On May 8, 2014 we held the 15th annual Open Space Conference in the Presidio of San Francisco. We focused on interactivity in land conservation and you can read more about the day here: http://openspacecouncil.org/community/conference.php
4. San Francisco City Parks
Species Historical Current
B. bifarius 9 0
B. caliginosus 16 0
B. melanopygus 22 105
B. sitkensis 23 37
B. californicus 44 27
B. insularis 64 0
B. rufocinctus 150 0
B. vosnesenskii 192 3665
B. occidentalis 259 0
7. The Steps
1. Identify and count the
flowers you intend to
monitor
2. Count the pollinators you
see on the flowers
3. Upload your results to
our database via “Add a
Count”
9. We are a 4th grade class of gifted students- we grew
tons of sunflowers… We are from St. Petersburg,
fl. Our school is Perkins Elementary.
We just harvesd our sunflower heads and we have
been counting to day to see how many seeds on each
head… On one, there were two flowers that were sort
of siamese. WE are going to send it to you. All
together there were around 1051 seeds on that flower-
we have questions
20. How can we use our practice as
artists to lead our community and
to tell this story?
21.
22. The Great Pollinator Habitat Challenge
Evaluate
Act.
Share.
Take a child or school group for a walk in the garden
have them interview you about pollinator habitat
Invite a pollinator gardening or pollinator expert to lead an outing.
Photograph or draw as many pollinators as possible,
Identify them using Discover Life’s keys or our pollinator guide
Learn to identify 5 new pollinators. Recruit an artist to create a film,
mural, or mosaic to celebrate people’s connections with pollinators
23. By finding a way to
track and value what
nature provides, we will
find a future in which
conservation is
mainstream,
economically
attractive and
commonplace
throughout the world.
Join us!
www.greatsunflower.org