Pam Phillips

Board member

Pam Phillips grew up in California, and has lived in Watertown since 1996. Over the years, her gardening goals have shifted from planting for human pleasure, to adding food plants for wildlife, to adding anything that bees liked, to focusing on native plants for native bees. She had a plot at Grove Street for much of its existence, where she learned that growing a significant amount of food takes a lot of work. She did have some success with overwintering plants. In 2014, she helped start Friends of Bees. In 2025, she received certification from Umass Amherst as a Pollinator Steward. And in 2026, Friends of Bees are flying into Watertown Pollinator Pathways.