The single greatest thing any individual can do for pollinators is to plant native wildflowers. — Xerces Society
Getting Started
The Windowsill Garden
Start with a sunny window, a pot, and three plants. Herbs that double as pollinator magnets: lavender, basil, thyme. Let them flower. The bees will come.
The Container Patio
Three containers on a 4-foot balcony can feed bees from April through October. Spring trio, summer trio, fall trio. Continuous bloom in minimal space.
The Pollinator Bed
A full pollinator garden bed with bloom succession from February through October. 20+ species, native-first design, zero bloom gaps. The complete PNW pollinator habitat.
Deep Research
Bloom Succession Calendar
Month-by-month planting guide: 50+ species with bloom times, light requirements, and pollinator value. Covers the critical March emergence through October hibernation prep. Identifies the dangerous July gap.
PNW Native Bee Guide
600 species across 6 families. Bumble bees, mason bees, sweat bees, mining bees. Nesting requirements (70% ground, 30% cavity). Conservation status. The convergence zone as unexpected habitat.
Indoor Seed Starting
Cold stratification schedules for 10 PNW native species. Equipment list, timing calendar (Nov–May), germination methods. Turn your kitchen into a nursery.
Global Bee Conservation
Colony Collapse Disorder: the 2025 USDA breakthrough. $235–577B global pollination value. Bee City USA, Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, citizen science. EU neonicotinoid bans. What’s working and what isn’t.
Bee Lawn Guide
Replace grass with clover, self-heal, and creeping thyme. UMN seed mix ratios, mowing protocol, establishment timeline. 111 bee species found in reduced-mow lawns.
Mission Package (PDF)
The complete 16-page research mission document: Vision Guide, Research Reference, Mission Package. LaTeX source included. Ready for GSD execution.
The Through-Line
Every flower is a node. Every garden is a hub. The network grows one planting at a time, requiring no central coordination, no permission, no infrastructure — just soil, water, sun, and the decision to feed the bees. This is the architecture of resilience: distributed, autonomous, locally adapted, globally connected. The same pattern that runs our agent orchestration also describes how communities restore habitat. Plant a flower. Feed a bee. Strengthen the network.