Pollinator Gardens

The City of Aurora recognizes the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health, and the value of increasing awareness to support, protect and sustain pollinators.

Read the Resolution(PDF, 586KB) passed in 2018 that protects the pollinators of Aurora. The Pollinator Garden was made possible through a grant award sponsored by ComEd and Openlands in 2019.

After being awarded the grant, the site (East Fox River trail) was cleared. The following spring (2020), the city hired a restoration contractor to seed the entire area and install erosion blankets.

Large flocks of geese discovered the seed and ate most of it, prompting a wildlife specialist to deter the geese with dogs and other repellants. City Staff organized a group of volunteers to help with the planting. The following spring staff continued filling in bare patches and aggressively attacking the weeds. By 2023 the garden was looking as it should.

Maintenance is ongoing and is now managed all in-house.