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The Town of Rolesville is committed to enhance, preserve, and create supportive environments for native pollinators throughout the town. To make this happen, the Town started the Naturally Rolesville initiative. As part of this commitment, two pollinator gardens have been planted.
A pollinator garden is a garden planted with the purpose of growing nectar and pollen-producing plants that attract pollinating animals (mainly insects) known as pollinators. Pollinator gardens are important to our local environment because they supply food in the form of pollen and nectar and ensure that these important animals stay in the area to keep pollinating our crops for continued fruit and vegetable production.
The Town intends to install more pollinator gardens in our parks over the coming years. Please check the Naturally Rolesville page and our social media for more information about these gardens and other volunteer opportunities.
Any questions about Naturally Rolesville and the pollinator gardens within the Town can be directed to Eddie Henderson.
Rolesville Town Hall Pollinator Garden
On Earth Day 2023 (April 22, 2023), the Town of Rolesville planted its first pollinator garden at Town Hall. With the help of volunteers from the horticulture class of Rolesville High School, Pam Eagles from the Rolesville Garden Club, Mary Ka Powers from the Rolesville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Town Manager Kelly Arnold & his wife Jill, and Mayor Pro Tem Paul Vilga & his wife Danielle, the event was a great success! It began to rain almost immediately after the planting was completed, watering the plants and providing a perfect ending to the event.
This planting was designed by Karen Rindge and Carla Helms with Rooted in Nature Designs, who not only helped with the planting but also gave a quick introductory lesson about the importance of pollinators and pollinator gardens and answered any questions that volunteers had. See the table below for a list of what's planted at the Town hall Garden.
| Plant Common Name | Plant Scientific Name | Picture |
| Asters or "Woods Purple" | Asters "Woods Purple" |  |
| Anise Hyssop | Agastache "Blue Fortune" |  |
| Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia "Goldsturm" |  |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias Tuberosa |  |
| Coneflower "Pow Wow" White | Echinacea "Pow Wow" |  |
| Coreopsis | Coreopsis "Zagreb" |  |
| Catmint | Nepeta "Walker's Low" |  |
| Goldenrod "Fireworks" | Solildago "Fireworks" |  |
| Phlox - Tall | Phlox Paniculata (Purple/pink) |  |
| Prairie Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium Scoparium |  |
| Salvia "Hot Lips" | Salvia Microphylla "Hot Lips" |  |
| Switchgrass "Northwind or Shenandoah" | Panicum Virginicum |  |
| Viburnum | Viburnum "Raulston Hardy" |  |
Redford Place Park Pollinator Garden
The Town's second Pollinator Garden was planted by the concession stand at Redford Place Park. It contains many of the same plants as Town Hall's garden; however, a few different plants were added to make the garden stand out.
| Plant Common Name | Plant Scientific Name | Picture |
| Phlox Snowflake | Phlox Subulata |  |
| Magnus Purple Coneflower | Echinacea Magnus |  |
| Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia "Goldsturm" | |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias Tuberosa | |
| October Skies | Symphyotrichum Oblongifolium |  |
| Muhly Grass | Muhlenbergia Capillaris |  |
| Catmint | Nepeta "Walker's Low" | |
| Ornamental Onion | Allium Millenium |  |
| Prairie Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium Scoparium | |
| Salvia "Hot Lips" | Salvia Microphylla "Hot Lips" | |
| Switchgrass "Shenandoah" | Panicum Virginicum | |