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Middlesex Centre joins Bee City Canada

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The buzz is real! Middlesex Centre is joining Bee Cities across Canada, pledging to protect pollinators and their habitats.
Council endorsed Middlesex Centre’s Bee City Canada Community designation at their meeting on September 17, 2025. The designation highlights the municipality’s ongoing commitment to protecting pollinators and promoting biodiversity through habitat creation, education, and community celebration.
Pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and other insects play a vital role in sustaining ecosystems and supporting agriculture. However, their populations are declining due to habitat loss, pesticide use, climate change, and disease. As a Bee City, Middlesex Centre will take meaningful action to support pollinator health, including:
  • Developing a Municipal Pollinator Habitat Plan
  • Celebrating Pollinator Week annually in June
  • Promoting its Bee City status through signage and online updates
  • Submitting annual reports to maintain its designation
This initiative builds on the municipality’s existing pollinator-protection efforts, including its role as a signatory to the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge, a North American campaign to restore monarch butterfly habitats and raise public awareness about pollinators.
“Becoming a Bee City and our going support of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge campaign are meaningful steps the municipality can take in protecting our natural environment and our agricultural systems,” comments Mayor Aina DeViet. “These efforts reflect our community’s values and our commitment to sustainability for future generations.”
Residents are encouraged to get involved by planting native species in their gardens, and by participating in future events that support pollinator conservation. Community groups like the Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team offer great resources on how to start gardening with pollinator-friendly plants. 

Native Plants for You

Take home free native plants! October 12, 2024 is the final day of the 2024 Komoka Community Market. Help us clear out our inventory! Learn more.

PawPaw Parade

Help celebrate and bring back more PawPaws to Ontario's Landscape. Learn more about the PawPaw Parade here.

Pollinator Garden Sign

Are you a Middlesex County resident with a pollinator garden? Request a Garden Sign here.

​“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer

About Us
Growing and sharing native plants from seed is one of our main goals. Supporting an eco-friendly environment, enjoying nature and promoting viable habitat for pollinators is our focus.
Butterflies and native bees are essential pollinators in the ecosystem we share. We celebrate the importance and beauty of all the pollinators, from birds to beetles to ants and more!
Education in our community about the interrelatedness of native and non-native species, including humans, and how to nurture healthy relationships is vital to our well-being and environment today and in generations to come.

Who is the Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team?
Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team was created in March 2019 to bring the Mayor's Monarch Pledge to our communities. A pledge created between Mexico, Canada and the USA, the platform is to educate communities about the plight of the Monarch Butterfly and other pollinators. Creating Monarch way-stations, selling native plants at the Komoka Market and holding Compost Days our team and platform has evolved into a brilliant community experience. Help us promote MIddlesex Centre as a leader in preserving and creating natural habitats to ensure a healthy population of all pollinators.

Mayor's Monarch Pledge

In October 2019, Mayor DeViet signed the Mayors' Monarch Pledge. Through the pledge, Middlesex Centre is committing to create habitat for the monarch butterfly and pollinators, and to educate residents about how they can make a difference at home and in our community. Thank you Mayor DeViet!

Education

Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team understands that the goal to a sustainable eco-friendly future starts with building a foundation of knowledge and appreciation with our youth. Currently we are looking at developing programs presentable in our schools to entice our children's participation. We also promote information sessions regarding pollination and gardening native species in our communities. Enjoy the beauty of our encouragement to learn more, educate others and take pride knowing we can all make a difference!

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We are settlers on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak  and Attawandaron Peoples, Treaty 21 territory, currently known as Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada. The First Nations people, Innuit and Métis have stewarded these lands and waters since time immemorial. They continue to do so today, facing generations of violent assimilation and erasure. To reconcile our relationship and restore harmony, we acknowledge the harms caused by colonialism and commit to listen to, honour, and integrate Indigenous wisdom, history and values into our pollinator habitat work.

The ​Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team 
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