{"id":8775,"date":"2016-06-19T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8775"},"modified":"2016-06-17T21:42:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T01:42:04","slug":"celebrate-national-pollinator-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/06\/19\/celebrate-national-pollinator-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National Pollinator Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June 20 – 26 is National Pollinator Week. National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what\u00a0you\u00a0can do to protect them.<\/p>\n

Nine years ago the U.S. Senate unanimous approved and designated a week in June as \u201cNational Pollinator Week\u201d. National Pollinator Week is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of the Interior. It marks a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0science teachers, this is an excellent way to get children involved. Pollinator Week has now grown into an international celebration of the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats and beetles.\u00a0Pollinators provide many ecosystem services. Choose the plants that can improve the plight of pollinators. There are lists\u00a0of favorite pollinator and butterfly larvae feeding plants on this website and others. I highly recommend information published by the Xerces Society.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to celebrate! Check out:\u00a0Find Events\u00a0– It’s never too early to start thinking about an event at your school, garden, church, store, etc. Pollinators positively affect all our lives, supporting wildlife, healthy watershed and more\u2026 let’s Conserve and Protect it! Have a positive influence on our environment! Become a smart gardener.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re hosting an event for Pollinator Week, you might want to\u00a0register it with the Pollinator Partnership<\/a>, which has a map of local events.\u00a0http:\/\/www.pollinator.org\/pollinatorweek\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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