Powerful Pollinators
Encouraging insect pollinators in farm and garden landscapes
What is it?
Powerful Pollinators is a program designed to increase the prevalence, health and diversity of pollinators in the landscape. The Program encourages the strategic planting of ‘trees for bees’ and other pollinators and provides Pollinator Planting Guides developed by experienced botanists and field ecologists for use by landholders.
The Guides specify relevant information about pollinator habitat and floral resources to enable users such as land managers, Landcare groups, nurseries and gardeners to select the most appropriate indigenous species that provide value for pollinators.
Planting Guides
Greater Melbourne West
Blue Mountains: NSW
Latest Guides
Wholesale nursery guide
Encouraging insect pollinators in farm landscapes, this list of wholesale nurseries stock all the plants shown in the planting guides above. If not, ask them to order it in for you.
Information
Wheen Bee Foundation Ambassadors (bee champions) are available to provide bee expertise and information to Landcare groups, and environmental and agricultural networks, to increase knowledge and understanding of bees as pollinators and their reliance on native flora. The Wheen Bee Foundation will deliver 20 workshops across the regions listed below.
A Bee Friendly Farming network has been established connecting land managers who subscribe to land management best practice and support pollinators in their landscape.
This project is supported by Smart Farms through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, and Burt’s Bees, as well as researchers, universities, botanic gardens, sustainable gardening organisations, and service clubs.
The first phase of the project began in June 2020, and continues under the Australian Government’s Smart Farms Round Four Grants. The involvement and participation of Wheen Bee Foundation Bee Ambassadors in this project has assisted in the delivery of a minimum of more than 20 presentations over 18 months between June 2020 and 30 June 2021.
What can you do?
Our Powerful Pollinator Guides provide an introduction to encouraging insect pollinators on farms, including a guide to choosing plants that will support diverse pollinators throughout the year. Published guides available now:
Guides Under Development
- Bridgetown – Boyup Brook, WA
- Stirling Range National Park, WA
- Kangaroo Island, SA
- Eyre Peninsula, SA
- Castlemaine Region, VIC
- Bega – Tathra, NSW
- Woolgoolga – Arrawarra, NSW
- Gympie Region, QLD
- Ulverstone, TAS
- Huonville – Franklin, TAS
Powerful Pollinators Resource Packs
Our Powerful Pollinators guides are also available to purchase in hard-copy.
Guides are available to order individually or in packs to share with others, or simply download below.
