Community Profile

Pledge Summary

The City of Santa Fe became a Bee City, USA in 2021. The City also became a Tree City, USA, created a TreeSmart Santa Fe Initiative and created a Bees, Trees and Water Campaign. All of these efforts support pollinator habitats which includes the Monarch butterfly. In 2021, a pollinator resource guide was developed in coordination with the Xerces Society and a pollinator day was held at the Railyard Conservancy Park in May where native seeds were given away. In 2021, Xerces pollinator kits were planted in three different demonstration gardens. Milkweed was planted in support of the Monarch in all of those gardens including a new city Raingarden. An education resource booklet was completed in 2021 that had several outdoor activities focused on pollinator habitats and a new pollinator resource section was created as part of the Bees, Trees and Water campaign on www.savewatersantafe.com. In 2022, the City plans on sponsoring another Pollinator Day in May, where several departments and community organizations will talk about their pollinator work. The City is also working on the completion of a Pollinator Garden at Calle Alvarado Park, which will be completed in fall of 2022. The project is a collaboration of Keep Santa Fe Beautiful, the City Parks Department, the MASTERS Program Charter High School, City of Santa Fe Water Conservation and the Xerces Society. Keep Santa Fe Beautiful was awarded a $25,000 grant from the New Mexico Tourism Department to create a pollinator garden in Calle Alvarado Park. The pollinator garden will include 5 trees and 32 (1 gallon) pollinator plants, a Bee sculpture –made with recycled material and an interpretive sign.