{"id":11750,"date":"2020-10-28T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/?p=11750"},"modified":"2020-10-28T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T16:27:04","slug":"going-lawnless-for-native-pollinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/going-lawnless-for-native-pollinators\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Lawnless for Native Pollinators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colette Kenny recently joined WPC\u2019s Bumble Bee Watch Community Science Program as a volunteer. She is writing today as a guest blogger about her efforts to support native pollinators on her half-acre homestead, located northeast of Kingston, Ontario. She writes about striving for a sustainable off-grid life at https:\/\/www.halfacrehomestead.ca\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autumn is a magical time on the homestead. Goldenrod is in bloom! If I step outside my front door, I can literally hear the buzzing of dozens, possibly hundreds of native pollinators, most of which are bumble bees. Who needs television or the internet when you can step right up and get this close to a bumble bee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bumble bee beauty enjoys the Goldenrod \u00a9 Colette Kenny<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I bought this small parcel of land a few years ago, one of the first things I did was to proclaim it a butterfly conservation area. This was based on the numerous milkweed plants on the land, which I hoped would feed young monarch butterflies. At that time, I determined that I would allow as much of the lot as possible to maintain its native plants and wild meadow characteristics. No, I would not have a \u201clawn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, this is my lawn. How many \u201cweeds\u201d and native plants can you identify? \u00a9 Colette Kenny<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Keeping the milkweed and the land \u201cnatural\u201d has allowed a rich variety of plants and insects to thrive. I often see monarch butterflies flitting around the wildflowers; recently I had the magical experience of having one land on me. In addition, I regularly see insects that I have never seen before and cannot even imagine what they are\u2026 such is the diversity of life here!  The bumble bees are a particular joy as they buzz and bumble around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A common eastern bumble bee visiting the Mullein flowers \u00a9 Colette Kenny<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like the mullein pictured above, my little friends pollinated many medicinal plants on the land. These days, I am busy drying and preparing tinctures of St. John\u2019s wort, mullein, prickly lettuce, dandelion root, red clover, and many more! I also saw countless bumble bees in my 20 by 30 foot vegetable garden, where I grow much of my own food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going \u201clawnless\u201d has been a great choice for me. I hope my native pollinator friends would agree! It is a choice in keeping with my mission to live as lightly on the earth as possible and give back as much as I can. While I recognize that not everyone in the city can go \u201clawnless,\u201d WPC has great resources<\/a> to support you in taking whatever stewardship step you are ready for. Interested in adding some plants to attract native pollinators? Perhaps you\u2019re in a position to allow a small area of your lawn to naturalize? Who knows who you\u2019ll meet when you take these steps\u2026 get your camera ready!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A bumble bee waves goodbye! \u00a9 Colette Kenny<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about WPC’s Native Pollinator Initiative, including which species we support and some of the work that we do, click ici<\/span><\/strong><\/a>! If you are an individual or community group looking to restore and build pollinator habitat, we provide <\/em>wildflower seed grants<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> of up to $2000. Stay tuned for spring 2021, when we release details about next year\u2019s grant program to help us improve pollinator habitat across the country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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