Pollination Guelph is pleased to host an "Urban Bees - Parallels from France to Guelph" presentation on May 17, 2012 at 7pm in the Community Room at 10 Carden St. Visit our Upcoming Events page for more information.

Are you ready for a challenge? Pollination Guelph has just issued a challenge to all landowners, big and small, to make their property more nature-friendly by planting native Ontario pollinator-friendly plants. Check out our press release at this link or read about the challenge on our Upcoming Events page.

What is Pollination Guelph?

Pollination Guelph is a group of individuals dedicated to the conservation and development of pollinator habitat for current and future generations. We promote awareness and understanding of the role of pollinators in achieving local and global environmental sustainability goals and showcase world class pollinator projects that are a model for citizens and communities throughout Canada and internationally. We are a charitable, federally incorporated non-profit organization.

Our most well-known project is a proposed 45ha (112 acre) Pollination Park at the decommissioned Eastview Landfill Site. The Pollination Park will be one of the first and largest pollinator initiatives to occur in Ontario, Canada, and internationally. It will also be an opportunity to highlight the City of Guelph's commitment to being a leader in environmental issues. It is still in the planning stages, but we hope to start work on it soon.

We have been doing a lot of work (and continue to do so!) in other areas where we can get our many volunteers out and busy planting. These areas are examples of what small-scale pollinator-friendly gardening or pollinator-friendly farming can look like (e.g. like your front yard or a hedgerow on your farm). Plantings have been carried out at Riverside Park in Guelph (near the windmill and fire station), and at the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming (at the Guelph Arboretum), and others will be at several other locations throughout the City. In particular, in 2012 we are looking at doing plantings along the new Speed River Trail (part of the Trans Canada Trail, south of Speedvale Ave.), and at Hospice Wellington on Scottsale Ave in Guelph, in additional to other still to be confirmed locations.

How is Pollination Guelph Organized?

Pollination Guelph is currently run by a volunteer board of directors representing educational, research, governmental, environmental and business interests. We are not a member-based organization, but do rely heavily on private donors and on volunteers, particularly for on-site work at the park and other hands-on activities. There are no paid staff members; everything is done by volunteers!

Want to Know More?

Check out the links in the box on the right to see information on our upcoming events & meetings, the articles and media coverage we've been featured in, our vision, mission, goals and objectives, our board members and their biographies, our newsletters and reports, a list of resources available on the web, and more. The best way to keep informed about our work, and to learn about upcoming volunteer opportunities, is to join our e-mailing list. To contact us, or to join the mailing list, please send an e-mail to pollinationguelph@gmail.com.