Spring is here and the Brant County staff are holding a series of pollinator pop-ups to share the important role pollinators — like bees — have in sustaining healthy communities.
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County staff visited community centers last month, providing information, coloring pages for kids and free native perennial flower seeds for personal gardens.
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It’s a first step in “upholding our community stewardship responsibilities” after becoming the 82nd national Bee City in November 2023, Meghan Hunter, manager of parks capital planning and forestry for the county, told The Spectator.
The designation comes with the main objectives of creating, maintaining, and improving pollinator habitats; educating the community about the importance of pollinators; and celebrating National Pollinator Week — this year from June 17 to 23, Hunter said.
Additionally, she said the county will make a point of increasing native, pollinator-friendly plants in existing gardens, and new ones, such as at Aspen Street Park, Woodslee Park and Watt’s Pond Greenway in Paris.
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Upcoming pollinator-related events:
- April 8 at 7:30 p.m.; Brantford Butterflyway presentation at Glen Morris Garden Club.
- April 11 at 6:30 p.m.; Info session and presentation on forestry and horticulture projects at Burford Library.
- May 11 from 8 to 11 am; Paris Horticulture Society plant sale at Syl Apps Community Centre.
- May 25 at 9 am; St George plant sale at Gaukel Memorial Community Centre.
- June 8 at 8 a.m.; Glen Morris plant sale at Glen Morris United Church parking lot.
- June 17 to 23; National Pollinator Week, featuring a pollinator photo contest.
Additional pollinator pop-ups in county parks and facilities to be announced.
For more information, visit brant.ca/Forestry and brant.ca/BeeCity.
Celeste Percy-Beauregard is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter based at the Hamilton Spectator. The initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.
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