Great Southeast Pollinator Census
The 2025 count
What we counted together
In dedicationThis year's Great Southeast Pollinator Census is dedicated to Walter Reeves — a trusted voice, passionate educator, and tireless champion for gardens and pollinators.
After you count
Print your “I Counted!” stickers
Lady beetles are the theme for the 2026 “I Counted” stickers. The download is a PDF that can be used with Avery Template #5294.
How it works
Three steps, fifteen minutes
Watch
Pick one blooming plant and watch it closely for 15 minutes.
Count
Tally every pollinator that lands, sorted into eight simple groups.
Submit
Enter your counts online — they join thousands across six states.
What to count
Eight simple groups
Get ready
Learn before you count
Watch the how-to
A short video walks through the whole count, from picking a plant to sorting visitors.
Read the ID guide
Field marks for all eight groups, in English and Spanish — print it or keep it on your phone.
Grow a garden
Plant for pollinators now so there's plenty of activity to count next August.
Stay in the loop
Get census news in your inbox
Count-day reminders, new materials, and pollinator stories from across the Southeast — a few emails a year, never spam.
The Great Southeast Pollinator Course
Seven weeks to increase your insect knowledge and upgrade your Great Southeast Pollinator Census counting skills. Learn with the experts!
Seven weekly sessions
Taught live by entomologists and Census coordinators.
Read together
The Great Pollinator Count
Susan Edwards Richmond's picture book follows a young girl named Mellie as she counts pollinators in her school garden — an inviting, accurate introduction for the youngest counters.
Illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman · Peachtree Publishing
Who makes it possible
Partners & supporters
A coordinator in each state runs the count locally, with Georgia coordinating the census across the Southeast — all backed by the institutions that support it.
Census coordinators by state
University of Georgia Extension
National & Georgia coordination
Visit websiteWhere the census began. From UGA Extension, Becky founded the count in 2019 and coordinates it across all six states today.
Clemson Extension
South Carolina coordination
Visit websiteClemson Extension brought South Carolina into the count in 2022 — the first state beyond Georgia.
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
North Carolina coordination
Visit websiteNC Cooperative Extension joined the count in 2023, leading the census across North Carolina.
University of Florida Extension
Florida coordination
Visit websiteUF/IFAS Extension joined in 2024, the year the count grew into the Great Southeast Pollinator Census.
Alabama Cooperative Extension
Alabama coordination
Visit websiteAlabama Cooperative Extension joined in 2025, a record-breaking year for the count.
Mississippi State University
Mississippi coordination
Visit websiteThrough MSU's Coastal Conservation & Restoration Program, Mississippi is the newest state to count alongside the Southeast.
Supporting organizations
UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Academic home
The census's academic home, providing the research and Extension network behind the count.
Visit website
Fort Valley State University
Cooperating institution
A 1890 land-grant partner extending the count to more Georgia communities.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Federal cooperator
Federal cooperator supporting Extension programming across the Southeast.
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National 4-H
Youth engagement
Connects young people to the census through clubs, classrooms, and gardens nationwide.
Visit websiteProject partners & supporters
47+ organizations and counting
Join the community
Count with us all year
Share photos of your garden and your counters, ask questions, and see what others are spotting across the Southeast.
Count days
August 21 & 22, 2026
Count anytime between sunrise and sunset, unless you want to be a nighttime counter, counting those nighttime pollinators.
Rained out? Sunday, August 23 and Monday, August 24 are official rain dates.