In person, outdoors.

Location: Tufts University, 574 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA. See the map link here (across from Titan Gas).

The BSLA Emerging Professionals are pleased to host a Pollinator Safari led by the Tufts Pollinator Initiative.

Did you know that cities are teeming with biodiversity? Insect pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles thrive in the city and help to sustain our local food system and ecosystem. Come explore the native flower gardens at Tufts University to learn how ecologically minded garden design can benefit both people and pollinators in the city. Guided by Tufts Pollinator Initiative experts, we’ll spy fall-active insects like bumble bees and monarch butterflies and learn about which plants are most important for our charismatic pollinator neighbors.

Register here.

About: Tufts Pollinator Initiative is an urban pollinator conservation group working at the nexus of habitat creation, community education, and ecological research. Founded in 2019, TPI is run by enthusiastic graduate students who teach thousands of people per year about how to notice, appreciate, and conserve urban insects. Visit https://sites.tufts.edu/pollinators/ to learn more.

Image: TPI member Ben Shamgochian points out a native longhorn bee on a pollinator safari. Photo courtesy TPI.