Read the sentences.

Backyard beekeeping is gaining popularity. Bees help gardens thrive. Bees provide honey. Beekeeping is environmentally friendly.

Which of these best combines these sentences using at least one participial phrase?

Backyard beekeeping is environmentally friendly, helps gardens thrive, provides honey, and is now popular.

Gaining in popularity, backyard beekeeping is environmentally friendly, helps gardens thrive, and provides an endless supply of honey.

Environmentally friendly backyard beekeeping is popular because is helps gardens thrive and provides honey.

Gardens thrive and honey abounds with environmentally friendly and popular backyard beekeeping.