Adding more kinds of pollinator-friendly plants, those that provide food, shelter and hosts for caterpillars or other larvae, helps support a wide variety of bees, moths, butterflies and other bugs that are “the center of biodiversity,” says Kaufman. “They really support and sustain all our lives, our quality of life and the quality and health of our ecosystem.” And planning for seasonality, Kaufman and Reed say, means extending that support for as much of the year as possible. The idea is particularly key in Chicago, where planting fall-blooming plants is important for pollinators such as the monarchs, which are migrating through the fall.