The beneficial insect habitat border includes a variety of plants that provide food and shelter for beneficial insects.  Attracting beneficial insects is an important element of least toxic pest control, and predatory insects can help control insect pest outbreaks in the neighboring vegetable garden. Bees are also important beneficial insects that help pollinate garden flowers so fruits can form.

Flowers from buckwheat (Eriogonum sp.) and members of the carrot and daisy families are nectar and pollen-rich food sources that attract beneficial insects. Deergrass is a California native bunchgrass that provides winter shelter for ladybird beetles.

Beneficial Insect Habitat Border Before

The Beneficial Insect Habitat Border will include a variety of perennial flowering plants and shrubs that will help screen the Vegetable Garden planting to the west from the rest of the park.

Our Vision for the Beneficial Insect Habitat Border

Native buckwheats (Eriogonum spp.) are great plants for attracting beneficial insects throughout the spring and summer.