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    Landscape Design

    Top 5 Trees to Plant in Tennessee for Pollinators

    By Arbor Day Foundation | June 13, 2018

    Guest post by Emma Fitzpatrick of Davey Tree. Did you know 85 percent of plants require a pollinator, and bees pollinate more than a third of our fruits and vegetables? Pollinators are an essential part of our everyday life. Without them, our gardens and grocery store’s produce sections would look shockingly sparse. As modern landscapes change, however, bees and other pollinators are fighting to survive. The loss of open space puts pressure on our urban environments to fill the nature gap.…

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  • Tree Planting

    Want Bees? Plant These!

    September marks National Honey Month. Did you know there are more than 300 honey varieties? Did you also know there’s a phenomenon happening around the world where the bees are disappearing? If we don’t…

    By Sheereen Othman | September 1, 2016
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    Trees for Bees

    You’ve probably heard more buzz about bees than usual lately—from unexplained deaths en masse to faltering fruit crops in their absence. One thing you’ve probably learned is that bees are important (if not essential)…

    By Brianne Wolff | October 9, 2013