The plight of pollinators and nectar-feeding insects is well known. Honeybees, native bees, monarch butterflies, moths, and many lesser-known insects rely mainly on native plants for survival and reproduction.

About the Presenter, Nina Kozial:

I'm a garden writer and horticulturist who tends plants on a deer-infested acre about 40 miles from Chicago. I've been teaching horticulture, design and residential landscape design history at the Chicago Botanic Garden and The Morton Arboretum since 1997.

Why gardening? I was born in Paris, France, to a father who was a life-long, decorated military photographer. (Yes, I was an Army brat.) He met my mother in England during WWII. My grandparents had an incredible garden in Chelmsford, Essex, England, with a lovely greenhouse my grandfather built. I credit my love of all things gardening--plants, birds, insects and clouds--to my mum who encouraged me at age seven to do my science project on the parts of an Impatiens flower. After that, I was hooked.