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The From Fire to Flowers Pollinator Garden
for Andi Good & Will Bagley,
installed May 25, 2023
Our team: Tiina Beaver, Vanessa Henson, Kristina Lefever, Sue Fthenakis, Arti Kirch, and Deb Vroman
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The From Fire to Flowers Pollinator Garden
for Melissa and Tom LaBarre, installed
January 24 & March 21, 2023
Our team: Dr. Chhaya Werner's SOU Fire Ecology class, Vanessa Henson, Randy Stevenson, Nicole Hartsough, Lulu Brazeau, Arti Kirch, Cindy Harper, Louise Parker, Ellen Barry, Laura Jessup, Sue Fthenakis, Christine Freidel, Deb Vroman, and Kristina Lefever
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The From Fire to Flowers Pollinator Garden
for Patti Ruiz, installed March 2022
Our team: Sharon Bryson, Arti Kirch, Christine Freidel, Deb Vroman, Ellen Barry, LorrieAnne Miller, Karin Wares, Randy Stevenson, Nicole Hartsough, Viki Ashford, and Kristina Lefever
Click the photo to watch the transformation of Stella's yard in this wonderful video by our friend Wanda Borland.
The From Fire to Flowers Pollinator Garden
for Stella Cruz Kennedy, installed May 2022
Our team: Vanessa Henson, Sharon Bryson, Randy Stevenson, Nicole Hartsough, LorrieAnne Miller, Arti Kirch, Christine Freidel, Deb Vroman, and Kristina Lefever
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Visit our Resources page for information about plants, pollinators, and more!
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Gratitude to the Gordon Elwood Foundation for their support!
After the Almeda Fire, we have the opportunity to grow back better.
Are you, or someone you know, interested in installing a native pollinator garden as you rebuild after the fire? We can help with that!
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We are helping people plant pollinator gardens, full of native plants, to bring back the pollinators after the fire.
Join us! Sign up here to sponsor a garden, donate materials, or to volunteer!
Vanessa Henson and Tiina Beaver, with Kristina Lefever (center) - Gratitude to the Gordon Elwood Foundation!
Too many community members are not in a financial position to replant a pollinator garden.
Join Us! Bee a Pollinator Garden Partner!
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Your contributions help us continue to expand and develop our gardens and educational teachings about native pollinators for our local ecology.
Help us Restore the Earth One Native Drought Tolerant Pollinator Garden at a Time
We hope this program will inspire the plantings of more pollinator gardens throughout the valley and help us rebuild the Rogue Buzzway!
I had a wonderful time working with PPRV as we installed a garden in Maureen’s front yard. it was really rewarding to be part of a team working together to accomplish such a good project. There was a well prepared plan, the materials and tools were all all on-site, and everyone cooperated beautifully. By the end of the day, the yard was transformed from a flat, weedy, unappealing space to a contoured, interesting landscape, populated with pollinator friendly plants ready to blossom into a beautiful space as the things get established. I came home in a really good mood that day.
~ Sue Fthenakis
The From Fire to Flowers Pollinator Garden
for Maureen Honeycutt, installed November 2022
Our team: Vanessa Henson, Sharon Bryson, Randy Stevenson, Nicole Hartsough, Sue Fthenakis, Arti Kirch, Christine Freidel, Deb Vroman, Anne LaFrance, and Kristina Lefever
We are Grateful!
We couldn't do this work without the work of so many!
Gratitude to our From Fire to Flowers Pollinator Gardens Funders and Partners!
Thank you, Gordon Elwood Foundation, for your financial support to help us grow this program! Thank you, Plant Oregon, for your amazing plant donations! With beautiful plants from Shooting Star Nursery and Klamath Siskiyou Native Seeds! And thank you, Tiina Beaver of Constant Gardener and Vanessa Henson of C3 Enterprise, for all you do to make these gardens a success!
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Special thanks to Karin Onkka of Karin Onkka Design, for your beautiful designs for our From Fire to Flowers logo and sign!
Many, many thanks to the Pollinteers who are making these gardens happen!
Help us bring back
native pollinators with native plants!
Why are pollinators important?
Ensuring a diversity of pollinator species in the Rogue Valley is crucial for our diverse ecosystems and food systems. From tiny to large, native bees, honey bees, butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, flies, and hummingbirds pollinate our native trees and shrubs and the many food crops we eat every day, all while providing the perfect nourishment for birds, fish, and other wildlife.
In addition to pollinating the apples, carrots, squash, berries, lettuce, and more in our gardens, orchards, and farms, most of our native trees, shrubs, and flowering plants depend on these essential, hardworking pollinators to set seed and reproduce, thus insuring our Valley remains full of beautiful and diverse flora and fauna!
Did you know?
Caterpillars are high-protein food for baby birds! Like the monarch, the caterpillars of many moth and butterfly species eat only specific native plants.
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
Why are native plants important?
Native plants local to our area serve the pollinators best -- from bumblebees looking for pollen and nectar in lupine and phacelia flowers to the Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) looking for various violet species. Like milkweed for
monarchs, violets are the only host plant
on which this beautiful butterfly will
lay its eggs. Every butterfly (and
moth) needs host plants for the
hungry caterpillars to eat!
Native trees, shrubs, grasses and
annual and perennial flowering
plants bring diversity and beauty to
the landscape and usually require
little in the way of care. Many species
are adapted to the native soil already
in our landscape, with little need for soil amend-ments. Many require very little water once estab-lished. Others are perfect for riparian areas along creeks and streams, providing much needed habitat and food sources for insects, birds, and other wildlife.
© K. Merganthaler
Douglas Violet
(Viola douglasii)
© David Lee Myers
Click here for more information about native pollinators and plants.