On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we talk with horticulture educator Ryan Pankau about the new University of Illinois Extension pollinator website, Illinois Pollinators. Learn about how this website came together, the information it covers, including different pollinators we find in Illinois, the importance of pollinators, plants pollinators use, pollinator habitat design, community science and education, pollinator research, and more! Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/894qscZJthk Skip to what you want to know: 00:35 – Welcome, Ken, and what have we been up to? 02:00 – Welcome, Ryan! 03:00 – Why was this website created? What was the catalyst? Website sections: 06:00 – What are pollinators? 11:00 – Importance of pollinators and what can you do to help them. 14:55 – Plants pollinators use 23:45 – Pollinator habitat design, design suggestions, and starting pollinator habitat 29:40 – No Mow May tangent 32:55 – Community science and education 34:55 – Pollinator research at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 38:15 – Future plans for the website 47:30 – Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye! Visit the Illinois Pollinators website! https://illinoispollinators.org Contact us! Ryan Pankau: rcpankau@illinois.edu Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. -- You can find us on most podcast platforms. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573 iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/ Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/ Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902 Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD