Greater Victoria/Saanich Peninsula Pollinator Map

We are only as healthy as our pollinators!

Where are the natural areas and gardens that support pollinators in this region?

Pollinators, like bees, butterflies, wasps, moths, beetles, birds, and bats enable the fruit to set in our gardens. About one out of every three bites of food exists because of their work. One native pollinator, like a leaf-cutter bee, can do the work of 20 non-native bees. Many populations of native bees (and honey bees) are declining precipitously because of parasites, habitat loss, insecticides, and climate change.

Why participate in this project? 

1. Development and urbanization in the CRD: community mapping efforts, such as this one, can inform local government on the locations of (or lack thereof) of pollinator corridors and connected habitats in your neighbourhoods during the proposal of development projects in your neighbourhood. 

2. Create opportunity for community-building: get to know the ins and outs of your neighbourhood by contributing to and exploring plotted pollinator locations on the Pollinator Map. Attend events and get together with neighbours and friends to submit pollinator locations.

3. Practice your species identification and learn about biodiversity in your backyard and nearby parks -- take time to connect with nature by becoming familiar with local plants, trees, and pollinators by participating in this initiative. 

Help us map pollinator habitat (and places where habitat would be helpful) and pollinator species you see in the CRD! 

See the campaigns 'Quadra Cedar Hill Mapping Project' or 'Gorge-Tillicum Pollinator Map' to add a pollinator site to the map. 

Learn more in an article on pollinator mapping in Focus on Victoria  by Maleea Acker

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Pollinators love this sunny space. It has food plants, cottage flowers, and a rain garden and other beds filled with native species.  And a lovely stone bench where you can sit, breathe in the be...
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Lots of plants for pollinators throughout the yard to build habitat and biodiveresity. Leave things as much as possible in the Fall and over the Winter so birds can feed and the insects that laid thei...
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Flower plant to be planted in traffic circle
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Flower plant to be planted in traffic circle
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Flower plant to be planted in traffic circle
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Flower plants to be planted in traffic circle
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Flowe plants to be planted in roundabout
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Flower plants to be planted in roundabout
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Folwer plants to be planted in roundabout
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Planted boulevard in front of house
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Boulevard garden
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Newly established park to be planted with native plants
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Garden to be planted
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Plan to plant more flowers. Right now there is lavender. Resident wants to see more flowers.
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Lots of flower bouquets. The resident sell flowers on the boulevard. Bees, wasps, hummingbird. The gardens buzzes in the summer.
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Pollinator area, food plants
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best pollinator area, Food and pollinator plants, buzzing with insects
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Talk to Saanich about planating more plants and flowers.
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Garry oaks, food garden, carrots, beans, kale
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Garry oak tree and native plants in ack yard. Evergreen huckelberry and food garden in front yard
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Medicinal, food and school community garden, chickens+ native plants hedgegrow and garry oak ecosystem.
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Hummingbird nest in sequoia tree, veggie garden (potato, tomato) Geographical location is not accurate because the site is located outside the paper map we had at the event.
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