Susan Waters

The UPP team is in the process of getting all of the supply bins to the participating P-Patches!

Bumble bees are critical to growing tomatoes in Seattle! Here's a graph of preliminary UPP data from 2012--thanks to our 85 participants, we were able to detect significant differences in the numbe...

MANY, MANY THANKS to our wonderful supporters! We've just reached our $3,500 goal. We can't thank you enough for backing the Urban Pollination Project. Stay tuned for project updates on our webs...

On the twelfth day of Christmas... Happy New Year! Our last day of the 12...amaryllis. Amaryllis flowers are bird-pollinated, with their beautiful sweeping stamens and stigma positioned just right...

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my pollinators gave to me...vanilla! Vanilla “beans” are long pods containing the seeds of the lovely vanilla orchids. Vanilla orchids were first cultivated by p...

On the tenth day of Christmas, my polliantors gave to me...cashews!! Lots of us have sugared nuts, salted nuts, or hot and spicy nuts during the holiday season…and many nuts require pollination b...

On the ninth day of Christmas, my pollinators gave to me.. chocolate!! Chocolate comes from the cacao tree. Cacao flowers are unusual—they spring directly from the trunk of the tree, so you get a...

We've just received word that Credo will match donations from a steadfast ally and donor to the Urban Pollination Project who approached them on our behalf. Many thanks to Credo for their generosi...

On the eighth day of Christmas, my pollinators gave to me...almonds! In spring, almond trees are covered with bloom, a feast for pollinators, which transfer the pollen that allows the blooms to de...