We have very few native plants left in our environment now, so trying to return our yards to pre-colonial times would be a futile effort. However, biodiversity is important to all of us. Having a neighborhood of nothing but lawns and laurel bushes would be dull for any foraging species, as well as for our sense of beauty. We can't rip out all those acres of invasive Scotch broom and Himalayan blackberries that cover our state, but we can plant a diversity of nurturing species in our gardens that benefit wildlife and pollinators. All our gardens don't have to be native species to be glorious havens for pollinators and beneficial critters, as you say. Just watch the bees on the lilac bushes and roses. My yard is glorious with tulips that originally came from Turkey, by way of Holland, I think. People have been transplanting species since the beginning of being human, so plants have travelled across the planet already. Relax and enjoy the show.
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