The City of North Vancouver has created a new community pollinator garden at Grand Boulevard Park.
Yesterday, volunteers from the David Suzuki Butterflyway Project and Lynn Valley Garden Club joined City staff for a community planting day.
The David Suzuki Butterflyway Project is a citizen-led movement growing highways of habitat for bees and butterflies across Canada, one butterfly-friendly planting at a time.
The garden will be planted in a small section of the west side of the park between East 17th and 18th Streets. City crews started preparing the site on June 21, and volunteers with the Butterflyway Project started planting the garden in July 2022 and will maintain it in partnership with the City.
The new garden will provide food, shelter and nesting habitat for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Pollinator gardens provide nourishment and shelter to pollinators including native bees, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. In return, these creatures pollinate by moving pollen from one flower to another. Pollination is important for a strong, healthy ecosystem as over 80% of crops in the world rely on pollinators to produce food.
