Make Cambridge Wildly Beautiful
A City Full of Life, One Garden at a Time
We envision a future where our community is engaged in ecological restoration projects, boosting biodiversity, enhancing community wellness, and inspiring similar projects in public and private spaces around the city.
Our first goal is to create native plant community gardens and wildflower meadows at Danehy Park to augment the wetland and Miyawaki Forest ecosystems, establishing Danehy as a focal point for expanding biodiversity in Cambridge.
Pollinator Garden Coming to Danehy Park!
Coming Soon — June 7
Preliminary design for the garden to be planted in June 2025
We’re excited to launch our very first pollinator garden in Danehy Park—a welcoming space for both people and pollinators to enjoy!
By planting wildflowers, shrubs, and grasses, we’ll create vital habitat for pollinators like bees, moths, butterflies, and birds — the unsung heroes of our ecosystems.
This is a community-powered project. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just curious, we’d love your help!
Become a garden steward!
⛏️ Prep the Soil. May 30 or May 31. Join our upcoming soil prep day. We’ll provide tools and guidance.
🌺 Plant With Us! June 7. Come plant native wildflowers, grasses & shrubs with your neighbors!
💧 Care for the Garden. Throughout Summer. Help water, weed, and care for the plants through the season. Even a little time makes a big difference.
Plants You’ll See in the Garden
This June, we’re planting over 150 native plants—like Swamp Milkweed, Wild Geranium, Butterfly weed, Calico aster, Wild bergamot, and Bee Balm—to create a vibrant habitat for pollinators. Explore some of the stars of the garden below!
Wild geranium, Geranium maculatum
Bee balm, Monarda didyma
Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa
Shrubby St. John’s Wort, Hypericum prolificum
Calico aster, Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
About Us
We’re a group of local volunteers from many fields, dedicated to supporting biodiversity and restoring local ecosystems by planting and caring for native plants, which are the foundation of a healthy native pollinator population: bees, butterflies, birds, spiders, hover flies and many more. You can do this, too, by planting in your own green spaces or encouraging others to plant natives in the green spaces where you live, work, play, and learn. Let’s make our city a biodiverse paradise where we can all thrive together!
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