Please join us at the Mary Comber Miles Indigenous Plant Garden on June 17th from 10:30 am to noon for a fun and informative event highlighting how to support native biodiversity by planting for pollinators. We are part of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project and we are excited to let you know about this upcoming event.
The aim of the event is to encourage the planting of native wildflowers that support local bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Insects are in decline and every patch of wildflowers, big and small, can help bring them back! Our goal is to help establish at least a dozen pollinator-friendly gardens in Lions Bay for the village to be officially recognized as a Butterflyway.
To kick off the event, Master Gardener Jane Sherrott, who gardens at the Ambleside Pollinator Garden with a group of volunteers, will give a short presentation about how to plant for four seasons of bloom. Jane will discuss current research identifying plants that support the highest number and widest range of pollinators. Following Jane’s presentation, you will learn some cool facts about some of our native bees, an important part of the ‘pollinator crew’. Free native plants will be available for you to take home to grow your own Butterflyway patch. And you can snack on delicious baked treats!
You can find more details about the Butterflyway Project and a map of other Butterflyways at www.davidsuzuki.org/butterflyway.
We hope to see you at the event on June 17th!
Val Morton and Hana Boye, Butterflyway Rangers
This project is thanks in part to grants from the Village of Lions Bay and the Neighbourhood Small Grant program at the West Vancouver Foundation.