Description
Pollinators: Keeping Company with Flowers is an exhibit portraying the relationship between flowers and pollinators. The exhibit is based around 70-some photographs of pollinators in wild and garden settings, primarily taken by Northern California plantsman and naturalist, John Whittlesey. These images vividly portray the intriguing lives of many kinds of pollinators. While many people recognize the European honeybee as an important pollinator, Keeping Company with Flowers primarily highlights native pollinators, which play a key role in the ecology of California.
Pollinators: Keeping Company with Flowers aims to increase awareness and appreciation of the incredible beauty and diversity of pollinators in California. Of the 4,000 known bee species in the US, 1,600 occur in California. Through close-up photographs and supplemental materials, this exhibit introduces a diversity of pollinators, the various processes of pollination, the needs of pollinators, the obstacles their populations are facing, and what can and is being done to support them.
Nine exhibit sections:
- Introduction
- Bees/Wasps
- Butterflies/Moths
- Flies
- Beetles
- Gardening for Pollinators
- Observing
- Agriculture & Habitat
- Coevolution with Flowers
Specs
- Audience:
- General, School Groups, Family
- Rental Fee:
- RETIRED
- Size:
- 100 linear feet
- Security:
- Limited
- Installation Images:
- View Here
Exhibit Components:
- Samples and instructions educational & hands on activities
- Observational listening station
- Docent/Teachers guide
- Exhibition press kit with digital images
Schedule and Availability
Past Dates | |
April 21, 2014 – June 15, 2014 | Old Orange County Courthouse, Santa Ana |
November 2, 2014 – December 28, 2014 | Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton |
January 11, 2015 – March 8, 2015 | Alviso Adobe, Pleasanton |
August 9, 2015 – October 4, 2015 | Hayward Area Historical Society, Hayward |
October 18, 2015 – December 13, 2015 | La Quinta Museum, La Quinta |
December 27, 2015 – February 21, 2016 | Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley |
July 2, 2016 – September 4, 2016 | River Falls Public Library, River Falls, WI |
October 2, 2016 – February 5, 2017 (18 weeks)
| Western Science Center, Hemet |
April 2, 2017 – July 2, 2017 (13 weeks)
| Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail, CO |
July 16, 2017 – September 17, 2017
| San Jose Public Library, San Jose |
August 25, 2019 – September 29, 2019
| Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, Rancho Cordova |
March 15, 2020 – May 10, 2020 | San Joaquin County Historical Museum, Lodi [Rescheduled] |
May 24, 2020 – July 19, 2020 | Western Heritage Museum, Hobbs, NM [Rescheduled] |
January 9, 2022 – March 6, 2022 | Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz |
March 20, 2022 – July 31, 2022 | Shasta Historical Society, Redding |
August 21, 2022 – October 16, 2022 | |
February 2, 2023 – May 7, 2023 | Western Heritage Museum, Hobbs, NM |
May 21, 2023 – July 16, 2023 | San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands |