper in and the Regional Plant List with zones and common names.  It's also a very pretty book with lots of artistic pictures. In all, informative and visually pleasing with the images. The only thing con I would say is that I find the font a little too small, especially for the elderly, but it doesn't take away from the goal of this book.


NOTE:  I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher, Ten Speed Press through Blogging for Books for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own. For my review policy, please see my Disclosure page.