Partners & References

Our groundbreaking research would not be possible without the generous support of the following funders:

Change Happens Foundation
Contra Costa County
Save Mount Diablo
The Hind Foundation
National Geographic Society
The Living Desert Museum
The Panta Rhea Foundation
USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Fish and Wildlife, Contra Costa County
University of California, Berkeley - College of Natural Resources 
Mary A. Crocker Trust
CA-Natural Resource Conservation Service
JiJi Foundation
WSARE 

Websites

• Florida's Native Bees
  
• Essig Museum
• The Great Sunflower Project
• The Pollinator Pathway
• Discover Life Bee Key
• Pollinator Partnership
• Vernal Pool Bees
  
• USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab - Flickr

Books

• Forgotten Pollinators by S. I. Buchmann
• Insects and Gardens by E. Grissell
• Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide by Paul Williams, Robbin Thorp, Leif Richardson, and Sheila Colla
  
• The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard that Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity by Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn
  

Nurseries

• Berkeley Horticulture (Berkeley)
• Annie's Annuals and Perennials (Richmond)
• Mostly Natives (Tomales)
• Native Revival Nursery (Soquel)
• Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Nursery
• Flowerland (Albany)
• Perez Nursery (Brentwood)
• Native Suns (Arroyo Grande)
• Cal Flora Nursery (Fulton)
• UC Santa Cruz Arboretum (Santa Cruz)
• Native Here Nursery (Tilden Park, Berkeley)
• Devil Mountain Nursery (San Ramon)

Garden Collaborators

• UC Santa Cruz Arboretum
• UC Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
• Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge
• The Living Desert:  Zoo and Botanical Garden, Palm Desert
• McConnell Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, Redding
• Leaning Pine Arboretum, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
• Nathanson Creek Preserve, Sonoma
  
• Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley
• UC Davis Arboretum
• UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley

Farm Collaborators

• Dwelley Farms
  
• Frog Hollow Farm
• Enos Family Farms
• Wolfe Farm
• Tairwa' Knoll Farms
• Tachella Family Farms
• Brookside Farm

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