We can help ensure the well-being of pollinators by preserving natural areas that support a variety of trees, shrubs, grasses, and flowering perennials and by understanding the value of dead trees (snags) for cavity-nesting pollinators. Our location within the Peace Parkland is unique, as many of the wildflowers and grasses found in southern Alberta grow along the Peace River. Some of these plants make excellent garden choices as they are adapted to the local climate, cold-hardy, drought-tolerant, do well in low nutrient soils, and are food and habitat for pollinators. Grassland/Parkland ecosystems are the most altered habitat in North America, and by preserving natural areas as well as planting local species, we can help preserve the important ecological services they provide.