Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
The Idea
Pollinator Parnership helps people protect pollinators to ensure healthy ecosystems and food security. The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Their signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign), National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides, which this page will help you to get started with in your community.
The ecoregional planting guides, Selecting Plants for Pollinators, are tailored to specific areas of the United States and Canada. You can find out which ecoregion you live in simply by entering your zip code / postal code at http://pollinator.org/guides and get your free guide tailored to the pollinators in your region. You can find lists of plant names that will attract pollinators and help you build a beautiful pollinator habitat! Print these lists and bring them to your local native plant, garden center or nursery and then get a group together and get planting!
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
The Idea
Pollinator Parnership helps people protect pollinators to ensure healthy ecosystems and food security. The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Their signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign), National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides, which this page will help you to get started with in your community.
The ecoregional planting guides, Selecting Plants for Pollinators, are tailored to specific areas of the United States and Canada. You can find out which ecoregion you live in simply by entering your zip code / postal code at http://pollinator.org/guides and get your free guide tailored to the pollinators in your region. You can find lists of plant names that will attract pollinators and help you build a beautiful pollinator habitat! Print these lists and bring them to your local native plant, garden center or nursery and then get a group together and get planting!
Step 1: meet with the community garden organizer and the detention center facilitator to discuss space, water, and resources
Step 2: One of our group members is a certified master gardener. She will research the types of pollinators in our area and the best plants to select
Step 3: engage our community- ask for volunteers to prep the area, plant plants, construct paths, etc. Also, request donations of seeds, cuttings, benches, etc.
Use of funds: the majority of the funding will be spent on plants, compost, mulch, and an irrigation system.
We have decided to collaborate with our neighborhood's community garden group and a detention center located in our neighborhood to create a pollinator garden. The community garden group already has an unused space available with water that would be perfect for a pollinator garden. Not only will it help their garden flourish, but it will also add beauty to an area that is currently facing neglect. The community garden was once a thriving place with many avid gardeners. Currently, it faces a lack of support and involvement. Hopefully our involvement will help to spark more interest in the garden and also in neighborhood beautification efforts. The detention center will be a great source for volunteers looking to meet their community service hour requirements by helping in the construction and maintenance of the garden.