https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes daily 0.75 2025-09-08 https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes/wild-schoolyards-minneapolis-creates-habitat-gardening-connections monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/0517c881-5e39-453c-8099-533c645c8238/Emily-Lazar-Kim-Richards-Co-Founders-Wild-Schoolyards.jpg Pollinator Notes - Wild Schoolyards Minneapolis Creates Habitat Gardening Connections - Make it stand out Emily Lazar (left) and Kim Richards (right), co-founders of Wild Schoolyards Minneapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/775a12c8-8095-4795-af20-d88511eac5ba/Emily-Lazar-Co-Founder-Wild-Schoolyards-Lower.jpg Pollinator Notes - Wild Schoolyards Minneapolis Creates Habitat Gardening Connections - Make it stand out Emily Lazar in front of the pollinator garden at Lake Harriet Lower Elementary School, now a beloved gathering space for students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/d8ba70cc-c6f3-4bbf-b908-75dde918182d/Native-Pollinator-Garden-In-Bloom-Upper.jpg Pollinator Notes - Wild Schoolyards Minneapolis Creates Habitat Gardening Connections - Make it stand out A native pollinator garden in bloom at Lake Harriet Upper Elementary School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/9b2e0e30-d662-4c29-9439-6e46b7b0f5b9/Kim-Richards-Co-Founder-Wild-Schoolyards-Lower.jpg Pollinator Notes - Wild Schoolyards Minneapolis Creates Habitat Gardening Connections - Make it stand out Kim Richards in front of a pollinator garden at Lake Harriet Lower Elementary School she helped plant as part of a volunteer garden group in the spring of 2021. https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes/pollinator-week-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/1750081309293-S5OKFINOZ7OVEN1XZDKT/blog-hermantown-high-school-pollinator-garden-planting.jpg Pollinator Notes - Celebrating Pollinators and School Pollinator Gardens - Make it stand out Students and teachers at Hermantown High School planted a pollinator garden with help from Shoreview Natives in September 2024. https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes/pollinator-week-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/422f1742-70fb-4ea8-8504-f273c5fce371/pollinator-week-2024.jpg Pollinator Notes - 7 Ways to Celebrate Minnesota’s Pollinators - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes/habitat-restoration-to-outreach-great-river-greening-engages-minnesotans-to-protect-pollinators monthly 0.5 2024-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/bbb32949-93ba-46f7-93cd-6181358aaa0d/Baptisia-Lactea-w-Bombus-Lebanon-Hills-RCT.jpg Pollinator Notes - Great River Greening Engages Minnesotans to Protect Pollinators - Make it stand out Photo by Becca Tucker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/5bc32bd6-2dc1-44b8-acae-78ed1bfba6f3/Bee-on-Purple-Prairie-Clover-RCT.jpg Pollinator Notes - Great River Greening Engages Minnesotans to Protect Pollinators - Make it stand out Photo by Becca Tucker. https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes/winter-pollinator-fun-at-school-seed-sowing-activity monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/307ccfb8-edf7-4c94-b6b0-571644aee092/winter-pollinator-fun-at-school-sowing-activity.jpg Pollinator Notes - Winter Pollinator Fun at School: Seed Sowing Activity - Make it stand out Wild Ones Twin Cities Seed Sowing Workshop at Wood Lake Nature Center, January 2024 https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes/introducing-our-pollinator-gardening-guide-for-schools monthly 0.5 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/b212692a-02ea-4df3-add9-f1253b00514f/MVSPF-Basic-Guide-to-Getting-Started.jpg Pollinator Notes - Introducing Our Pollinator Gardening Guide for Schools - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinator-notes/keep-an-eye-out-for-the-rusty-patched-bumble-bee monthly 0.5 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/3f174d1e-b7d4-4fc1-862e-5cb3790540ee/rusty-patched-bumble-bee.jpg Pollinator Notes - Keep an Eye Out for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee - Make it stand out Rusty Patched Bumble Bee on Wild Bergamot, by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - 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Make it stand out Melinda Vaughn. Photo © Kelly Kightlinger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/a492b1b7-8ea8-40b9-9d8d-98de1f5a8d4e/three-butterflies.jpg Our Story - Make it stand out Photo by Melinda Vaughn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/29b4eb07-b829-467a-8735-e924ea710dd3/dawn-parendo-bumble-bee-arnica.jpg Our Story - Help the Program Thrive Your donation can help the program become an essential component of pollinator education in Minnesota schools. Photo © Dawn Parendo https://www.schoolpollinators.org/contact daily 0.75 2023-12-13 https://www.schoolpollinators.org/pollinators-we-love daily 0.75 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/d474d7c0-ea3a-4cc0-9f4b-11eade5893bd/Heather-Holm-rusty-patched-bee.jpg Pollinators We Love - Bees More than 20,000 species of bees exist worldwide. That includes 4,000 species of bees in North America and 460 bee species native to Minnesota – like the rusty patched bumble bee pictured at left. Photo: © Heather Holm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/ddcfadb5-229e-4617-a98d-0bb4455c7c3d/monarch-on-echinacea.jpg Pollinators We Love - Butterflies More than 17,000 species of butterflies exist worldwide, including about 750 in the United States. The most well-known may be monarch butterflies. Their vivid markings set them apart for their beauty, but monarchs also contribute to the health of our planet by pollinating many types of wildflowers and providing an important food source for birds and small animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/44264e2a-3599-4dd0-8f98-d68cd317c6ff/Healther-Holm-wasp.jpg Pollinators We Love - Wasps Approximately 103,000 species of wasps exist in the world. More than 300 species have been identified in Minnesota, including the smoky winged beetle bandit wasp at left. Although they aren’t known to be as efficient as bees at pollination, they provide the added service of attacking agricultural pests. Photo: © Heather Holm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/03c79de0-2cc7-49d8-ae00-5a61051bee9a/bill-johnson-snowberry-clearwing-moth-calibrachoa-flowers.jpg Pollinators We Love - Moths There are at least 150,000 moth species worldwide, including more than 12,000 species in North America. Minnesota alone is home to more than 800 species. That includes the snowberry clearwing at left, a type of hummingbird moth. © Bill Johnson Nature Stock Photography, Inc. https://www.schoolpollinators.org/donate daily 0.75 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/8c949f0e-4f1d-439a-859c-61e494850d0e/icons-simple-butteryflly-gradient.png Donate - Make it stand out Your donation supports students and pollinators https://www.schoolpollinators.org/teacher-resources daily 0.75 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/4d04b4cc-6b6f-4224-a10d-95074cfb77fe/monarch-chrysalis.jpg Teacher Resources - Elementary School Lesson Plans & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/d21b63a2-c061-4264-9b1d-0c47c0b0c77d/dawn-parendo-monarch-on-trailing-pea.jpg Teacher Resources - Middle School Lesson Plans & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/2e11325b-fb45-4e9c-9d4c-e49f54679c6c/dawn-parendo-bumble-bee-asters.jpg Teacher Resources - High School Lesson Plans & Projects Photo © Dawn Parendo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/08461421-688f-4f8c-8027-2a427c37dc82/school-pollinator-garden.jpg Teacher Resources - School Garden Project How to Get Started https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/427bd3f7-3e0e-4559-a1f6-7f430ccdc629/group+planting+flowers.jpg Teacher Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.schoolpollinators.org/community-resources daily 0.75 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613208dd44d2744088eb7d66/1633113272571-3AX4FQ7A4OSMSPAY4O0F/pollinator-plant-salvia.jpg Community Resources - Gardens of All Sizes One of the best ways to help pollinators is by planting habitat and protecting it from pesticides. You can provide food and shelter for bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and more. 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