Suburban areas have large amounts of green space and concrete that contribute to urban heat island effects. Find out the benefits of transforming these spaces into ecosystems for native pollinators!

Join Oscar Zapata and Ana Hidalgo to learn about ecosystem services from native pollinator gardens!

For more information check out these resources:

Transforming suburban areas: A marketplace for urban ecosystem services 
https://tinyurl.com/nativpollgardens

Pollinator plants catalogue - Native species in the Prairies: https://research-groups.usask.ca/urban-ecoservices/documents/pollinators-catalogue.pdf

Native Pollinator Gardens as Suburban Ecosystems with Oscar Zapata and Ana Hidalgo

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