Buzz & Bloom
🌼🐝 Where Flowers and Pollinators Meet! 🦋🌸 A blooming garden is more than a beautiful space—it’s a busy habitat! Native flowers provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, […]
Habitat
Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight
🖤🐝 Pollinator Spotlight: Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Big, black, and a little intimidating at first glance, the Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) is actually a fascinating native pollinator and
Native Plant Highlight
🌿 Native Plant Highlight: White-Tinged Sedge (Carex albicans) 🌿 Looking for a native plant that brings texture and year-round interest to a shady garden? White-tinged sedge (Carex albicans) is a
🌿🧠 Test Your Nature Knowledge! 🧠🌿
Think you know your native plants and pollinators? Put your knowledge to the test! Drop your answers in the comments, and we’ll post the answers tomorrow. 1️⃣ Which native wildflower
🌿 Why Habitats Matter 🌿
Every bird, bee, butterfly, frog, and fox needs a place to call home. Habitats provide the food, water, shelter, and space wildlife needs to survive and thrive. When native habitats
🌼 Explore Outdoors Challenge: Find 5 Native Flowers! 🌼
How many native wildflowers can you discover on your next walk? Your challenge is simple:🌿 Find 5 native flowering plants in your yard, neighborhood, local park, or nature preserve.📸 Take
Small Ripple Effects, Lasting Impacts: Habitat Fragmentation
🌿 Habitat Fragmentation: Why It Matters & What You Can Do As cities grow and roads expand, natural habitats are often broken into smaller, isolated patches—a process called habitat fragmentation.
Creature Feature Tuesday
🐝 Georgia Native Bee Spotlight Meet one of Georgia’s most important pollinators: the southeastern blueberry bee (Habropoda laboriosa). This fuzzy, fast-flying native bee is a spring specialist—and it has a
Week of May 11th-15th
I don’t have any events this week. I am prepping for next week’s events and starting prep for June’s events. I am working up at Cherokee Veteran’s Park this week
Insect Population Plummeting
Extinction of 40% of the world’s insect population over the next few decades in inching closer. Habitat loss, pollution, and biologic factors continue to contribute to insect’s demise. Remediation technologies,
Koalas lost Habitat
Koalas officially named endangered in eastern Australia due to drought, bush fires, and development. Scientists estimate without intervention koala are at risk of extinction by 2050. Climate-driven weather events, development,