Middlesex Centre re-confirms commitment to Mayors' Monarch Pledge

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Mayor Aina DeViet next to Middlesex Centre Main Office Pollinator Garden

Mayor DeViet reconfirmed Middlesex Centre's commitment to the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge for 2022.

The pledge sees Middlesex Centre joining hundreds of communities across North America in taking action to help save the monarch butterfly, whose populations have declined by 90% in recent years.

Actions include:

  • Engage with parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant municipal staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
  • Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants. Our community is fortunate to have a number of groups that focus on pollinator and native species gardens, including the  Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team, Ethan's Garden, and the Ilderton Gardeners among others.
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar producing plants in community gardens.

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