Creating a Pollinator Garden — Biodiversity Conservation Solutions

Planting native plants creates space that supports pollinating insects while also boosting well-being

In collaboration with Ecology Ottawa, Kristen Vlahiotis and the BCS team led the installation of two pollinator-friendly native plant gardens in Alumni Park on Carleton University campus. Some of the flowering species planted include Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum), and Beebalm (Monarda sp.).

This pollinator garden will support insect communities on Carleton campus and has beautified the landscape, offering students, visitors, and staff an opportunity to connect with nature as they walk through Alumni Park.

Insects are facing decline globally due to habitat loss and pesticide use. Creating habitat for insects, and the native plants upon which they rely, can support pollinating species and create beautiful green spaces.

Planting native plants creates space that supports pollinating insects while also boosting well-being

Insects are facing decline globally due to habitat loss and pesticide use. Creating habitat for insects, and the native plants upon which they rely, can support pollinating species and create beautiful green spaces.

Reversing biodiversity loss is urgent yet complex.

Real solutions require thinking outside the box. That’s why we take an interdisciplinary approach to design and test solutions that contribute to a shift towards a sustainable and equitable future.

We are located at Carleton University on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. As grateful guests on this beautiful land, we are committed to respecting and embracing multiple worldviews as we tackle biodiversity loss together.

We focus on a broad range of conservation projects, from protecting natural soundscapes to making cities more bird friendly to exploring the link between human health and biodiversity.

Our goal is to make the world a better place - for humans and nature.

“Through our curiosity and imagination we can try to step into perspectives outside our own. This profound gift comes with heavy responsibility… it falls on us to marshall all our ingenuity to protect other creatures and their unique ways of experiencing our shared world.”

- Ed Young

Code of Conduct

Biodiversity Conservation Solutions

Planting native plants creates space that supports pollinating insects while also boosting well-being

Insects are facing decline globally due to habitat loss and pesticide use. Creating habitat for insects, and the native plants upon which they rely, can support pollinating species and create beautiful green spaces.

Bird-safe Window Art

Reversing biodiversity loss is urgent yet complex.

Real solutions require thinking outside the box. That’s why we take an interdisciplinary approach to design and test solutions that contribute to a shift towards a sustainable and equitable future.

We are located at Carleton University on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. As grateful guests on this beautiful land, we are committed to respecting and embracing multiple worldviews as we tackle biodiversity loss together.

We focus on a broad range of conservation projects, from protecting natural soundscapes to making cities more bird friendly to exploring the link between human health and biodiversity.

Our goal is to make the world a better place - for humans and nature.

“Through our curiosity and imagination we can try to step into perspectives outside our own. This profound gift comes with heavy responsibility… it falls on us to marshall all our ingenuity to protect other creatures and their unique ways of experiencing our shared world.”

- Ed Young

Code of Conduct

Biodiversity Conservation Solutions