The Pollinator Path on the St. Paul campus, designed to attract pollinators like bees or butterflies, also regularly interests the campus community and the surrounding neighborhood.
This month, as a way to encourage families to explore the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and learn about plants, gardening and food equity, the Walker Art Center is using pollinator-related bingo cards developed at St. Thomas.
The cards were created as part of Exploring Pollinator Pathways, a series of activities created through the Sustainable Communities Partnership (SCP) Arts initiative with the St. Thomas Pollinator Path and biology courses.
Take an opportunity to virtually visit the St. Thomas Pollinator Path with these images captured by St. Thomas photographers.
Signs provide insights into the Pollinator Path throughout campus. Liam James Doyle/University of St. Thomas A bee prepares to land to pollinate one of the native flowers, wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), that make up the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas Catherine Grant, greenhouse manager in the Biology Department and co-founder of the Pollinator Path, looks over some of the annual flowers she grew on south campus. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas An orange daylily on the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas Pink annual flowers on the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas A monarch butterfly on a Mexican sunflower on the Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas Close-up of a zinnia, one of the annual flowers that make up the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas A mix of flowers in the annual bed on the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas A swallowtail butterfly lands on a Mexican sunflower on the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas Close-up of a hollyhock flower on the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas A wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) patch on the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas A bee dusted with pollen over a Mexican sunflower. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas A sunflower near the Stewardship Garden on south campus. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas Close-up of a pink zinnia on the university's Pollinator Path. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas