Resources for Bee Garden Planning

Selecting Plants

• Right Plant, Right Place: The Art and Science of Landscape Design—Plant Selection and Siting

Garden Design and Layout

• Drawing a Planting Plan
  [Note: This is a general guideline for drawing a plan. For a bee garden, be sure to use the plant recommendations for bees provided in this app and in the bee-specific resources below.]
• Arranging Plants in the Landscape
• Landscape Design: Aesthetic Characteristics of Plants
• Color in the Landscape: Finding Inspiration for a Color Theme
  [Note: This reference is provided as general guidance only. When planning a color scheme for your bee garden, be sure to consider bee preferences. Bees find blue-purple and white blooms more attractive than red-orange.]

Planting

• Planting Shrubs in Florida Landscapes
• Planting and Establishing Trees

Gardening for Bees

• Attracting Native Bees to Your Florida Landscape
• Creating Pollinator Hotels

Bee Conservation

• Xerces Society
• Pollinator Partnership
• NRCS Pollinator Conservation 
• Protecting Bees(plant selection) 
• Mallinger Lab at UF