What is a Pollinator Pathway?

Imagine public and private pesticide-free corridors of native plants that provide nutrition and habitat for pollinating insects and birds. Even the smallest green spaces, like flower boxes and curb strips, can be part of a pathway!

About the PPCC

The Pollinator Pathway Cape Cod (PPCC) is a regional initiative to increase those pollinator-friendly habitats and food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating insects and wildlife across Cape Cod.

Founded in 2021 by nine organizations, including the Master Gardeners Association of Cape Cod, the initiative now includes over 50 Participating Organizations. Each of these organizations, like the MGACC, is working to educate towns, businesses, organizations, and home gardeners on the importance of creating pollinator friendly landscapes, engage them in the project, and demonstrate the beauty of such gardens through highly visible demonstration gardens

The PPCC Goal

Empower homeowners, community organizations, and towns across the Cape to create corridors of native trees, shrubs, and flowers that birds, bees, butterflies, and other insects can rely on as they travel throughout Cape Cod.

Master Gardeners are available to speak about the PPCC regional initiative and what actions home gardeners can take to support pollinators. Contact our Speaker Bureau and request a master gardener speaker at your future event.

Additional Resources:

Visit the PPCC website to learn more about PPCC initiatives in Cape Cod communities, as well as native plants, pollinators, and helpful lawn and garden practices.

Questions? Email: gardeners@capecod.gov or call 508-375-6700

What You Can Do to Support Pollinators...

  • Add a few more natives--trees, shrubs, and flowers that are adapted to local conditions are the best food sources for native pollinators and often require less water.
  • Subtract a little lawn -- reduce the size and mow less often.
  • Avoid chemical fertilizers and pesticides -- they’re not healthy for pollinators or anyone else.
  • Leave the leaves -- go easy on the fall clean-up of beds and borders since many pollinators over winter in leaf matter.
  • Register your home garden on the Pollinator Pathway Cape Cod Map.

Ask a Master Gardener

Is a horticultural message an integral part of your event theme? We offer "Ask A Master Gardener" information tables at community events where we answer gardening questions and have handouts available on various current horticultural topics. Or request a presentation! Learn more about our Speakers Bureau here.

Request a Master Gardener

Evenings in the Garden

Join the Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod at the Barnstable Fairgrounds on Rt. 151 in Falmouth for summer presentations in our Demonstration Garden.

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