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A bee lands on a wild bergamot flower.

Pollinators Putting Food on the Table

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You may have heard Great Parks team members talking about National Pollinators Week. You may have also heard heard how important it is to help pollinators. But why are pollinators so important and how do they affect the food we eat?

A hummingbird moth pollinates a purple flower.

Coloring Page: National Pollinators Week | Moth

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We’re giving you some fun coloring activities! In honor of National Pollinators Week, we’ll be sharing a coloring page featuring a different pollinator every day. Today’s coloring page features one of our nighttime pollinators, the moth. Moths help flower just as much as their butterfly relatives do.

Replay: Prairie Life

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. We’re exploring the prairie at Kroger Hills with Nature Interpreter Sarah today! Tune in as Sarah searches for the bugs, birds and plants that call this nature preserve home.

Create Your Own Pollinator Garden

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Looking for a way to help our local pollinators beyond National Pollinators Week? Why not try planting a pollinator garden! Read on for some pollinator garden basics to help get you started.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Replay: Butterfly Fashion Show

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. Regional Education Manager Julie has found an interesting gaggle of butterflies at Woodland Mound and tells us more about what makes each butterfly species unique.

European paper wasp on goldenrod

Coloring Page: National Pollinators Week | Wasp

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We’re giving you some fun coloring activities! In honor of National Pollinators Week, we’ll be sharing a coloring page featuring a different pollinator every day. The wasp may not be the first pollinator that comes to mind, but with several species of wasps, they help in different ways.