Our community garden is celebrating Pollinator Week!
We love pollinators at the Mamie D. Lee Community Garden. Why? Pollinators are responsible for the great garden hauls of cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, peppers, and eggplant. In fact, one of every three bites of food is from the work of pollinators.
To encourage pollinators, we've dedicated a few garden plots to pollinator gardens. We've installed plants that pollinators love. We've ensured that flowers are blooming from early spring to late fall. You can see two of our pollinator gardens through the fence: a pocket herb garden in the Southeast corner and a pocket flower garden in the Southwest Corner, close to the main gate. There are other pollinator gardens on the North side of the garden.
Pollinator Week was established in 2006 by the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) to celebrate pollinators and raise awareness of their importance to farmers, gardeners, and the food we eat. It received an official Congressional designation in 2007 through the work of a bipartisan Congressional Pollinator Caucus. You can find more information on the National 2026 Pollinator Week celebration at Pollinator.org and Xerces.org.
Follow this blog for fun pollinator week activities. To learn more about our pollinator gardens, please email pollinatorgarden@mdlga.org. To learn more about our community garden, please email info@mdlga.org.
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