Butterfly garden improvements made at Black Rock Lake for Public Lands Day

Photo By AnnMarie Harvie | A Connecticut Girl Scout Troop assists Park Ranger Marissa Wright in improving the Black Rock Lake butterfly garden during the National Public Lands Day Event, Sept. 14, 2014. (Amy Charlton/U.S. Army)  

THOMASTON, CT, UNITED STATES

10.31.2014

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District

THOMASTON, Conn. - Several Girl Scouts and Park Rangers gathered at Black Rock Lake Sept. 14 to winterize and enhance the native butterfly garden and walking path at the Black Rock Lake in Thomaston, Connecticut.

"This event creates a wonderful opportunity to work with the Girl Scouts in order to enhance and preserve our public lands and resources," said Marissa Wright, NPLD coordinator for Black Rock Lake.

Volunteers rolled up their sleeves at the site to pull weeds, deadhead plantings, and mulch the area.

"The butterfly garden and the field habitat in the area contain native plantings that provide food for butterflies, birds and other wildlife," said Wright.

The Girl Scouts do an extraordinary job each year helping the New England District to maintain the beautiful garden. Black Rock Lake team member Amy Charlton, as well as Wright, assisted the Scouts with the event.

• Date Taken: 10.31.2014
• Date Posted: 10.31.2014 15:18
• Story ID: 146712
• Location: THOMASTON, CT, US