Growing Wild Massachusetts

Additional educational resources about pollinators are available on the Growing Wild Massachusetts web page (https://www.mass.gov/guides/ growing-wild-massachusetts), DCR and MDAR’s websites, and social media channels. Enthusiasts are encouraged to share their Growing Wild Massachusetts pollinator progress on social media using the hashtag #GrowingWildMA. The 2023 Growing Wild Massachusetts pollinator starter kits are expected to be available at participating local nurseries in early June.

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), an agency of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), oversees nearly 500,000 acres of parks and forests, beaches, bike trails, watersheds, dams, and parkways. The agency’s mission is to protect, promote, and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural, and recreational resources for the well-being of all. For more information, visit DCR’s website at www.mass.gov/dcr.

MDAR’s mission is to ensure the long-term viability of agriculture in Massachusetts. Through its five divisions — Agricultural Conservation & Technical

These places, with tall grasses and weeds, provide food and even structure for many organisms emdash large to small. Plants of varying heights and flowers that bloom at different times of the year attract a variety of bugs, birds, and wildlife. It is this diversity that helps keep nature in balance. Competition in nature is healthy and is part of good sportsmanship. Growing Wild spaces help level the playing field for fair competition.

Assistance, Agricultural Markets, Animal Health, Crop and Pest Services, and Produce Safety — MDAR strives to support, regulate, and enhance the rich diversity of the Commonwealth’s agricultural community to promote economically and environmentally sound food safety and animal health measures, and fulfill agriculture’s role in energy conservation and production. For more information, visit MDAR’s website at www.mass.gov/agr