Front Row: Camille DeVito, Nancy Percivall and Gail Schulz Back Row: Littany Hollerbach, Cindy Hansen, Margo Antonelli, Rosa Johnson and Pat Stevenson Led by Project Chair Gail Schulz, members Margo Antonelli, Camille DeVito, Cindy Hansen, Littany Hollerbach, Rosa Johnson, Nancy Percivall and Pat Stevenson attend the fall clean-up of the Pollinator Garden at Crofton Library.
The Pollinator Garden is a "stepping stone" on the Anne Arundel County Pollinator Pathway. Pollinator Week is an annual celebration in support of pollinator health that was initiated and is managed by the Pollinator Partnership. This Pollinator Week, the Pollinator Partnership will be emphasizing the connections between climate and pollinators. Pollinators are dying because their food and homes are disappearing, diseases have increased, and rising temperatures and natural disasters are affecting their ability to survive – all of which are related to climate change. At the same time, the conservation of pollinators and their habitats can help combat climate change by supporting healthy ecosystems, air, soil, water, and plants. Combined, these results make planet earth a safer place for us to live. These are big problems and the efforts that are made around North America and globally during Pollinator Week can help provide real solutions for the pollinators we all love.
For Pollinator Week resources, click the button below. FEATURED POLLINATOR PLANT: Black-eyed Susan 'Goldsturm', Rudebeckia fulgida
Proven to be a workhorse in the garden, award-winning 'Goldsturm' is a highly popular choice. This perennial is long-lived and reliably produces masses of rich golden yellow flowers from midsummer through early fall, no matter what the weather is like. FEATURED POLLINATOR PLANT: Peony 'Sarah Bernhardt', Paeonia lactiflora
An all time favorite, award-winner Peony 'Sarah Bernhardt' is outrageously beautiful in bloom! The delightfully fragrant, rose-pink double flowers, with delicately ruffled inner petals ocasionally flecked with raspberry will take your breath away every spring. Attractive to butterflies. Led by Project Chair Gail Schulz, members Margo Antonelli, Trish Demers, Rosa Johnson and Nancy Percivall and incoming members Laura Austin and Jessica Kruse weed the Pollinator Garden at Crofton Library.
The iris have started to bloom and the blue false indigo and peony are covered in buds. The garden has a variety of native plants that bloom from spring, throughout the summer, and into the fall, providing nectar and pollen essential for a flourishing pollinator population. The Pollinator Garden is a "stepping stone" on the Anne Arundel County Pollinator Pathway. |
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