Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Program Year
2021
Achievement
2021
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Community Spotlight
Del Mar Times Story and Photos by Luke Harold
The City's new pollinator garden was featured in the local paper.
Learn MoreAction Items Committed for 2021
- Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
- 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.
- Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Lesa Heebner | 2025 | 12/12/2024 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Lesa Heebner | 2024 | 2/20/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Lesa Heebner | 2023 | 3/9/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Lesa Heebner | 2022 | 12/15/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Lesa Heebner | 2021 | 3/25/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |
