Help Create Richmond's Nectar Trail for Pollinators
Official title: Richmond's Nectar Trail
Richmond wants residents and businesses to plant small pollinator gardens on their properties. These one-square-metre gardens would connect larger green spaces across the city, giving bees, butterflies, and other pollinators places to rest and feed. You can register your garden on an interactive map.
Why This Matters
Love your backyard tomatoes? One in three bites of food depends on pollinators. Richmond's bee and butterfly populations need connected habitats to survive. Even a small garden patch on your balcony or yard can help.
What Could Change
Richmond could develop a network of registered pollinator gardens across the city. The city may expand guidelines for drought-tolerant, pesticide-free planting. This could influence future landscaping requirements for new developments.
Key Issues
- How can residents and businesses create pollinator-friendly gardens?
- What plants work best for local pollinators year-round?
- How can we connect isolated green spaces across the city?
How to Participate
- Plant nectar-rich flowers in at least one square metre of your outdoor space using drought-tolerant plants like nootka rose, sweet alyssum, and golden rod.
- Register your garden on the Nectar Trail map to inspire others and help track pollinator habitat across Richmond.
- Share your autumn gardening tips with the community through the discussion page.