Keep Durham Beautiful

On Friday, we were joined by 41 volunteers from Fidelity who cleared around 21,344 square feet of invasive plants at Sherwood Park and removed 52 pounds of litter, diverting 26 pounds into recycling. 🌿♻️

Swipe through for some impressive before and after shots of their work! They removed tons of invasive privet, wisteria, mimosa, and some English ivy from all across the park.

These volunteers were led by out amazing invasive plant removal and litter leader volunteers. Join us for an upcoming litter cleanup or invasive plant removal workday by signing up at keepdurhambeautiful.org/events!

June is National Pollinator Month! 🐝🐦‍⬛🦋🦇🪲🪰 Pollinator species like bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths, wasps, and flies play an incredibly important role in our ecosystems by allowing plants to reproduce. 🌿🌻🌾

Pollinators populations are in decline for many reasons including pesticide use, loss of habitat through human development, and fluctuations in environments due to climate change which have affected their ability to feed and live in particularly areas.

You can join our efforts to protect native pollinator plants by learning more at our upcoming Durham Bee Day, planting native pollinator-friendly plants, reducing or eliminating pesticide use in your home or business, or even just by talking to your friends and family about pollinator health and why it's important!

Check out our website for more resources on how to support our native pollinators this June and all year round!