Bee City USA - Asheville
The nation's inaugural Bee City
Pollinator
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Pollinator Garden Certification
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
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].
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].
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:
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
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:
- Identification and inventory of the local government’s real property that can be enhanced with pollinator-friendly plantings.
- 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.
- Track (by square footage and/or acreage) annual area of pollinator habitat created or enhanced.
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
