Friends or Foes

Bees, beetles, and snakes and worms make our gardens their homes. They are a gardener's best friends. Gardens provide these animals with food, water, and homes. In turn, garden animals eat pests, improve soil, and pollinate flowers.

Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. Pollen grains stick to their bodies.  The pollen rubs off on other flowers to help make new seeds. Beetles eat soft, tiny bugs that suck juices from plants. Garter snakes eat slugs that damage leaves. Earthworms burrow into hard soil. They make channels to drain water and to take air to plant roots. Worm waste enriches the soil. 

Welcome garden friends.








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