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Pledge Date

Friday, March 7, 2025

Program Year

2025

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City of Scottsdale

Scottsdale, AZ

Lisa Borowsky

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Scottsdale is a city located in Arizona. We are very proud of our parks, Sonoran Desert preserve and hiking trails. Scottsdale has several butterfly gardens in Scottsdale parks/facilities (Scottsdale Ranch Park, Rotary Park, Pima Park, Paiute Park, Granite Reef Senior Center) and our staff work to develop areas for monarch-friendly habitat in many of our rights-of-way. Scottsdale Parks and Recreation developed a new butterfly garden at Pima Park two years ago and, about the same time, partnered with a Scottsdale Leadership group to develop another monarch-friendly space along a right-of-way. Last year a volunteer group planted a number of new plants at Agua Linda Park that are designed to attract butterflies. We consistently evaluate plant material in public medians and regularly install plant material that is monarch-friendly.

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.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).

Systems Change ▸

Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Lisa Borowsky	2025	3/7/2025		View Pledge