Pollinator Habitat Workshop

Interested in attracting pollinators to your garden? We'll share ways that you can help provide a home for them in your backyard!

By Aquidneck Island Land Trust

Date and time

Sunday, April 27 · 9 - 11am EDT

Location

Spruce Acres Farm

1286 East Main Road Middletown, RI 02842

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

Interested in attracting pollinating insects to your garden? Don’t miss the Land Trust's Pollinator Habitat Workshop at Spruce Acres Farm on Sunday, April 27, from 9 - 11 a.m. (rescheduled from Saturday due to inclement weather). We'll share ways that you can help provide a home for pollinating and other beneficial insects in your own backyard and discuss different features of pollinator habitat and pollinator-friendly ways to prep your garden for the spring. Afterward, participants will learn more about hoverflies, an important type of pollinator, from Rhode Island Natural History Survey entomologist George Christie and get the chance to build and bring home their very own “hoverfly lagoon”!

NOTE: Participants are encouraged to bring a leftover 1/2 gallon milk jug or similar-sized, water-holding plastic container to the workshop to build their hoverfly lagoon.

Organized by

Aquidneck Island Land Trust

Aquidneck Land Trust's mission is to preserve and steward Aquidneck Island’s open spaces for the lasting benefit of the community, while connecting people with the land that defines the Island’s natural character. Since its founding in 1990, ALT has conserved 2,841 acres of open space over 101 properties (11.5% of Aquidneck Island).