Dunwoody Joins the National Movement to Help Pollinators!

Dunwoody is one of nearly 200 cities across the country that have been designated as a Bee City,  a nationwide initiative to encourage healthy, sustainable habitats for bees and other pollinators. The City's designation as a Bee City was initiated by the Dunwoody Sustainability Committee and approved by the City Council in May 2019. Read the Dunwoody Resolution. Dunwoody has renewed its application every year since.

The Bee City USA initiative is a program of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, and its mission is to protect native pollinators.

Want to do your part? 
Take the Xerces Society Pollinator Protection Pledge

Ninety percent of wild plants and trees depend on pollinators for survival, and every third bite of food we eat is possible because of pollinators. However, pollinators are facing a variety of threats, and the honeybee population alone faced a 44% death rate last year.

Bee a "Pollen-aider" and a Good Bee Citizen

Support and Conserve pollinators where you live:

1. Create habitat. Plant flowers, shrubs, and trees in your yard that bloom at different times of the year. Diverse, native plants support local pollinators best. Check out our list of native plants to get started!
2. Don’t spray for mosquitoes! Anything that kills mosquitoes also kills butterflies, ladybugs, fireflies and bees. It does not matter if it is “organic.”
3. Make a house for native bees
4. Support your local beekeepers and buy local honey.
5. Keep the “Buzz” going by letting your friends and neighbors know that you are providing a pollinator garden, and encourage them to join the effort in their own yard! We are in the process of providing a way to take a Pollinator Pledge, and to post a sign to certify your garden/yard as a pollinator habitat.

Local Native Plant Suppliers
Plants that Pollinators Love
Learn about Pollinator Gardens