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Pollinator Pockets

Pollinator Pockets offer an easy way to attract beautiful butterflies, moths and birds to your home, school or business – and provide important food and shelter to support our native and migratory populations. These mini-meadows don’t require much space, but they can make a big difference in our ecosystem. Planting a Pollinator Pocket near your fruiting trees and vegetable garden can even help increase your yield!

A monarch butterfly perched on pink flowers with a green blurred background.
Children and adults planting trees in a field during daytime under cloudy sky, with green trees in the background.

The Sourland Conservancy hosts pollinator pocket plantings with Hopewell Elementary School students each year to foster biodiversity understanding and deepen conservation methodologies.

Children and adults planting flowers in a community garden, with green trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

Students from preschool to fifth grade meet with practicing conservationists in the field and learn about invasive species, wildlife corridors and the importance of protecting and fostering pollinator habitats.

Two young girls planting seedlings in the soil outdoors, surrounded by dried grass and trees.

“When kids have their hands in the dirt, and they are actively planting flowers that connect them to pollinators, they develop a deeper relationship to the environment in which they live. This helps to foster planetary stewardship among our most important change makers: our children.”

— Helen Corveleyn, STEM Facilitator

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