Pollinators on a sunflower by Nancy Lee Adamson
Pollinators are under threat, but there’s plenty we can do to help right in our own backyards.
Pollination Celebration! Month
The Asheville chapter of Bee City USA has celebrated National Pollinator Week each June since 2013. Asheville City Council kicks off the month of events by reading our proclamation on May 27, Click below to learn about all of the educational and entertaining events.
Visit the Asheville Butterfly Trail
This county-wide program will feature 15 gorgeous local butterflies and the plants they need as caterpillars and adults. Human-sized wings make fun photo ops and signs share the larger story of what pollinators do and how. Learn more about our first stations.
Become a Certified Pollinator Advocate
We are collaborating with the Asheville Botanical Garden to offer a series of 12 monthly classes covering pollination ecology topics and leading to certification as a Pollinator Advocate. Classes will be held the second Monday of each month, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at the ABG.
Asheville Butterfly Trail
*
Now Open
*
Asheville Butterfly Trail * Now Open *
Asheville Butterfly Trail
After a year of planning, we are pleased to welcome visitors to the first three butterfly stations: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail at the Asheville Visitor Center, Gulf Fritillary at Reems Creek Nursery, and Common Buckeye at UNCA’s greenway. Interpretive signs and our website provide some natural history and more: the butterfly’s life cycle, male/female forms, fun facts, caterpillar superpowers, larval host plants, and how you can help.
The Asheville Butterfly Trail is made possible by the help of generous photographers, researchers and donors.