2025 National Pollinator Week Project Wingspan

Pollinator Week is June 16-22, 2025! Project Wingspan Illinois has a call to action to help pollinators. You can make a big difference! Here’s the info:

Volunteer to scout native wildflowers and collect native wildflower seeds at a local prairie with Project Wingspan. Illinois has over 30 native wildflower seed collection teams throughout the state. These teams collect from a list of 32 native wildflower species. The seeds are then cleaned at Prairie Moon and distributed to local Illinois pollinator habitat projects. You can become a certified volunteer by visiting https://www.pollinator.org/wingspan/seed-collection.

If you would like more information about any Pollinator Week items or activities, you can email Eleanor Schumacher, Illinois State Coordinator for Project Wingspan at es@pollinator.org

Looking for MORE to do during Pollinator Week? Here are three more activities!

1)     Go hiking in the nearest partnering prairie to scout species on the Project Wingspan target species list (email es@pollinator.org to find a partnering prairie and get the species list)! Blooming now: Ohio Spiderwort, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Common and Butterfly Milkweed, Black Eyed-Susan and many others starting soon!

2)     Choose an activity from the 2024 Pollinator Week Toolkit! This toolkit has several activities for all ages, adults and children. Pick a game to play at a Pollinator Week Party, or work with children in a Pollinator Garden with the included educational materials. Here is the toolkit link: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week/toolkit