Mayors' Monarch Pledge Reporting

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Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.

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Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.

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How many community organizations and groups participated? Please list them below.

There were 18 community groups which stepped up to help restore native habitat in 2024. In addition, Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, Wild Ones’ members, along with the Missouri Department of Conservation and the City of St. Louis Nature Steward team helped support Monarch conservation in 2024. In addition, scores of volunteer groups helped supplement the ongoing efforts of the community groups in caring for pollinator-friendly plants. The 18 groups that participated in restoring habitat through Neighbors Naturescaping include: Academy-Sherman Park Community Garden Bell Community Garden Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy (City public school) Carondelet Neighborhood Association Centennial Plaza Housing complex City Forestry Nature Steward team Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood Association Hodgen Tech Academy (City public school) Lafayette Square Beautification Committee Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Association Neighbors of Old North St. Louis South Grand Community Improvement District SouthSide Senior Citizens Center St. John’s Episcopal church Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association VAL Community Garden (intersection of Virginia, Alabama and Liberty) Wedge Community Garden Neighbors of 4200 Shenandoah

Please describe the extent of engagement with these groups and their monarch butterfly conservation efforts.

St. Louis Master Gardeners and Missouri Master Naturalists volunteered to assist with maintenance efforts of pollinator-friendly gardens. They also encouraged other neighborhood leaders at the St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium to support Monarch conservation efforts by selecting milkweed and other native plants for their community plantings. The City’s Nature Steward team leader shared progress and ongoing efforts through her presentation at the St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium. The Symposium also featured native plant experts sharing their expertise participants. Each of the groups applying for Neighbors Naturescaping were given the opportunity to meet with technical experts prior to submitting their application to help further the success of their application and their pollinator-friendly garden.

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Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.

Action 12:

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Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.

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Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.

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Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

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