Pollination Guelph

Are you concerned about pollinators and their habitat in Guelph and Wellington County and want to help? Are you part of a non-profit organization? Pollination Guelph has just launched our 2021 Call for Proposals for our Community Grant Program, which will provide grants of up to $1000! Visit https://www.pollinationguelph.ca/community-grant-program for more information. Deadline is March 1, 2021.

Don't forget to apply for our Community Grant Program! Despite the unprecedented challenges of COVID last year, nine community organizations from Guelph and Wellington County were chosen to receive grants to expand pollinator habitat and raise public awareness about pollinators. This year, we would like to keep the momentum going by once again offering grants of up to $1000 to fund projects related to increasing/enhancing pollinator habitat, educating the public about poll...inators, and/or conducting research at PG sites. For more information about the grant and to download the application form, visit our website at www.pollinationguelph.ca/community-grant-program. Application deadline is March 1st, 2021 at midnight.

Stay tuned for news on how you can purchase a copy of the new Wasp book by Heather Holm via Pollination Guelph! In the meantime, check out these regional planting guides she is providing for free on her website!

Looking for something to do tonight? Why not tune into this very interesting presentation - pre-registration is needed for this free talk.

You could have bees overwintering in your back yard!

We hope that all of you have a Happy Holiday, regardless as to where you are or how you are celebrating. Think back on your happy bee or butterfly memories and dream of sunny flowers, and let them bring you merriment.

A big thank you to all of our #volunteers over the course of 2020. Despite COVID-19 you still helped make a difference for pollinators in #Guelph and beyond, through planting and maintenance of plantings, videos, presentations, social media, board direction, and more. Bravo!

Our Fall 2020 speaker series is a wrap, with 6 different talks related to #pollinators and #climatechange by Clement Kent, Mhairi McFarlane, Charlotte de Keyzer, Erin Aults, Susan Chan, Shannon Seahra, Horticultural Societies of Parkdale & Toronto, Nature Conservancy of Canada, and Royal Botanical Gardens. Did you miss any? Watch them online at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist Thanks to our sponsors, Elinesky Schuett Private Wealth Management of RBC Dominion Securities Inc. The City of Guelph @aboud.associates School of Environmental Sciences Bee Sweet Nature Co @Bloomingboulevards In Our Nature Nature Guelph Not So Hollow Farm Ontario Beekeepers' Association RWDI Sleeman Beer Wild Birds Unlimited Yorklands Green Hub

We've got another sunny fall day in Guelph today, but STOP! Don't rake those leaves, don't cut those plant stems down. Watch our latest "how-to" video for tips on how to prepare your garden for fall, the pollinator-friendly way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAiE9nf_KV8

Yup, it’s that time of year when the leaves fall and gardeners want to tidy them up -- but wait, there are many good reasons for keeping the leaves. Not necessa...rily all of them or everywhere they fall, but there are plenty of places in your garden where you can #leavetheleaves. This week’s blog, written by Scott Black, explains more. https://xerces.org/blog/leave-leaves-to-benefit-wildlife

Lorraine Johnson will be talking about pollinators and what you can do to help them on your balcony, in your yard, community garden or other community spaces, in a free online webinar on Saturday (Nov 14, 3pm-4pm EST). Register in advance: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wild-about-bees-pollinator-gard

Learn about how professionals and the general public can survey for pollinators, and the great diversity seen at our planting sites, during a free virtual talk by Shannon Seahra tonight at 7pm EST. Pre-register at www.pollinationguelph.ca/upcoming-events.

Join us at 10:30am EST today for our next speaker series talk, Where Wild Meets Cultivated: The Implications for a Wild Bee of Close Association with a Crop, by Susan Chan of the University of Guelph. Pre-register at www.pollinationguelph.ca/upcoming-events.

Congrats @cityofguelph for putting in a diversity of #pollinator friendly #nativeplants near the boathouse. It will beautify the area and help the Eramosa and Speed River corridors benefit more birds and bees and wildlife in general. @GuelphToday article: https://www.guelphtoday.com//covered-bridge-will-come-up-r