There is no easy, one-stop solution to improving pollinator habitat and that means everyone can get involved and make a positive change!
One of the best ways to get started is to simply observe the world around you. Go for a walk in different types of places and notice how they are unique, using all of your senses! Natural spaces have different sights, sounds, and smells, and these spaces are now known to be important for our well-being. A recent article in NewScientist stated that “Access to nature has also been found to improve sleep and reduce stress, increase happiness and reduce negative emotions, promote positive social interactions and even help generate a sense of meaning to life“.
Each region of the world has a unique community of native plants, animals, and other living things. The ecosystems they create are like a puzzle – only if they are put together in the correct way, can we experience them fully. When pieces are lost or missing, the puzzle is no longer complete. By including more native plants, Pollinate Collingwood is finding the missing pieces for our region.
Everyone can have a positive impact on our shared environment!
In fact, we NEED everyone to be involved and to consider how their personal actions are impacting our shared ecosystem.
Want to know how you can take steps to improve the ecosystem?
Here are just a few ways you can join the movement:
Incorporate native plants into your current garden (head over to our PLAN page to check out our listing of local nurseries that offer native species and other resources that will help you) OR reach out to Thickett EcoScaping for a native plants garden design services!
Organize a talk for your local community group to inform others about the importance of support our native pollinators (feel free to invite our experts in native plants, habitat stewardship, or pollinators – contact us for inquiries)
Learn about invasive and non-native species! These species can interrupt native food webs and throw ecosystems out of balance, altering the water cycle and impacting the climate!
Notice the types of plants on your property (download the iNaturalist app to your phone to help with species identification and join the Pollinate Collingwood project page that is tracking native species)
Have another idea? We want to hear about it and help you make it become a reality.
Connect with us on social media to find out about our most recent news and projects (the links are on the right side of the page…)
For more than 15,000 years the First Nations walked upon, and cared for, the lands we now call home: Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Ojibwe, and many others who cared for their families and communities, the way we now seek to care for ours.
The Town of Collingwood acknowledges the Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Treaty of 1818 and respects all of the Nation-to-Nation agreements that have formed relationships with the original inhabitants of Turtle Island; the reality of our shared history; the current contributions of Indigenous people within our community and seeks to continue empowering expressions of pride amongst all of the diverse stakeholders in this area.
We seek to do better, to continue to recognize, learn, and grow, in friendship and community, Nation-to-Nation.
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There is no easy, one-stop solution to improving pollinator habitat and that means everyone can get involved and make a positive change!
One of the best ways to get started is to simply observe the world around you. Go for a walk in different types of places and notice how they are unique, using all of your senses! Natural spaces have different sights, sounds, and smells, and these spaces are now known to be important for our well-being. A recent article in NewScientist stated that “Access to nature has also been found to improve sleep and reduce stress, increase happiness and reduce negative emotions, promote positive social interactions and even help generate a sense of meaning to life“.
Each region of the world has a unique community of native plants, animals, and other living things. The ecosystems they create are like a puzzle – only if they are put together in the correct way, can we experience them fully. When pieces are lost or missing, the puzzle is no longer complete. By including more native plants, Pollinate Collingwood is finding the missing pieces for our region.
Everyone can have a positive impact on our shared environment!
In fact, we NEED everyone to be involved and to consider how their personal actions are impacting our shared ecosystem.
Want to know how you can take steps to improve the ecosystem?
Here are just a few ways you can join the movement:
Connect with us on social media to find out about our most recent news and projects (the links are on the right side of the page…)
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This site is dedicated to sharing resources and promoting habitat stewardship in support of our native pollinators and plants.
(Photography by eARTh Revival)
For more than 15,000 years the First Nations walked upon, and cared for, the lands we now call home: Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Ojibwe, and many others who cared for their families and communities, the way we now seek to care for ours.
The Town of Collingwood acknowledges the Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Treaty of 1818 and respects all of the Nation-to-Nation agreements that have formed relationships with the original inhabitants of Turtle Island; the reality of our shared history; the current contributions of Indigenous people within our community and seeks to continue empowering expressions of pride amongst all of the diverse stakeholders in this area.
We seek to do better, to continue to recognize, learn, and grow, in friendship and community, Nation-to-Nation.