New Pollinator Garden w/ Raised Beds – Reddit Post

My wife and I finally decided to do something with this gigantic mulch bed in our back yard, converting it into a pollinator garden with some raised beds.

Previously there were 4 big holly bushes in this bed, and that was it. I hate Holly’s.

So I dug the Holly’s out and assembled the beds one weekend, and the next filled them with 2 yards of dirt, planted everything, and moved 1 ton of limestone chips to make the pathway the following weekend.

We have tomatoes and strawberries in the beds along with marigolds and lemon balm to try to deter the deer (we’ll see how this goes). For the pollinator garden we have Scotch Broom, Salvia, Cat Mint, Cone Flowers, Black Eyed Susan’s, Lupine, and Milkweed.

We’ve also got some Jantar Arborvitae along to back edge of the bed that will provide a bit of a natural privacy fence as they grow.

We’re really happy with how it turned out, and look forward to enjoying it this summer with hopefully more butterfly’s and hummingbirds around the yard.