Photo: Pollinator garden at the ACD office.
Photo: Pollinator garden at the ACD office.

A pollinator planting installed four years ago on a sunny and sandy slope at ACD's office is teeming with life as pollinators take advantage of its abundant blooms. It showcases the results of consistent watering, weeding, and supplemental plantings over the three critical years following the initial plug-planting effort. This area also contains a variety of additional flowering species that bloom during other seasons, along with grasses that provide habitat and shelter.

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Photo: Right now, Wild Bergamot, Butterfly Weed, and Virginia Mountain Mint are feeding countless bees and butterflies, along with other beneficial pollinators such as the hummingbird-like Snowberry Clearwing Moth and Solitary Blue-Winged Wasps.
Photo: Right now, Wild Bergamot, Butterfly Weed, and Virginia Mountain Mint are feeding countless bees and butterflies, along with other beneficial pollinators such as the hummingbird-like Snowberry Clearwing Moth and Solitary Blue-Winged Wasps.