MCA Invites Public to Tour Pollinator Gardens
Anyone interested in creating a pollinator garden is invited to tour a Pollinator Preservation Garden with the Native Pollinator Task Force (NPTF).
During the month of June, the NPTF has scheduled a series of garden tours to demonstrate the importance of providing habitat for native pollinators. These demonstration gardens represent a variety of landscapes and showcase native plants that support at-risk bees and butterflies. Plants were selected based on the research of Dr. Robert Gegear, professor of biology at UMass Dartmouth.
A visit to these gardens should inspire you to choose plants for your own garden that will help restore the native plant-pollinator connection and increase biodiversity in your backyard. As more people install pollinator gardens, we will create a network of essential habitat that improves biodiversity throughout the region.
NPTF Ambassadors and members of the NPTF parent organization--the Metrowest Conservation Alliance--are also encouraged to attend a tour and gain advice for planting Pollinator Preservation Gardens in their own communities.
Pollinator Preservation Garden Tour Schedule
Tours are on a drop-by basis. Hosts will be on site during the specified time to give information and answer questions.Registration is not required.
For full details, visit the NPTF Garden Tours Details page.
All Month: Self-Guided Tour
Pollination Preservation Garden
Near 73 Concord Road, Weston
Thursday, June 9, 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Lincoln Station, 145 Lincoln Road, Lincoln
Thursday, June 23, 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Reuben Hoar Library, 35 Shattuck Street, Littleton
Cloverdale Conservation Area, 63 Great Road, Littleton
Thursday, June 23, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Sunny Meadow Farm, 168 Robin Hill Rd, Chelmsford
Saturday June 25, 10:00 am
Southborough Library, 25 Main Street, Southborough
Saturday June 25, 11:00 am (immediately following the Southborough Library tour)
Beals Preserve, 144 Main Street, Southborough
Monday, June 27, 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Ghiloni Park, 239 Concord Road, Marlborough
Monday, June 27, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Watson Park, 35A Lyman Street, Northborough
Private residence, 22 Gristmill Lane, Northborough
Wednesday, June 29, 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Sudbury Valley Trustees Wolbach Farm, 18 Wolbach Road, Sudbury