Flowers Bloom in New Pollinator Garden

HUDSON- Members of the environmental club welcomed spring by planting a pollinator garden outside the D pod courtyard at Hudson High. 

A main goal the environmental club decided this year was the pollinator garden.

“Pollinator gardens are really important for local biodiversity. Things like bees and butterflies are struggling right now because a lot of land is used for pavement, for parking, that is used for grass.” said Jean Ganek, the club adviser and science teacher.

The pollinator garden is used to support animals who pollinate, a lot of pollinator gardens should be planted right now due to land being taken over by pavement for parking. 

“There’s lots of great resources to find native plants that are great for our bees and butterflies as well. don’t have plants like clovers in them for those pollinators to be able to get the pollen that they need,” Ganek said.

When also asked how students can get involved in this and help out with the pollinator garden club adviser Ganek Said 

“So, if you want to plan a pollinator garden at home, making sure you have a nice little pot of land would be important. If you make sure that you get some good sunlight and you’re able to go out and water it every day,” Ganek said.

Springtime is a perfect time to start planting a pollinator garden as most animals who pollinate come out during springtime. 

“I usually want to plant around April, May. Sometimes, if you want to, like, start from, you might want to start earlier, so they’re ready to go and actually be planted in the ground come springtime. But if you want to plant now, it’s certainly not too late.”

“It comes down to going to a local nursery and picking some good plants. I find that oftentimes if you go to one of the local nurseries.”

If you want to help the animals, plant a pollinator garden and it does not need much  daily maintenance. 

“Well normally there wouldn’t be that much maintenance just regularly going out to be able to water the plants and keep them alive. I might try to water at least once a day and thus it’s raining, in which case mother nature takes care of it for us.”