The Pollinator/Native Plant Pathway Garden Project
About
Here is the Pollinator/Native Plant Pathway Garden! Down below is some more info on it!
Mission
The visibility of this garden in our main picnic area where Red Fish resides enhances and aligns with our mission to educate visitors on the topic of environmental sustainability through the arts (Red Fish) and through our human senses. By replacing our LESTC lawn with a pollinator garden, we can provide nectar and pollen for bees, food for butterflies, native birds, insects, and shelter for wildlife. Most importantly, protection of our Great Lake, Erie. Lawns require mowing, feeding with fertilizer, treating for insects and funguses, watering during droughts, aerating, over-seeding and more.
Ways We Completed The Project
Phase 1: Completed May 2023 under the leadership of Erie County Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Paula Malesa, a retired teacher. She has also volunteered for 20 years at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. She has distributed over 10,000 trees through the Ecology Club she advised while at Frontier High School. Having traveled to over 90 countries, she is knowledgeable about local flora, botanical gardens, trees and rainforests. She studies native plants and their relationship with local WNY pollinators. Phase 2: Broke ground April 2024 with the continued guidance and expertise of Master Gardener and Friend Paula with support from Frontier BIG Picture Academy students and the Town of Hamburg. Plans are to increase size, reseed and add some Annuals. We also rely on local volunteers who tend and water the garden throughout the prime summer season
