Cadette Girl Scout Troop 30304 from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, created three 4’x4’ pollinator plot gardens as part of their Silver Award Project during Hodges Village Dam’s Earth Day Celebration, April 20, 2019 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
“The project they chose was to create pollinator wildflower plots to help enhance habitat for bees and butterflies,” said Park Ranger Nicole Giles, Hodges Village Dam. “Through extensive research, they chose native wildflower seeds including plants for caterpillars to eat! They are also currently raising Painted Lady butterflies which will be released into the gardens in a few weeks.”
Giles said that pollinator gardens are important because habitat for pollinators is declining rapidly each day due to construction, deforestation and heavy pesticide use.
“It’s important for young people to get involved because education, research and action are the only ways we as humans are going to attempt to save the bees from decline,” she said. “It’s important to educate the next generation about the environmental issues they have inherited and it will purely be up to the young people to change what they see.”
| Date Taken: | 04.20.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.13.2019 13:03 |
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| Location: | CHARLTON, MA, US |
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