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Commission discusses pollinator pathway projects and school garden collaboration
Summary
Commission members reported ongoing coordination with Pollinator Pathways representatives and the Greenland School about a proposed pollinator garden; a planned meeting was rescheduled and the commission agreed to include school volunteers in future site work.
Commission members on April 9 discussed the town’s participation in the Pollinator Pathways program and coordination with Greenland School for a pollinator garden project. Members said they had been in touch with regional Pollinator Pathways leadership (identified in discussion as Evie Nathan) and a school representative, and that an in-person meeting originally planned for the week was being rescheduled by the school.
The commission described ongoing contacts: the school reportedly has a new junior-high garden club and the commission is awaiting a new date for a site meeting. Members said the project would focus on planting a pollinator garden at the school and that commission volunteers and interested residents could help with planting and follow-up. The commission also discussed looping interested residents (named in discussion as Oxana Sabolakov) into outreach and event planning once meeting dates are set.
The commission noted it could seek planting guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) after a member reported meeting an NRCS representative who offered consultation and cited occasional grant opportunities for habitat plantings; meeting participants said NRCS would advise homeowners and could provide planning guidance even if it did not fund municipal projects directly.
Members asked staff to reschedule the school meeting and to include school contacts and interested residents in future notices.
