Vegetable Garden with Pollinator Plants in Mt. Pleasant

Name: Vegetable Garden with Pollinator Plants in Mt. Pleasant

Open to the public?: no

County: Cabarrus

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7a

Extension Demonstration Garden? No

Approximate year the garden/landscape was established: 2018

What to look for: This vegetable garden has pollinator plants planted in front of it and also among the vegetables. This interplanting method increases pollinator activity, which in turn increases the vegetable yield. At the base of the tomatoes are fragrant basil plants and brightly colored marigolds are situated near the winter squash. Planted in the front bed are various pollinator-attracting blooms such as Agastache, Monardas, Rudbeckia, Liatris, and Stokesia asters.