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Volunteers help refurbish native plant garden in Lewes
Area at University of Delaware campus will include wildflowers to attract pollinators
Denise Bridgens and Paul Collins work back-to-back to rake up pine needles to clear off land to expand the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean and Environment native plant garden. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
November 21, 2019
Volunteers assisting Delaware Native Plant Society got their hands dirty Nov. 9 to help renovate the native plant garden at the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean and Environment campus in Lewes. The collaborative effort between the society and the university has included renovation and improvement of the southern portion of the garden next to the college with additional plants, removal of nonnative species and installation of a crushed-stone pathway. At the Nov. 9 workday, volunteers prepared the ground and sowed 15 varieties of native plant seeds. The area is designed to become of the largest pollinator gardens in Delaware, covering nearly 4,000 square feet.
Denise Bridgens and Paul Collins work back-to-back to rake up pine needles to clear off land to expand the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean and Environment native plant garden. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Mary Ellen Zweier of Milford works the soil with a rake as she removes old roots.
Eric Zuelke, Delaware Native Plant Society coordinator of the project, pulls out a large clump of grass to make way for planting space.
Volunteers work in their sectioned off grids in preparation to plant wildflower seeds to attract pollinators.
