Tag: Pollinators

Great Southeast Pollinator Census at Simple Gifts Community Garden – Sat., Aug. 23

August 22, 2025

Stop by the Simple Gifts Community Garden in Apex at 3109 Tingen Rd., Apex. NC tomorrow morning, Sat., Aug, 23, anytime between 8 AM and 12 Noon to count pollinators at the garden’s beautiful pollinator gardens. This is citizen science at it’s best! The garden is full of blooms with everything from sunflowers and tithonia … More Great Southeast Pollinator Census at Simple Gifts Community Garden – Sat., Aug. 23

Plants Galore!

June 1, 2025

SWC and Simple Gifts Community Garden joined forces again to hold the SWC Native Plant Sale together with the Open House at the garden Saturday morning. The community came out in force, with an estimated 150-200 people attending this joint event. The seventeen species of plants were very popular, with the majority sold within the … More Plants Galore!

Team Effort Talking About Native Plants and Pollinators at the State Fair

October 26, 2024

SWC joined fellow NCWF Triangle-area chapters at the NC State Fair on Monday (10/21) to partner with the NC Native Plant Society at their permanent booth at the top of the Flower Show area. Neuse River Hawks covered the first shift, Tri-County Wild and Durham Wildlife Stewards covered the second shift, and SWC covered the … More Team Effort Talking About Native Plants and Pollinators at the State Fair

Story of Kids Saving Pollinators & Changing the World!

June 17, 2024

If you missed the live presentation by Katie Thompson on June 4th, you can still catch the video recording on demand. Katie tells a powerful story of how a group of third graders at Pine Springs Preparatory Academy in Holly Springs have motivated 17 mayors (so far!) to sign the NWF Mayor’s Monarch Pledge, committing … More Story of Kids Saving Pollinators & Changing the World!

Groovin’ at the Garden!

May 18, 2024

It was wonderful (thankfully rain-free!) morning in Apex on May 18th, celebrating the grand opening of the sustainability-focused community garden, Simple Gifts Community Garden. SWC has partnered with the garden over the past year with a native plant sale, pollinator plantings, bluebird-house installations, and a purple martin house assembly installation. This garden uses environmentally-friendly methods … More Groovin’ at the Garden!

Monarchs & Pollinators: Giving the Next Generation Wings & Wisdom

May 14, 2024

Engaging youth in nature is important work. Engaging youth in conservation is imperative work. Join the South Wake Conservationists as teacher Katie Thompson shares the amazing work her students are doing both inside and outside the classroom to address the challenges facing pollinators. Her students are letter writing pros, community outreach heroes and pollinator protectors … More Monarchs & Pollinators: Giving the Next Generation Wings & Wisdom

Eco Kids Dig the Soil!

March 4, 2024

Back in December, the South Wake Conservationists hosted an Eco Kids event with students at Joyner Elementary in Raleigh. Together the group installed a Butterfly Highway Pitstop featuring little bluestem, slender woodoats, beautyberry, blazing star, wild bergamot, ironweed, bluestar, purple coneflower, milkweed and more!! The students plunged their hands into cow dung compost, unveiled critters … More Eco Kids Dig the Soil!

Our 4th Mayor’s Monarch Pledge in Wake County and Counting!

June 27, 2021

Did you know that June 21-27 is National Pollinator Week in the town of Morrisville?  Thanks to some local students, Morrisville’s Mayor TJ Cawley, made the recent proclamation after signing the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge.  Each year, 3rd grade students from Pine Springs Preparatory Academy (PSPA) in Holly Springs embark on a letter writing campaign targeting … More Our 4th Mayor’s Monarch Pledge in Wake County and Counting!