Bring Back the Pollinators

March 25, 2025

6:30 p.m. • 40 Dyer Ave., Canton

Pollinators and other insects are essential to our environment. They’re necessary for the reproduction of over 85% of the world’s flowering plants including more than two-thirds of the world’s crop species. They are keystone species in most land ecosystems; and the fruits and seeds derived from insect pollination are a major part of the diet of birds and mammals. Unfortunately, pollinators are at risk from habitat loss, pesticide use, and introduced diseases.

This workshop will focus on the basic ecology of important native pollinators and what we can do to help save them. We’ll talk about what they need to survive and the four simple things we can all do in our own back yards: plant native plants, provide shelter, avoid pesticide use, and spread the word.

A workshop offered by the Canton Public Library with the support of the Canton Land Conservation Trust.

Lisa Newell is an Ambassador for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a volunteer education and outreach role. Lisa has a master’s degree in Public Health, but has spent the last 20+ years as a professional gardener, lecturer and grower of native plants. In 2022 Lisa started Rewild, a native plant nursery in Canton.