Pollinators on a sunflower. Photo/Video: Nancy Lee Adamson
Pollinators are under threat, but there’s plenty we can do to help right in our own backyards.
Pollinator Film Festival in June
Pack Library kicks off Pollination Celebration! month with the magnificent Wings of Life on June 1. They’ll also screen My Garden of a Thousand Bees, Hometown Habitat, Flight of the Butterflies, and Honey for the Maya. Download a flyer. And join us for fun, learning, and inspiration!
Asheville Butterfly Trail Coming Soon
This new city-wide program will feature 12+ gorgeous local butterflies and the plants they need as caterpillars and adults. Human-sized wings will make fun photo ops and signs will help people understand the larger story of what pollinators do and how.
Become a Certified Pollinator Advocate
We are collaborating with the Botanical Gardens at Asheville 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 to 7:30 pm at the BGA.
Pollination Celebration! * June 2024 *
Pollination Celebration! * June 2024 *
Pollination Celebration! Keynote by Dr. Stephen Buchmann
June 22, 2024 at Warren Wilson College
Sponsored by Reems Creek Nursery
Dr. Stephen Buchmann is a pollination ecologist specializing in buzz pollination and bee behaviors including nesting biology and mate selection. An adjunct professor at the University of Arizona Tuscon, author of 10 books, science advisor on multiple films, and a familiar voice on NPR, Dr. Buchmann's expertise promises to inspire and educate us on the vital role pollinators play in our world.