Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, December 9, 2024

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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City of Harvard

Harvard, IL

pat lawlor

volunteer

Pledge Summary

Harvard has been a part of the Mayors Monarch Pledge for about 3 years. The mayor and administrator in the city are very supportive. The plan is to use the gardeners gathered at our facebook page Harvard Monarch Pledge to find a steward for each new garden plot

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

Communications and Convening ▸

Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

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
volunteer pat lawlor	2025	12/9/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Michael Kelly	2024	3/19/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Michael Kelly	2023	3/22/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Michael Kelly	2022	3/31/2022	Signatories	View Pledge