2. Joanna Wolaver,
Executive Director
Shoal Creek Conservancy
Ted Eubanks, President &
Founder
Fermata Inc.
Board member, SCC
3. The Plight of Pollinators
Bees are in trouble. Honey bees
are not the only bees that are
struggling. The total number of
managed honey bee colonies
has decreased from 5 million in
the 1940s to only 2.5 million
today.
In many places, bumblebees
have declined by as much as
70%. Creating, protecting, and
restoring habitat is a very
important way to conserve the
populations of bees that
remain.
4. The Plight of Pollinators
Bees (wild and domestic)
perform about 80% of all
pollination worldwide. A
single bee colony can pollinate
300 million flowers each day!
A successful harvest depends
on insect pollinators, mainly
bees, for 1 of every 3 bites of
food eaten worldwide. That’s
most of the planet’s Top 100
food crops, or 70% of the
crops providing 90% of human
food.”
5. Wildflower Meadows
A beautifully simple
solution to the problem
is the creation of
wildflower meadows.
6. The Proposal
The Shoal Creek
Conservancy hopes to
work with our public land
agencies such as PARD
and Watershed Protection
in creating wildflower
meadows and insect
gardens in the Shoal Creek
Valley. Parks that we are
proposing for wildflower
gardens include Duncan,
Bailey, and Wooldridge
Square.
7. Benefits
Ecological
Storm water retention.
Storm water infiltration.
Restoration of regional
wildflower meadows.
Restoration of pollinator
populations.
Restoration of butterflies
such as the monarch.
8. Education
Adult – what you
can do in a home
garden.
Children –
educational
program about
pollinators titled
“What a Bee Sees.”
Aesthetic
Economic
Tourism
9. Recreation
Gardening
85 million U.S.
gardeners.
America's 85 million
DIY gardeners spend
an average of $347 a
year on plants and
gardening products.
Gardening “for the
greater good” is
growing in popularity.
10. Details
Bordered beds.
Wildflower appropriate
soils.
In the case of Duncan,
structured for infiltration.
Appropriate wildflower
species.
Installed by professionals,
maintained by volunteers.
11. Details
Interpretation
Three (3)
interpretive signs.
Wildflower
Pollinators
Plight and What
You Can Do
QR codes to .mobi
sites with additional
information.
Trails2go app.
