HISTORY

Western Mass Pollinator Networks (WMPN) began accidentally in May of 2016 on a vacation to Asheville, NC with my neighbor Gale.  At the Visitor Center we spotted a beautiful native flower garden labeled prominently with an educational sign:

“Pollinator Friendly Habitat”  

 

Back home a flow of ideas for supporting native pollinators arose spontaneously and the organization was born.  Volunteers all over western Massachusetts are creating a meaningful and vibrant movement yard by yard, community by community to build an interconnected web of healthy pollinator habitats.  

 

On June 22, 2021 the Massachusetts Pollinator Network was launched, a project of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA/Mass), now headed by Rosemary Malfi, the new Network Coordinator. Click the logo above to travel to the Network's website.

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Peggy MacLeod, Florence, MA

(Co-Founder Amy Pulley, Cummington, MA)