
- Syrphid fly, an important predatory and pollinating insect in gardens
- carpenter bee on salvia
- bumblebee on salvia
- syrphid fly larvae are important garden predators
- There are many types of syrphid flies. All larvae are predatory. Adults feed on flowers.
- Tachinid fly larvae are important garden parasitoids
- Adult syrphid flies are flower feeders
- California fuchsia Epilobium ‘Catalina’
- This The garden is filled with hummingbirds, a diversity of bees and beneficial insects.
- A Hopland garden filled with color and life
- A Hopland garden filled with color and life.
- Our house in Hopland
- Milkweeds in our garden
- Our house and garden in Hopland, CA.
- All plants are for insect and bird habitat
- Bernard the bee man at the Melissa Garden in Healdsburg, CA. All plants are for habitat
- Phacelia tanacetifolia in the orchard at The Melissa Garden. Phacelia is a favorite plant of bees
- The pool house at The Melissa Garden. Epilobium ‘Catalina’ for hummginbirds
- All plants are native and habitat plants at the pool house at The Melissa Garden.
- CA native plants at The Melissa Garden. All plants are habitat plants.
- A former lawn at the Melissa garden. All plants are habitat plants
- The Melissa Garden in Healdsburg, CA. All plants are for habitat
- Sunflowers and Madia elegans at The Melissa Garden. All are plants bees love
- A log hive at The Melissa Garden. A natural hive with native sages for bees
- Madia elegans and sunflowers support bees with pollen and nectar
- The Melissa Garden in spring
- Habitat plantings at Dark Horse vineyards in Ukiah.
- Spring scene near our house in Hopland, CA.
- Spring scene in Hopland, CA near our house.
- A view of Duncan’s Peak in Hopland- from the East
- A spring scene in Hopland, CA
- A rare foggy morning in summer in Hopland, CA..
- Near our house in Hopland, CA.
- A Mediterranean garden at the old Valley Oaks Ranch in Hopland.
- A mulberry garden at the old Valley Oaks Ranch in Hopland, CA.
- A scene of gray with pineapple gauvas and fescue in Hopland, CA
- A Mediterranean/Mexican garden in Hopland, CA.
- A decoration of gourds on hoops in Hopland, CA.
- Hoop House of gourds
- A habitat border in 2 colors in Hopland, CA.
- Crape myrtles and Stipa tenuissima in Hopland, CA.
- A California-style perennial border in May in Hopland, CA.
- A California style perennial border in July- all habitat plants. My favorite garden