Picaflora is an interdisciplinary and diverse network that wants to inspire communities to plant pollinating gardens and also educate people about this very important topic.
Pollinators play a crucial role in creating and maintaining healthy, viable landscapes.
Bees, flies, butterflies, beetles, hummingbirds and others are nature’s means of propagating many if not most of the world’s flowering plants. Without them, biodiversity, and the web of life itself, is existentially threatened.
Climate change, deforestation, disproportionate use of pesticides, change in land use, loss of habitats, growth of urban areas and other environmental problems are the causes of the loss of pollinator populations.
PicaFlora now leads workshops, seminars, and courses around Costa Rica and Brazil educating children and adults about the beauty, utility, and importance of pollinators, and creating a trail of pollinator gardens in their wake that add beauty, fresh air, and health to urban and industrial landscapes.