The rare Charitable Research Reserve has been doing a lot for pollinators and pollinator habitat. Their contributions include a 3 acre Community Garden, village meadow of native flowering plants, rain garden and moon garden with native flowering plants, Butterfly Loop walking trail with interpretive signage specific to pollinators, home of the Savvas Chamberlain Family Pollinator Conservatory, education programs for all ages, and a Native Plant Propagation Program. A number of rare staff will be in attendance including Taryn Jarvis, rare's Garden Coordinator and Rosalind Snyder, rare's Conservation Technician who will be happy to answer questions about rare’s pollination and garden projects.

The City of Cambridge was instrumental in organizing the community groups that came together to give Cambridge the Bee City Cambridge designation. The Cambridge Bee City designation gave us a chance to look back at what we’ve accomplished and look forward to the future of pollinator possibilities. We’ve changed the landscape by establishing thousands of native plants, we have organizations providing a variety of educational and citizen science opportunities to all ages, and in the near future we’ll collaboratively do great things for pollinators and the community as a Bee City!  We recently saw bald eagles return to our local watersheds and now look forward to the Monarch and native pollinators coming back and contributing to Cambridge’s biodiversity.

Bee City Canada is about communities working together to protect pollinators and preserve the beauty of nature.
Cambridge is a designated Bee City!

With the vision of a compassionate, equitable community where everyone is nourished, the Cambridge Food Bank is working to build health and belonging through food. We are informed by our values of healthy people, connected community, and environmental sustainability. Pollinators are pillars to this work! By supporting local ecological farmers, creating participatory educational opportunities about pollinators and food systems, and supporting pollinator work in our partner gardens, pollinators and people thrive.

Cambridge City Green works to create a more sustainable city and to protect the environment for the health and safety of all.

Cambridge Public Library is more than just a public library. It is committed to serving the community’s needs in many ways. As a part of Bee City Cambridge, the Cambridge Public Library is committed to providing resources to support pollinators. You can find books, events, seeds, and workshops and more to help you support pollinators.

We are a group of seed savers from coast to coast who protect Canada's seed biodiversity by growing it ourselves and sharing it with others. Every year, we multiply the most vulnerable seed varieties that we can, exchange seeds with each other, and keep those varieties alive and in cultivation for future gardeners to enjoy.  Besides multiplying rare seeds, we volunteer at over 150 Seedy Saturday and Seedy Sunday events across Canada, produce a monthly email bulletin, package seeds for community seed libraries, and help beginner seed savers learn the easy techniques for growing good seeds. In 2017, we launched a youth program in hands-on food system sustainability, which includes several projects focused on school-based teaching gardens, food and nutrition education, and agri-food career pathways.

The aim of the Hespeler Horticultural Society (Garden Hespeler) is to educate people who share a love for gardening. Their gatherings include guest speakers, workshops, plant sales, and field trips, and their members maintain a civic flowerbed at Bergey Hill. Garden Hespeler recognizes the importance of insect pollinators to our gardens and food supply, and is taking steps to promote their protection

Reep Green Solutions is an environmental charity that helps you live sustainably. Our programs help you to take on climate change by taking actions to improve your home energy efficiency, plant trees and maintain healthy yards, water conservation and waste reduction. We hold native plant sales in the spring and fall and offer a full service Backyard Tree Planting program.

Cambridge Rivers’ Edge Gardeners help family and friends embrace nature. Our presentations and workshops, weekly garden walks and summer excursions allow club members to learn gardening from the experts. Our Summer Camps reach out to Cambridge youth. We understand the importance of pollinators and encourage members to adopt practices that benefit them. Our Newsletter provides information about pollinators, the plants that attract them, their habitats and their benefits to food production.

Cambridge Memorial Hospital is a vibrant full service, acute care hospital committed to providing exceptional health care to the communities of Cambridge, North Dumfries and the Region of Waterloo with a mission of creating healthier communities, together!

The Preston Horticulture Society is a group of people who enjoy all aspects of gardening. We have speakers and activities during the fall, winter and spring, while in summer we maintain Gore Park (King Street and Concession Road). Over the last few years we have added native shrubs and flowers to encourage pollination. This helps the vegetables we are now growing for the Cambridge Food Bank.

The Cambridge Pollinator Preserve is a volunteer project dedicated solely to pollinator protection. Creation of the region’s oldest pollinator habitat was a joint venture of the Ancient Mariner Canoe Club and the City of Cambridge. The on-site Education Centre has raised awareness of the importance of insect pollinators in the region since 2012. The site also provides a field demonstration of sustainable pollinator habitat creation