{"id":11809,"date":"2019-11-19T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?page_id=11809"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:16:33","slug":"pollinator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/pollinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollinator-Friendly Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Transform your garden into a haven for pollinators.<\/h3>\n<p>Pollinators are vital to our ecosystem and food system, but they face challenges from pesticide use and habitat loss.<\/p>\n<p>By providing food, water, and shelter in your garden and protecting that habitat, you can create a pollinator-friendly space.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"certify\"><\/a>Certification Requirements<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/pollinator-garden-certification\/step-1\/\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/pollinator-garden-certification\/step-2\/\">Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/pollinator-garden-certification\/step-3\/\">Shelter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/pollinator-garden-certification\/step-4\/\">Safeguarding Habitat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Learn More:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26078 size-medium\" title=\"Pollinator-Friendly Gardening Course\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A bumblebee lands on one yellow flower in a group of them.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Pollinator-course-yellow-flowers-no-text-105x70.jpg 105w, 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href=\"https:\/\/discover.maine.edu\/product?catalog=Pollinator_Friendly_Gardening\">Pollinator Friendly Gardening Microbadge Course<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12275 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"UMaine Extension Pollinator Friendly Garden sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-105x68.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-317x205.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-423x274.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-634x410.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-846x547.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign-951x615.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/Bee-Pollinator-Sign.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/pollinator\/certification\/\">Certify Now<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Perks of Certification:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Personalized certificate<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive option to purchase an official sign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Why get certified?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Support pollinators and the ecosystem<\/li>\n<li>Spread the word about the importance of pollinators<\/li>\n<li>Inspire your neighbors<\/li>\n<li>Create a more eco-friendly and sustainable landscape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Visit a certified pollinator garden for inspiration<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/map-points-category\/all\/\">Map of public certified gardens.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/CES_logo_2blue-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19544\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/CES_logo_2blue-1-300x107.png\" alt=\"The University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" width=\"300\" 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Master Gardeners in collaboration with the Center for Pollinator Research.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to our friends at the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and Maine Audubon for their support with reviewing the materials for this program.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transform your garden into a haven for pollinators. Pollinators are vital to our ecosystem and food system, but they face challenges from pesticide use and habitat loss. By providing food, water, and shelter in your garden and protecting that habitat, you can create a pollinator-friendly space. Certification Requirements Food Water Shelter Safeguarding Habitat Learn More: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11809","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pollinator-Friendly Gardening - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/pollinator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pollinator-Friendly Gardening - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transform your garden into a haven for pollinators. 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