The Interagency Pollinator Health Education and Outreach team has compiled project suggestions for pollinator-related service projects that can be done at National Public Lands Day sites. National Public Lands Day in 2015 is Sept. 26. Project ideas include:
- Plant pollinator-friendly species, and join the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
- Plant native grass and flower mixes along roadsides to benefit pollinators
- Create a low-impact demonstration garden using native plants
- Restore a former parking lot or similar area by planting trees and shrubs
- Remove invasive species
- Pick up trash and recycle as much of it as possible to improve pollinator habitat
- Create bare-ground patches for native bees
- Host pollinator educational programs to inform the public about the importance of pollinators
- Create signs and interpretative displays about pollinators
- Engage citizens in inventorying pollinator species:
- Bumble Bee Watch
- Project Budburst
- The Great Sunflower Project
- Plan a monarch monitoring event
- More examples at Pollinator Live
- Host a milkweed seed collection day
- Make nest for native bees:
- Build Bat houses:
- Green Thumb Challenge– Green Education Foundation
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service School Yard Habitats
- Host a nature notebook workshop
- Start a people’s garden
- Build a Pollinator Pathway: Video (Begin watching at 2:30)
There are many resources to help you plan for a pollinator-friendly project for the 2015 National Public Lands Day at Pollinator Partnership website. Learn more about the National Strategy to Promote Pollinator Health.
