The monarch’s recent listing as endangered on the IUCN red list has led many to wonder what steps to take to help the monarch in their own yards. See our blog post for TPI’s advice to those looking to help monarchs and for a guide to noticing the different life stages of monarchs

When we say leave the leaves, we also mean save the stems. Abandon the brush. Let the logs be. Surrender the soil. Disregard the garden. The colder seasons call for a healthy amount of neglect in the outdoors to ensure invertebrates have shelter and food. xerces.org/leave-the-leav…

What are some misconceptions about honey #bees that you wish most people knew? I'll start: 1. Beekeeping is animal husbandry, NOT #conservation 2. The vast majority of bee species DON'T live in hives and DON'T make honey 3. Honey bees are NOT endangered What else?

Come visit us during Tufts Community Day this Sunday, October 2nd! We will have a table in front of our gardens at Tisch library and hosting two pollinator safaris at 574 Boston Ave 🔎🦋🐝🪲🐛 Sign up for a safari here! 🌻🌱docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

On a cold and windy fall day it’s delightful to see bumble bees sleepily nectaring and resting in our gardens! Great food & shelter

Fall in our second year garden (taken today)! Check out the before shots from 2017 and 2009 😱 amazing how much the space has changed 🌼🌱🌾

Warning: your pollinator garden may attract elephants! 🐘💙

We are hosting a workshop! Come make your own FREE seed mix with us next Saturday! 🌱

Ever wonder what your favorite native blooms look like as seeds? 🌼 Here are some popular seeds we will have available this Saturday for you to create your own native seed mix 🍂🌱 Visit anytime between 11am and 1pm!

Thanks to everyone who came to Seeds & Cider last weekend! 🌱 visit our website for more info on sowing native seeds ✨

Tufts Pollinator Initiative is growing! 🌱 We are looking for Tufts undergrad and grad students with diverse backgrounds to join our team! sites.tufts.edu/pollinators/ed…

Happy thanksgiving from TPI! We are grateful for the pollinators that put food on our plate and for our amazing online and local community 🍽🍠🍏🐝

Happy New Year from team TPI! Thank you to our amazing community of people and pollinators 🌱🐝 We can’t wait to see the plants, pollinators, and people 2023 brings! #pollinators #newyears #nativegardening #pollinatorhabitat #conservation

This week we had our first Pollinator Ambassadors session! We are so excited to work with this group of dedicated and passionate students for the next few weeks! 💛🌻

Happy International Women's Day from the women who keep TPI going! 👩‍🔬🌱

Thank you to those who joined us for the cellophane bee pollinator safari this Saturday! 🐝🌸 We saw four species of bees while enjoying the early spring weather. ☀️ Come join us for another safari this coming Saturday! Link in bio to sign up.

To help pollinators on this Earth day weekend: -Plant native wildflowers -Skip the pesticides -Go out and find at least one new pollinator you've never noticed before 🐝🦋🪲 Make this Earth day about caring for all our pollinator neighbors in the city!

Big news! TPI’s cofounder and beloved community member, Nick (marina schifano), has graduated from Tufts! Dr. Dorian will be moving to Chicago to continue his work through a post-doc with Paul CaraDonna. We will miss him so much but are so excited for his next journey. Good luck!!

Prof of Biology George Ellmore finds fixings for salad and stir fry along untrimmed hillsides on campus. Full video: vimeo.com/72275350