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How To Turn Your Yard Into a Pollinator's Paradise

Pete Rightmire
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WVXU
The Cincinnati Zoo offers suggestions on plants you can use to attract pollinators to your yard.

Pollinators such as butterflies, moths, honeybees, native bees, hummingbirds and many different types of flies and wasps are responsible for much of the food we eat and play a critical role in ensuring the production of seeds in most flowering plants.

Last year the Cincinnati Zoo introduced a line of that grow well in our region. And joining us this afternoon to discuss how you can turn your yard into a habitat that attracts and supports healthy pollinators is  horticulturist and Chairman of , Scott Beuerlein?.

For a list of the Cincinnati Zoos' Best Annuals for Pollinators, . For a list of the Zoos' Best Perennials for Pollinators, . 

Horticulturalists Sarah Stolz, Peter Huttinger, David Koester and  Paul Koloszar will participate in tonight's Sunset Salon: Garden & Landscape. The panel discussion begins at 6 p.m. WVXU's Mark Heyne will be moderator for the evening. For more information, .