Protecting Pollinators: How you can help!

Erin Auel is positively abuzz about what we can do to promote pollinators in our own landscapes.  Her senior project for the Poolesville  High School Global Ecology Program blends hands-on – creation of 2 pollinator gardens at the school- with research – a useful collection of resources for us to consult when planning for and planting our own gardens.  Not  only are these gardens beautiful and alive with flight and sound, they are practical for the health of our food system.  Destruction of tree and hedgerows and loss of habitat due to development as well as growing dependence on landscape and agricultural chemicals has put great strain on the pollinator population.

So, take a look at these resources that we found…and let’s get growing!

Maryland’s Wild Acres Program
National Pollinator Week – June 21-27, 2010
Friends of Sligo Creek – Pollinator Page
Central Maryland Beekeepers Association
Selecting Plants for Pollinators
Wild Farm Alliance – promoting farming practices in harmony with nature