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Bee City USA - Asheville

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Bee City USA - Asheville
The nation's inaugural Bee City


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Pollinator
Education

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Find pollinator activities and resources Here!

For more information, Contact Tallis Monteiro at [email protected].

Pollinator Garden Certification

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This program allows anyone in WNC to certify their garden as pollinator habitat
​with the option to receive a certificate and habitat sign.

Native Pollinator Plants and Local Nurseries

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Click here to view Bee City USA Asheville's Native Pollinator Plant Lists, including local suppliers.
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Asheville GreenWorks Bee City USA - Asheville Leadership Committee

The Asheville GreenWorks Bee City USA - Asheville Leadership Committee meets monthly to facilitate broad-based community involvement in our quest to fulfill the commitments listed in the Bee City USA resolution adopted on June 26, 2012. This structure provides a forum for the community to get involved in establishing or restoring habitat that provides food, nesting sites, and overwintering sites for pollinators. The public is invited to attend meetings. The committee welcomes members committed to pollinator conservation: especially representatives of city/county departments as well as members of garden clubs and service groups; and experts in volunteer engagement, native plants, invasive exotic plant removal, pollinators (wild bees, honey bees, butterflies, monarch butterflies, etc.), and integrated pest management. 

If you would like to serve on the Committee, please contact Joele Emma at [email protected].
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Committee Responsibilities

At minimum, the Committee oversees the following responsibilities:
Celebration: Celebrate National Pollinator Week (third full week of June) or some other appropriate occasion with educational events, pollinator habitat plantings or restoration, proclamations or promotions each year that showcase the local government’s and community's commitment to enhancing pollinator health and habitat.
Publicity & Information: Install and maintain at least one authorized Bee City USA street sign in a prominent location, and create and maintain a webpage on the local government’s or designated non-profit's website which includes, at minimum, a copy of the adopted Bee City USA  resolution, links to the national Bee City USA website, contact information for the local government’s Liaison and Bee City USA Committee, reports of the pollinator-friendly activities the community has accomplished the previous year(s), and recommended native plant species list (explained below) and integrated pest management plan (explained below) .
Habitat: Develop and implement a program to create and/or expand pollinator-friendly habitat on public and private lands, which includes, but is not limited to:
  1. Identification and inventory of the local government’s real property that can be enhanced with pollinator-friendly plantings.
  2. Creation of a recommended locally native species list to include wildflowers, grasses, vines, shrubs, and trees and a list of local suppliers for those species.
  3. Track (by square footage and/or acreage) annual area of pollinator habitat created or enhanced.
City Policy and Review: Seek to establish, through the local government, a policy in the local government’s Comprehensive Plan to acknowledge and commit to the Bee City USA designation and create and adopt an integrated pest management plan designed to prevent pest problems, reduce pesticide use, and expand the use of non-chemical pest management methods.. Review the local government’s Comprehensive Plan and other relevant documents to consider improvements to pest management policies and practices as they relate to pollinator conservation, identify appropriate locations for pollinator-friendly plantings, and consider other appropriate measures.
Annual Renewal: Apply for renewal of Bee City USA certification each February providing a report of the previous year’s Bee City USA activities, following the format provided by Bee City USA. 



Check out the 2019 annual report  Here

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​Asheville GreenWorks is a 501(c)3 non-profit environmental organization, governed by a Board of Directors. Established in 1973, GreenWorks mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize individuals and communities to take care of the places we love to live.
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      • How to Apply
  • Programs
    • Bee City USA Asheville >
      • Native Pollinator Plants and Nurseries
      • Pollinator Garden Certification
      • Pollinator Gardens & Meadows Project
    • Education
    • Urban Forestry >
      • Cool Green Asheville
      • Food Tree Project
      • RRI
      • Tree Nursery
      • Treasured Trees >
        • Treasured Trees Calendar
    • Rivers & Roads >
      • Adopt-a-Street
      • Clean Streams Day
      • Cleanup Supply Stations
      • Trash Trout
    • Waste Reduction >
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      • Composting Information
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