Native butterflies and bees in your garden - Cardinia Gardens for Wildlife

Cardinia Shire Council Environmental Education

Learn about native bees and butterflies and how and why to attract them to your garden.

Cardinia Environment Coalition Indigenous Plant Nursery

Cardinia Shire Gardens for Wildlife

Gardens for Wildlife is all about making it easy and fun  to support native wildlife in your garden. Our native critters bring colour and joy to the garden, and providing them with resources on private property helps them survive and thrive in the Shire.

Native Bees and butterflies are great pollinators and beautiful additions to any garden. There are many things you can do to attract them to visit you and maybe even set up residency in your garden.This workshop will introduce you to the wonderful world of native bees and butterflies, their role in nature as pollinators and as an important player in the food web. This is all in addition to the splash of colour, movement and beauty they bring to a garden.Topics Covered<ul><li>Introduction to native bees</li><li>Different types of bees, native, introduced, social and solitary</li><li>Pollination services</li><li>Habitat needs of native bees</li><li>The world of bee hotels</li><li>Introduction to butterflies</li><li>Lifecycle of butterflies and pollinators</li><li>Impacts of chemical use in the garden</li><li>How to attract more butterflies to your garden</li></ul>T﻿his workshop is presented by Sustainable Gardening Australia on behalf of Cardinia Shire Council.After gaining inspiration and ideas from the workshop, Cardinia Shire residents will be able to select five free plants from the Cardinia Environment Coalition Indigenous Plant Nursery as part of the <a href="https://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/news/article/1063/free_tree_giveaway_and_plant_vouchers" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">annual plant giveaway</a>. The nursery will be open 9am-12pm.

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