Promoting Community Pollinator Plantings
Horticulture & Turfgrass
Jessie Hoover
County Agent - Horticulture
LSU AgCenter
Clinton
Abstract
Pollinators and pollinator plantings are becoming a priority across the country. To address increased interest in pollinators and promote pollinator habitat in the community, the 2022 Feliciana Parishes Master Gardener class planned and implemented the “Feliciana Wild and Wonderful” project.This project was multifaceted; class participants planted pollinator patches around their local communities, distributed flower seeds, and created educational materials to teach the community how to plant their own pollinator patches. The pollinator plantings were a low maintenance way to create interest, promote pollinator habitat, and beautify the communities. As a result of this project, 8 pollinator patches were planted in two parishes and over 500 people received seeds for their own pollinator patches and education on planting and maintaining them.
Authors: Jessie Hoover
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Jessie Hoover County Agent - Horticulture, LSU AgCenter, Louisiana, 70722