Vision

We want to help pollinators to survive in their natural habitats. We know how important bees are to our life cycle and we have researched the importance of other pollinators for the growth of food and our futures.

Action

Students decided to work on designing and planting a pollinator corridor going down towards the beach to attract butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, bats and other pollinators. We researched the pollinator, which native plants they need, and how and where they grow best. We tried to choose perennial plants that would be fairly low maintenance, especially considering that school is closed during the summer and people won’t be around to water regularly. The planters at the back of the school were also filled with pollinator-attracting native wildflowers to create another pollinator garden.

We planted flowers in the winter, outside in bottles, to add them to our pollinator corridor, and we grew seedlings.

We had to wait longer than expected for the snow to melt and then for the soil to dry before picking up branches and leaves to prepare the area. We will have topsoil delivered next week so that we can plant the corridor using seeds, seedlings and plants. We started to make our own compost in the bins that we had acquired last year.

Reflection & Celebration

We learnt a lot about pollinators, what plants they need to thrive and the conditions needed for the perennial native plants to prosper. We are able to give advice to others who want to plant pollinator gardens. We are hoping to officially open our corridor in June before the end of school. Unfortunately, we have no flowers yet (because it is still early), but we look forward to seeing them in summer and early fall.