Please vote! Help us choose San Antonio’s Unofficial Pollinator Plant of the Year
It’s an election year so we thought it appropriate to ask the community to help us decide which native plant should serve as San Antonio’s Unofficial Pollinator Plant for... Read More
Pollen Trackers taps citizen scientists to monitor cedar pollen for allergy relief
Texans suffer mightily each winter as “cedar fever” hits the region. The mass appearance of billions of pollen granules from the Ashe Juniper tree, Juniperus ashei, known locally as... Read More
We did it! San Antonio pollinator habitat initiative hits 510 gardens for 2020
Way to go, pollinator habitat fans! You rallied to help us surpass our goal of 500 habitats pledged by 2020. As of this writing, the San Antonio-based initiative brags... Read More
Almost there! San Antonio closing in on goal of 500 pollinator habitats by 2020
After San Antonio exceeded 300for300, its Tricentennial goal of creating three pollinator habitats for its 300th birthday in 2018, the Alamo City moved the pollinator gardening goalpost: 500 gardens... Read More
Here’s what to do with late season butterflies: Let them be
The question of what to do with late season butterflies can be problematic. Should we bring them inside or let Nature take her course? The question arises frequently in... Read More
Thousands gather at Pearl to close out 2019 Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival
Thousands gathered at Pearl in San Antonio to close out the fourth annual Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival on Sunday. The Festival, celebrating pollinators, plants, and the ecosystems that sustain... Read More