Bird
Broad-tailed hummingbird
Probable adult female seen using Vermillion Bluffs and hummingbird trumpet in July 2026.
Mead, Colorado · Zone 5b
A garden designed for bees, butterflies, birds, and people.
This small front-yard habitat is planted with Colorado natives and regionally adapted plants to provide food, shelter, water, and nesting space through every season.
Why this garden exists
More than a pretty yard
The Pollinator Path began as a home landscape and grew into a living ecosystem. Every plant, stone, bare-soil patch, seed head, and water source has a job.
The goal is not perfection. It is connection: between native plants and native insects, between birds and the insects they depend on, and between neighbors and the small lives unfolding just outside the front door.
50+plant varieties
4 seasonsof habitat value
0weed barrier sheets
Manytiny garden residents
Plant directory
Meet the plants
Search by common name, scientific name, bloom color, or visitor.
Seasonal rhythm
Bloom calendar
A simplified view of when some favorite plants are usually in flower.
Early season
Midseason
Late season
MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Prairie smoke
Blue flax
Blanket flower
Bee balm
Hummingbird trumpet
Smooth aster
Garden sightings
Who has visited?
Documented visitors, repeat guests, and a few residents with names.
Native bee
Leafcutter bee “Brenda”
A repeat visitor to blanket flower, returning for several consecutive days.
Amphibian
Big Booty Judy
Resident toad and unofficial habitat quality inspector.
Moth
White-lined sphinx
Probable nighttime visitor, helping pollinate flowers after dark.
Habitat in practice
Small features, big impact
Bare soil
Open patches provide nesting space for ground-nesting native bees.
Water
Shallow, moving water and landing stones offer safer access for birds and insects.
Winter stems
Seed heads and hollow stems remain standing to provide food and shelter.
Leaf litter & shelter
Logs, rocks, leaves, and protected pockets create places to hide, rest, and overwinter.
Welcome
Please enjoy the garden.
Please help protect this habitat by staying on the path.
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