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. 2012 Jun 8;7(6):e38642. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038642

Table 2. Description of the eleven further activities proposed to participants by the during the activity days.

Activity name Description Location Interested
Bird watching During weekends in May, observing and listening to the birds in the garden. Local 22
Placing nest boxes Participants were invited to come one afternoon in early June to help place the pollinator hotel and the small nests they built themselves. Local 20
Pollinator watching Observation of a flower meadow and the pollinators visiting it in July. Local 17
Garden butterflies Offer to take part in the garden butterflies watch program. Local 15
Pollinator friendly planters Instructions on how to create a pollinator-friendly planter on a window ledge or balcony. Local 17
Urban nature walk A short urban nature walk around the green belt of Paris. Paris area 14
Botanical garden Invitation to visit a “floral park” in Paris (with general information provided). Paris area 15
Plant fair An opportunity to exchange plants and gardening materials for free. Paris area 13
Discovering amphibians Information on an activity day on amphibians during a nature festival organised by the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (May). Paris area 14
Gardening Information on how one can do shared-communal gardening in the city of Paris. Paris area 10
General information Information on several biodiversity activities organised by the city of Paris in the summer and spring 2010. Paris area 8

The location of each activity is classified into local, i.e., in the same garden or at home, and Parisian urban area, i.e., activities that took place in the Paris metropolis.