Pollinator Garden ~ CRC’s “Place to Bee”

This year, CRC installed a community pollinator garden in Seeley Lake’s rural downtown area. This pollinator garden was filled with native flowers and shrubs, providing habitat and food sources to a variety of pollinator species including birds, bats, bees, butterflies, and moths. This habitat is especially important to resident and migratory pollinators because the area has historically been relatively devoid of sustainable pollinator habitat.

The garden is also a vibrant source of community education. CRC hosted a workshop helping community members gain the knowledge needed to plant their own pollinator garden. It is CRC’s hope to restore native pollinator habitat one garden at a time!

CRC hosted a Kickoff Celebration in May which included presentations on bee keeping, how to establish a pollinator garden and building pollinator houses as well as face painting and informational pamphlets !

CRC’s “Place to Bee” is located at Lindey’s Prime Steak House on Highway 83 in downtown Seeley Lake. A big THANK YOU to Lindey’s for providing this space.

A fun Resource…

Native Wildflowers and Bees of Western Montana, a USFS Guide in pdf format
Text: Susan Reel, Design and Native Plant Illustrations: Nancy Seiler, Bee Illustrations: Steve Buchanan
produced by the Lolo National Forest, Download Here
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/NativeWildflowersBeesWesternMontana.pdf