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Resident says pollinator garden was pre-emptively cut and asks board for clearer communication
Summary
A resident told the Weybridge Select Board she was "shocked" to find the town pollinator garden already cut back and asked who did the work and for better advance notice of maintenance; the board encouraged public communication and suggested Front Porch Forum or the town calendar as notification options.
A community member raised a question during public comment after coming on Sunday to clean the town pollinator garden and finding the work already completed. The resident said she "was shocked because it actually had already been done" and asked whether the board or a volunteer had done the cutting and whether the town could provide advance notice in future.
Select Board Chair Megan Sutton and other board members said they believed the work was well intentioned but agreed communication should improve. Sutton suggested using Front Porch Forum and the town calendar to give neighbors a heads-up before visible maintenance. Gail Hurd, representing Festival on the Green and on the Planning Commission, and other community members discussed how to balance a "messier" native-plant look with visibility and sign maintenance at especially public-facing sites.
The board encouraged the resident to post on Front Porch Forum and volunteer coordinators said they would try to identify the "mystery" volunteers and invite them to coordinate with existing caretakers. No formal action was taken; the board treated the exchange as community feedback to guide future communication about public landscaping projects.
