I Contacted My Nursery to Ask for Bee-Safe Plants
Pollinator advocates! We know you are passionate about protecting bees and providing habitat for them in your gardens! We believe  that people asking local nurseries and garden centers for plants free of pesticides that could harm pollinators can make a difference! Xerces provides specific guidance to help.

Now, we are very curious to learn how your conversations with your nurseries went!

Please take a minute to let us know about your experience and how the nursery responded.

If you contacted more than one nursery, please fill out this form once for each nursery.

THANK YOU!


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Email *
Your Name *
Please enter your first name followed by your last name.
Names of the nursery you contacted and their city and state *
Please enter the name of the nursery followed by the city and state. For example: Happy Bee Farms, Sunnyside, MT.
Kind of nursery
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Who did you interact with and did you get a response?
Contacted, no response
Contacted, had interaction
Manager
Staff (not manager)
General mailbox
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How knowledgeable and receptive was the person you interacted with?
Didn't know anything
Very knowledgeable, could answer all my questions, was quite receptive
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Did you feel excited and positive about this nursery after your visit? *
Did this nursery offer any certified organic pollinator plants or ornamentals? (Note, we are not asking about food or herb items here, just "landscape plants.) *
Were they able to show you neonicotinoid-free plants for sale? *
Were they able to answer questions about their prevention practices or those of their suppliers if they source plants from others?   *
What did they tell you about their prevention practices and/or those of their suppliers?
Were they able to answer questions about their pest monitoring practices or those of their suppliers if they source plants from others?   *
What did they tell you about their pest monitoring practices and/or those of their suppliers?
Were they able to answer questions about ways they limit pesticide harm or how their suppliers do so if they source plants from others?   *
What did they tell you about the way in which they or their suppliers limit pesticide harm?
Did they have any information about the use of the two non-neonicotinoid systemics that are also of concern - flupyradifurone and cyantraniliprole?
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Did you share the Xerces fact sheet Offering Bee-Safe Plants: A Guide for Nurseries (https://xerces.org/publications/fact-sheets/offering-bee-safe-plants-guide-for-nurseries) with each nursery you contacted? *
Please provide any additional notes about your conversation.
Do you have any recommendations for us for future outreach or training on this issue?
Are you working with others in your community to reach out to nurseries or alert homeowners? *
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