Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board Committee Agenda and Packet 2023 05 01

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BUTTERFLY PAVILION Opportunities with Butterfly Pavilion - Louisville Bee City Pollinator education a. Butterfly Pavilion offers presentations and hands-on workshops about how to create habitat for pollinators. These can be scheduled especially at a time and place that works for the Louisville community, or we can share programs that are already planned here at Butterfly Pavilion. b. Butterfly Pavilion's Pollinator Palooza in May and June will offer a variety of programs for all ages about how we can all "bee the change" for imperiled pollinators. c. Butterfly Pavilion can be a part of any local pollinator festivals or celebrations. Our educators bring hands-on activities and lots of educational materials. d. The Pollinator Protectors series of trainings educates adults on how to lead their neighborhoods and networks to greater appreciation and stewardship of pollinators in residential areas. e. Our education department has in -person, after school, and distance learning options for K-12 school programs. One of our recent offerings is a series of programs in which the students design and plant their own pollinator habitat at the school. 2. Pollinator habitat restoration a. Butterfly Pavilion is already planning to collaborate with Louisville's open space department on the planting, maintenance, and monitoring of pocket prairies. We'd like to get more Louisville residents involved with this effort. We also work with Friends of Coal Creek on various opportunities throughout the north metro area. b. Butterfly Pavilion offers Restoration Master Volunteer trainings, which are open to all Louisville residents, for those who are interested in ensuring biodiversity has a place in their urban and suburban natural areas (I provided information to John about these trainings.) c. Butterfly Pavilion's science team can advise land managers about best practices in pollinator habitat restoration. 3. Pollinator participatory science a. Butterfly Pavilion can lead "bioblitzes" in which members of the public assist in observing and identifying the pollinators in a particular location (or series of locations) for a defined period of time (usually 12- 48 hours). These can be repeated yearly to document changes over time. b. Via our Urban Prairies Project, we offer training in pollinator monitoring, for individuals interested in more in-depth understanding about what pollinators are in Louisville and what plants they are visiting.