For many of us, monarch
butterflies are stitched into our life-long memories. Floating just
out of reach through our back yards, summer fields, and forests,
they whispered a story of remarkable migrations, family picnics,
school plays, and field trips–a time where landscapes were healthy
and lands were working. They were stories of hope.
Today,
monarchs are sounding an alarm. A gift today is a response to that
message.
Why Monarchs
Matter—Beyond the Garden
Their sharp decline
isn’t just about one butterfly. Monarchs are sentinels for all
pollinators. What happens to
monarchs is happening to native bees, moths, birds, and countless
other species who are architects of our food supplies and quietly
hold ecosystems together.
Monarchs pollinate
native wildflowers, maintaining plant diversity that fuels healthy
ecosystems: especially nectar-producing plants such as milkweeds,
goldenrods, and coneflowers – flowers that other pollinating native
bees, insects, birds and bats need to survive.
Losing them is
impacting our planet. These insects are pollinators of resilient
landscapes that support clean air, water, and climate stability—and
they are in severe decline.
Monarchs matter because
systems are unraveling.
The Opportunity in
Front of Us
Across the country,
people are ready to help. Interest in native gardening and
pollinator-friendly landscapes has never been higher—but many
communities lack the resources to turn intention into habitat.
That’s where you come in. We partner with urban
and rural communities to establish native gardens througout the U.S.
We just need to secure the funding.
We've previously funded
projects in NJ, FL, NM, WA - 26 US states total, and hope to fund up
to 20 planting sites in urban and rural communities. Will your
location be next?
A
donation
today to the Pollinator
Protectors Fund
will help communities install and restore native plant habitat where
it’s needed most.
Just
$20 starts a site off with the purchase of 4 native plants. $500 can
fund an entire garden, including necessities like native plants and
seeds, compost, & soil amendments, and $1,000 funds all of this
plus signage and community education tied directly to plantings at
each pollinator garden.
Why Give Now?
Because what we
plant—and don’t plant—this spring will shape pollinator survival for
years to come. So your support is very important and timely.
Please
help monarchs—and all pollinators—find their way
home.
Thank you for your
support for these amazing pollinators.
And remember, together
we are stronger!
