Around Carlton

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You may have seen us in the paper, at Fun Days, or on the neighborhood feed. Here is what we actually do — the people, the places, and the pollinators.

People at work

Volunteers & Projects

Planting days, garden builds, and the neighbors who show up with gloves on. This is the heart of it: a few hours, a few dozen plants, and habitat that lasts for years.

Volunteers of all ages planting native shrubs in a sunny Carlton field — Neighbors turning out for a spring planting day on the edge of town.

Volunteers working together on a meadow restoration — Meadow restoration crew — every plant goes in by hand.

Two volunteers kneeling beside a newly planted pollinator bed with plant labels — Labeling a new pollinator bed so visitors can learn the natives.

Students and volunteers tending a school pollinator garden — Students taking over care of their school garden beds.

Out in town

Carlton Fun Days

Every summer we set up on Main Street with native plants, seeds, and a table for kids. It is where most folks meet us for the first time — and where a lot of gardens start.

Native plant display at a small-town summer festival booth — Our booth on Main Street — natives, seeds, and a lot of questions answered.

Children potting seedlings at a festival table with a volunteer helping — Kids potting up seedlings to take home and plant.

Crowds along Main Street during the Carlton Fun Days summer festival — Fun Days brings the whole town out — and the whole town past our table.

Why we do it

Bees, Butterflies & Gardens

The results, up close. Native plants bring back the bees and butterflies that were here first — and they make a yard look alive in every season.

Monarch butterfly resting on a goldenrod bloom — Monarch on goldenrod — late-season fuel for the trip south.

Native bumblebee gathering pollen from a purple coneflower — A native bumblebee working a coneflower.

Backyard pollinator garden in full bloom along a gravel path — What a few seasons of native planting looks like in a backyard.

See a familiar face? Come join us.

Planting days are open to everyone, no experience needed. Bring gloves and a friend.

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