Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Program Year

2024

Achievement

2024

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City of Hendersonville

Hendersonville, NC

Barbara Volk

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Hendersonville, North Carolina - "The City of Four Seasons" - is a city of over 14,000 people in the southern mountains of Western North Carolina. Hendersonville has long been committed to protecting local pollinator species, leading education activities around the community and managing pollinator gardens and meadows throughout the city's greenway and parks. The City partners with organizations across the county to coordinate pollinator events and programs. We have been a signatory of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge since 2022.

Community Spotlight

Pollinator Bed on Four Season Boulevard

Landscaped on about ¼-acre of enriched soil, the pollinator garden includes six medium-height pollinator-friendly trees, 43 flowering shrubs, a number of tall grasses, and hundreds of plugs of perennial flowers.

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Action Items Committed for 2024

Communications and Convening ▸

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

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Barbara Volk	2024	5/16/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Barbara Volk	2023	4/12/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor of Hendersonville Barbara Volk	2022	3/17/2022	Signatories	View Pledge