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Supporting Pollinators

eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on purple flowers
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The eastern tiger swallowtail is Virginia's state butterfly.

Dr. Robyn Puffenbarger meets Susan Roth and Jim Hurley at their home in Stanardsville to see how they transformed a traditional ornamental garden into a pollinator haven and created a meadow of native flowers and grasses.

Peggy Singlemann visits Dee Hall Godwin at Mermaid City Flowers in Norfolk, a cut flower micro-farm that uses sustainable methods to grow native perennials which support wildlife.

Shana Williams shares tips for saving seeds and Amyrose Foll explains how pollinators help produce food in the vegetable garden.

Studio Extra:

Peggy is joined by Entomologist Alejandro Del-Pozo to demonstrate how pollinators see flowers of different colors and shapes.