Louise Washer

Help document the diversity of pollinators in gardens created by the Pollinator Pathway community! Anyone, anywhere in the world, can join. Submit observations of pollinators you see in your own Pollinator Pathway garden, or in public gardens with the Pollinator Pathway sign. Please only submit observations from "official" Pollinator Pathway gardens/habitats. This will help keep our data consistent. Members will have access to journal postings from our project administrator, and we will be...

By Dr. Chris Cosma, Pollinator Pathway Advisory Board Member. Image: B. Illustrations / Shutterstock t’s an hour past sunset, and I’m alone atop a mountain in Southern California, surrounded by darkness. I’m fixated on a 5-gallon bucket, a halo of eerie blue light emanating from the top. A swarm of moths frantically pursues the light, completely entrancing me. This isn’t some odd form of meditation—I’m an ecologist who studies pollinators. Many of these moths (around 60 percent of them, I...

The Habitat & Harvest microhabitat program, launched through a 2025 Village & Wilderness Incubator Grant, supports pollinator habitat in Yamhill County, Oregon. Photo courtesy of Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District, used with permission. Village and Wilderness is accepting applications for the 2026 Incubator Grant, which provides early-stage funding, practical guidance, and peer support to help launch new, community-based microhabitat programs. These are multi-site...