Our Pollinator Pathway Map is live!

Our Pollinator Pathway Map is live!   Please find the link for it  here at the top of our Garden page. 

But what is a Pollinator Pathway Map?  

A map that will show all the native pollinator plantings in Beverly and how they form a pathway for nutrition and habitat for pollinating insects and birds. Even a small flower box can be part of the path!  

So if you have planted Native Pollinator plants you can fill in our form (homeowner OR business/organization) and your location will be shown on the map.  

Here is a snapshot of our map today with around 30 entries.  

The reddish brown flowers are for Level 1 gardens, while the purple flowers are Level 2 gardens.  (Level 2 gardens have more pollinator plants than Level 1)  Businesses/organizations and public spaces have different symbols as well.  

Yellow indicates a demonstration garden - a garden that you can view from the street. You can click on each yellow location and see the address. So go for a walk and check them out! 

The lines that are connecting gardens will be showing what bees can fly from garden to garden. For instance the blue lines shown above are  gardens that are between 1500’ and 1800’ apart which large bumblebees can fly between; but not small sweat bees, which only have an average distance of approximately 300’.  

For a pollinator pathway map that is further along please take a look at the map by the Mystic Charles Pollinator Pathways group (MCPPG).  (This Is the Belmont, MA area.) We would love to see our Beverly map similarly full in a few years!