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Bring Back the Pollinators Publicity Kit

Illustration of a pollinator garden with colorful native flowers, grasses, leaves, and logs, featuring butterflies, bees, beetles, caterpillars, and other insects under a pale blue sky with clouds
Illustration: Madison Sankovitz and Maya Hutagalung

You can help Bring Back the Pollinators by sharing the campaign and encouraging others to sign the Pollinator Protection Pledge. The materials below include an educational brochure, printable sign, newsletter blurb, pollinator gardener’s calendar, and social media images and captions. They highlight simple actions people can take to support pollinators, including planting pollinator-friendly flowers, providing nesting sites, avoiding pesticides, and spreading the word.

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Social Media

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I Signed the Pollinator Protection Pledge!

Graphic with text reading “I Signed the Pollinator Protection Pledge! bringbackthepollinators.org” and “Bring Back the Pollinators.” The illustration shows colorful native flowers with butterflies, caterpillars, and insects. Xerces Society logo appears in the lower left

 

Horizontal graphic reading “I Signed the Pollinator Protection Pledge! bringbackthepollinators.org” and “Bring Back the Pollinators.” Colorful illustrated flowers fill the bottom half, with butterflies, caterpillars, bees, beetles, and other insects throughout. Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation logo appears in the lower left

 

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I am ready to make a difference for pollinators! 🐝🌼

Join me and find all the resources you need to take action for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
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Pollinators make so much of our food and ecosystems possible, and they need our help 💛

I just signed the Pollinator Protection Pledge. Join me and get everything you need to start helping pollinators ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
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We’re proud to be a part of the movement to save pollinators! 🌿

Join us and take simple steps to help pollinators thrive ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators

Help Bring Back the Pollinators

Social media graphic titled “Help Bring Back the Pollinators” with the URL bringbackthepollinators.org. Four illustrated actions are shown: grow pollinator-friendly flowers, provide nesting sites, avoid pesticides, and spread the word. The graphic includes butterflies, bees, caterpillars, native plants, nesting materials, people with a pollinator habitat sign, and the Xerces Society logo

 

Social media graphic titled “Help Bring Back the Pollinators” with the URL bringbackthepollinators.org. Four illustrated actions are shown: grow pollinator-friendly flowers, provide nesting sites, avoid pesticides, and spread the word. The graphic includes pollinators, native plants, nesting materials, people with a pollinator habitat sign, and the Xerces Society logo

 

Caption ideas

Want to help pollinators? All it takes is 4 simple steps!

🌸 Grow pollinator-friendly flowers
🏡 Provide nesting sites
🚫 Avoid pesticides
📣 Spread the word

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
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Small actions add up to more bees and butterflies!🌼🐝

You can help turn things around for your local pollinators, whether you’re tending a yard, a community garden, a local park, or even just a tiny balcony or porch!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
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Pollinators need habitat, safe food, and fewer chemicals in our landscapes.

Wondering how to pick the right plants for your space? What makes a good nesting site? How to manage issues without pesticides? The Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, and more!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators

Vertical Carousel

Social media graphic titled “Help Bring Back the Pollinators” with the URL bringbackthepollinators.org. A teal design frames an illustration of pollinator habitat with a monarch butterfly, monarch caterpillar, native plants, nesting stems, wood, and bees. The Xerces Society logo appears at the bottomSocial media graphic with an illustration of colorful pollinator-friendly flowers and butterflies. Text reads: “Grow pollinator-friendly flowers. Flowers provide the nectar and pollen resources that pollinators feed on. Growing the right flowers, shrubs, and trees with overlapping bloom times will support pollinators from spring through fall"Social media graphic encouraging people to provide nesting sites for pollinators, with an illustration of a monarch butterfly, monarch caterpillar, bees, plants, bare ground, brush, and hollow stems. Text explains that nesting habitat supports pollinator life stages, including eggs and larvae, and suggests leaving bare ground and brush piles, providing hollow or pithy stems or nesting blocks for bees, and planting caterpillar host plants for butterflies and mothsSocial media graphic encouraging people to avoid pesticides, with an illustration of pollinator-friendly plants, insects, caterpillars, a butterfly, and a crossed-out pesticide bottle. Text explains that pesticides, especially insecticides, are harmful to pollinators; herbicides remove flowers that pollinators need for food; and fungicides can negatively affect beesSocial media graphic encouraging people to “Spread the Word,” with an illustration of two people standing near a pollinator habitat sign, flowers, bees, butterflies, and a neighborhood background. Text encourages signing the Pollinator Protection Pledge and sharing pollinator information on social media, with neighbors, or through pollinator habitat or pesticide-free signs

Caption ideas

Pollinators need us! Swipe to find out how to help 🐝🌸

Wondering how to pick the right plants for your space? What makes a good nesting site? How to manage issues without pesticides? The Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, and more!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
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Small actions = big impact 🦋

You can help turn things around for your local pollinators, whether you’re tending a yard, a community garden, a local park, or even just a tiny balcony or porch!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
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Want to help pollinators? Swipe →🌼🐝

Wondering how to pick the right plants for your space? What makes a good nesting site? How to manage issues without pesticides? The Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, and more!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators

Horizontal Carousel

 

Social media graphic titled “Help Bring Back the Pollinators” with the URL bringbackthepollinators.org. A teal design frames an illustration of pollinator habitat with a monarch butterfly, monarch caterpillar, native plants, nesting stems, wood, and bees. The Xerces Society logo appears on the left

 

Social media graphic encouraging people to grow pollinator-friendly flowers, with an illustration of colorful flowers and butterflies. Text explains that flowers provide nectar and pollen for pollinators, and that growing flowers, shrubs, and trees with overlapping bloom times supports pollinators from spring through fall. The Xerces Society logo appears on the left

 

Social media graphic encouraging people to provide nesting sites for pollinators, with an illustration of a monarch butterfly, monarch caterpillar, plants, bare ground, brush, and hollow stems. Text suggests supporting pollinator life stages by leaving bare ground and brush piles or hollow-stemmed plants for bees, and planting caterpillar host plants for butterflies and moths. The Xerces Society logo appears on the left

 

Social media graphic encouraging people to avoid pesticides, with an illustration of pollinator-friendly plants, insects, caterpillars, a butterfly, and a crossed-out pesticide bottle. Text explains that pesticides, especially insecticides, are harmful to pollinators; herbicides remove flowers that pollinators need for food; and fungicides can negatively affect bees

 

Social media graphic encouraging people to “Spread the Word,” with an illustration of two people standing by a pollinator habitat sign, flowers, bees, butterflies, and a neighborhood background. Text encourages signing the Pollinator Protection Pledge, sharing on social media, talking with neighbors, or using a pollinator habitat or pesticide-free sign

 

Caption ideas

Pollinators need us! Swipe to find out how to help 🐝🌸

Wondering how to pick the right plants for your space? What makes a good nesting site? How to manage issues without pesticides? The Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, and more!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
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Small actions = big impact 🦋

You can help turn things around for your local pollinators, whether you’re tending a yard, a community garden, a local park, or even just a tiny balcony or porch!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators
—

Want to help pollinators? Swipe →🌼🐝

Wondering how to pick the right plants for your space? What makes a good nesting site? How to manage issues without pesticides? The Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, and more!

Find everything you need to get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
#savethebees #savebutterflies #bringbackthepollinators

 

Printable Materials

 

Newsletter and Op-Ed

 

License and Attribution

The graphics and illustrations in this publicity kit are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.

You are free to copy and redistribute the materials in any medium or format under the following conditions:

  • Attribution: Please credit the illustrations to Maya Hutagalung @chickencake.art and Madison Sankovitz @madisonsankovitz.
  • NonCommercial: The materials may not be used for commercial purposes.

  • NoDerivatives: The materials may not be modified, altered, or adapted.

    When sharing the graphics, please include the following credit where possible:
    "Illustrations by Maya Hutagalung @chickencake.art and Madison Sankovitz @madisonsankovitz for the Xerces Society’s Bring Back the Pollinators campaign."

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