by Jeff Bentley | Jan 12, 2024 | Growing Guides, Growing Flowers, Garden Design & Maintenance, Pollinator Gardens, Eco-Friendly Garden
The Monarch Butterfly in the Northeast: A Fragile Beauty The Northeast region of the United States is home to many unique and beautiful butterfly species, including the iconic Monarch butterfly. These vibrant orange and black insects are renowned for their...
by Jeff Bentley | May 25, 2023 | Growing Guides, Growing Flowers, Garden Design & Maintenance, Pollinator Gardens, Eco-Friendly Garden
Monarch butterflies are a vibrant American-native species renowned for their striking colors and incredible migrations. While these beautiful winged creatures have historically been found across North America, their numbers have declined rapidly in the past few...
by Jeff Bentley | May 8, 2023 | Pollinator Gardens
Our Roots: Bentley Seed Company History Since 1975, Bentley Seed Company is a seed packet company that has been in business to help people grow good things. A lead supplier for decades of vegetable, herb and flower & custom seed packets, Bentley delivers a...
by Jeff Bentley | Nov 21, 2018 | Pollinator Gardens
We spend a lot of time marveling at and sharing our knowledge about bees and other pollinators and stressing the importance of creating landscapes that can sustain them. But as days shorten and temperatures cool in most parts of the country, summer becomes an...
by Jeff Bentley | Nov 7, 2018 | Pollinator Gardens
For the past several years, there has been growing public furor over the presence of neonicotinoids in flowering plants grown in the U.S. which some experts believe are responsible for dwindling bee populations. Widely used by farmers since the 1990’s when they were...
by Jeff Bentley | Nov 7, 2018 | Pollinator Gardens
For those who grew up spending a lot of time outdoors in nature, the mention of milkweed may conjure up childhood memories of playing in open fields colonized with riotous collections of untamed, native plants. The favorite among them may have been the milkweed with...
