Live Breaking News & Updates on Campus Pollinator Committee

Botanical garden brings the buzz to the Athens community
2 hours ago
A commitment to promoting pollinator plants leads to Bee Campus designation
The buzz around UGA this spring is coming from East Campus Road and Sanford Drive.
That’s where bees, butterflies and other insects are gathering around new pollinator plant beds installed to raise awareness of importance of native plants, as well as draw attention to the university’s recent Bee Campus USA designation.
“Of course we want a beautiful landscape with lots of flowers. We can have that and also support wildlife in a big way,” says Lauren Muller, conservation outreach coordinator for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. “We want to teach people that even a small garden can make a difference, because we’re connecting patches of habitat throughout urban and suburban areas through which insects and birds can move and find shelter and food.” ....

United States , Tyra Byers , Lauren Muller , Steve Mitchell , Shannah Montgomery , Shannah Montgomery At The Mimsie Lanier Center , Georgia Department Of Natural Resources , Xerces Society For Invertebrate Conservation , Campus Pollinator Committee , State Center , Georgia Green Industry Association , Mimsie Center , Facilities Management Division , Public Service , East Campus Road , Bee Campus United States , State Botanical Garden , Mimsie Lanier Center , Native Plant Studies , Management Division , Georgia Pollinator Plants , Carlton Street , Sanford Drive , Bee Campus , Xerces Society , Pollinator Committee ,