On-Going Wildflower Project

Christine Maccabee Everyone loves flowers, and who doesn’t love seeing young children having fun with milkweed fluff (shown right)? Fun was mixed with work in February, when members of the Green Team and their children spread wildflower seeds in the wild area along Woodside Drive. Last year, many beautiful flowers bloomed there during the spring, summer, and even into the fall. The tallest flowers were already there naturally, and those along with our seeding project  provided not only beauty for people, but essential nectar and pollen for pollinators and seeds for birds. There are even cattails in the ditch! This year, the project is continuing. A mixture of twenty other wild native seeds had been previously mixed with fine play sand for better distribution over a large area. This mixture was put in multiple buckets and then distributed by adults and children over areas not seeded last year. It was a cold February day, but everyone had the right attitude, and the distribution went smoothly. Once that work was finished, Cindy Poole led the children in the fun of letting milkweed seeds and fluff fly! Participants that day were Amie and Charlie McDaniels, Marilyn Worsham, Nova and Ily Rothrock, Cindy Poole, and Christine Maccabee. The Green Team also has a Community Garden with plots for anyone interested in growing their own vegetables. Get in touch with [email protected].