On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we talk with horticulture educator Ryan Pankau about the new University of Illinois Extension pollinator website, Illinois Pollinators. Learn about how this website came together, the information it covers, including different pollinators we find in Illinois, the importance of pollinators, plants pollinators use, pollinator habitat design, community science and education, pollinator research, and more!

Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/894qscZJthk

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00:35 – Welcome, Ken, and what have we been up to?

02:00 – Welcome, Ryan!

03:00 – Why was this website created? What was the catalyst?

Website sections:

06:00 – What are pollinators?

11:00 – Importance of pollinators and what can you do to help them.

14:55 – Plants pollinators use

23:45 – Pollinator habitat design, design suggestions, and starting pollinator habitat

29:40 – No Mow May tangent

32:55 – Community science and education

34:55 – Pollinator research at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

38:15 – Future plans for the website

47:30 – Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

Visit the Illinois Pollinators website! https://illinoispollinators.org

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Ryan Pankau: [email protected]

Chris Enroth: [email protected]

Ken Johnson: [email protected]

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