Photo Album — Bee City USA

Thank you for visiting the photo gallery for Bee City - Carlinville. We hope this gives you a peek into how we are working to help the pollinators on a local level. If you have photos of local pollinators at work and would like to share them, please reach out to us through our contact page.

BEE KIDZZZ: MAKING BEE BATHS PROJECT

July Presentation on a neglected pollinator by Blackburn Bat Program’s Lexi Hofmann

June Tour of Lisa and Eric Ogden’s Pollinator Gardens

Deb Pilapil’s Back Garden

Carlinville Train Station

Castor bean plant towers above pollinators providing insects a break from hot summer sun and wind.

Grey headed cone flowers offer bright summer color and contribute to the natural habitat.

Russian sage, a small plant in May, 2019 grew into an amazing size in two months.

BEE on Beebalm in the Monarch garden

Arrowwood viburnum, mountain must, rattlesnake master are among the pollinators pictured.- 2019

In the evening, 2019

Summer, 2019

The dream for the North end of the Amtrak Station is a “sculpture garden”. Blackburn College and Community art enthusiasts will start the ideas flowing, winter of 2020.

Installation, 2019

Carlinville’s Historic City Square

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The Carlinville square was ”spruced up” in June 2019 before the Rotary Ice Cream social. Later in the summer, weigelia, holly, grasses, day Lillie’s, Becky daisies, and iris were planted to replace plants damaged by the harsh winter.

Carlinville City Signs

Before and After

The Carlinville Municipal sign area received a “spruce up” , summer, 2019. City Council Aldermen, Class of “68, Library Board and staff, Yowell’s, Tinders and Salske’s trimmed and prepared for the addition of pollinators in 2020.

Other Projects and our Bee City Volunteers

First Responder Memorial

Master Gardeners, Tree City USA-Carlinville and the Billy Bates Memorial fund purchased and cared for a new Dogwood tree, May, 2019. Grant Walker is watering in this photo.

Carlinville Area Hospital

A Burr oak and a Chinkapin Oak were purchased at the Illinois National Plant society sale and were planted with Tree City USA Carlinville members and Carlinville Area Hospital employees. “Site stewards” cared for the trees over the summer and fall. -2019

Municipal Library

Trees on the boulevard and foundation plants at the Library were trimmed, cut back to encourage new growth, summer 2019. More to come in 2020!

Locust St. Resource Center

Monarch caterpillar, hanging out on milkweed at the Locust Resource Center Butterfly garden. Four trees and 12 pollinator plants were donated, planted and watered by “site stewards”. -2019