WMMGA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting good and sustainable gardening practices. Members are volunteers who have graduated from an academic training class and have completed service hours working with the public to advance our mission.  Find out how graduates are certified as Master Gardeners.  Upcoming events, classes, and tours!

The Bee City USA program endorses a set of commitments, defined in a town resolution, for creating sustainable habitats for pollinators, which are vital to feeding the planet.  There are almost 50 participating cities across the USA, with links to a number of the cities' websites.  Fantastic ideas for replicating in western MA!

The Xerces Society is a science-based conservation organization, working with diverse partners including scientists, land managers, educators, policymakers, farmers, and citizens.  Their publications, workshops, and website are accessible for both beginners and experts.

Pesticides can contaminate our food, harm pollinators, and threaten ecosystems. A group of pesticides called neonicitinoids (or neonics), are killing the pollinators we depend on to support our food systems: bees, butterflies, bats, hummingbirds, moths, other insects, and even lizards and small mammals.

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We are grateful to Toxics Action Center for playing a central role in helping WMPN plan a campaign to bring pollinator friendly best practices to towns, cities, businesses, and individuals.

The Massachusetts Butterfly Club sponsors state-wide butterfly activities of all ages and levels of expertise to promote education, conservation, interpretation, and fun!

Check out their meetings, programs, field trips, and butterfly counts and to become members of the club.

Beyond Pesticides offers educational resources to copy and distribute to encourage BEEing Protective and adopting policies and practices that protect bees and other pollinators and create pesticide-free refuges for these beneficial organisms.

An outspoken leader in progressive communities, Friends of the Earth seeks to effect policy change using hard-hitting, well-reasoned policy analysis and advocacy campaigns over its 47-year history.

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F. O. E. works to eliminate pollinator-toxic pesticides like neonicotinoids and glyphosate and shift to organic farming systems that are healthier for bees, butterflies, people and the planet.  

In MA, F.O.E. is working with others to help pass the Legislature's H2113, An Act To Protect Pollinators.

The Pollinator Partnership's mission is "to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign), S.H.A.R.E., National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides."

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has been at the forefront of organizing a powerful food movement that for 20 years has been fighting the industrial model in court and promoting organic, ecological, and sustainable alternatives.  This is a link to their pollinator protection campaign, with fact sheets, films, and more.