FROM ZOO TO YOU By Kristi Newland Spring is just weeks away and often has many of us out planting in our yards or other outdoor spaces. If you’re planning your spring planting adventure, there are a number of options to consider. One option involves giving pollinators a helping hand through your plant choices. Consider adding nectar-rich wildflowers to your landscape to support your favorite butterflies, hummingbirds, honeybees, or other pollinators. Pollinators play a vital role in agriculture and in the continued survival of wild places. While they dine on the nectar of a wildflower, they are also pollinating the flower (leaving behind pollen picked up at another flower and picking up more pollen to carry on to another). Such pollination leads to the production of seeds, which later may become new plants.