Saturday May 30th, 2026 | 10am
Choose-Your-Price: ($5 -$30)
North America has over 4,000 species of native bees, and most of them are far better pollinators than the honeybee you’ve been trying to attract. Our native bees are the most efficient and effective pollinators, especially for the native plants they have pollinated for hundreds of thousands of years. Brannen Basham and Jill Jacobs of Spriggly’s Beescaping are coming to Winding Stair Gardens to introduce you to the bees your garden actually needs, and show you how to roll out the welcome mat for them.
What You’ll Cover:
- Which Native Bees are Actually Out There: Enjoy an introduction to the native bee species common to Western North Carolina, exploring their appearance, habitat, behaviors, and specialities.
- What They Need to Stick Around: The nesting conditions, plant choices, and small habitat decisions that turn a regular garden into a place bees come back to season after season
- Plants That Do the Real Work: Which flowering species attract the most diverse pollinator activity, and how to plant a space that provides blooms throughout the growing season
- Getting Started Without Overcomplicating: Realistic, low-cost steps you can take this season to see results, whether you have a half-acre or a back porch with some containers
Bring your gardening problems and pictures- Brannen & Jill love to answer your questions!
About Spriggly’s Beescaping: Brannen Basham and Jill Jacobs built Spriggly’s Beescaping right here in Western North Carolina with one clear focus: connecting people with nature and showing them how to support local ecosystems in their own outdoor spaces. Their business focuses on nature education and habitat restoration, offering online courses, books, consultations, landscape design and much more. They know their bees, they know this region, and they know how to make all of it make sense to a regular gardener.