It’s National Wildflower Week and we’re all about growing native species!
As you may know, we’ve got a lovely Nature Trail and have started a pollinator garden project along the front of the building.
Wildflowers are an easy way to add color and attract some really interesting wildlife to your space! Throughout the year, you can explore our trail and see a wide variety of plants. The milk pea featured here is just one small example of a native plant that’s often overlooked despite the important role it has in our ecosystem!
This coastal native is a host plant for several butterfly (like gray hairstreak) larva and as a food source for our native pollinators! Despite it’s tiny presence, it has a massive impact.
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Over the past couple of years, we’ve been working hard to plant native plants and encourage our native pollinators to visit. In partnership with Backyard Butterflies, we’ve held our first annual Moth Night and have already scheduled our 2nd in June!
But we’ve got some big ideas that need your support! We’d love to provide some educational signage about our garden and how it changes through the seasons. We’d also love to eventually purchase our own LepiLed light in order to host other bug nights for everyone to enjoy.
Please consider donating to our GoFundMe campaign to help us achieve these goals towards education and supporting our beautiful island!
How Will You Celebrate National Wildflower Week?
It’s so easy to celebrate and so many ways to do it!
- Walk our nature trail and see what plants you can find.
- Plant your own native flowers
- Visit a local botanical garden
- Take a walk around the neighborhood
- Plan a nature hike and take photos of what you find
- Photograph pollinators you see and load them to iNaturalist
- Donate to your favorite non-profit that supports planting native species
- Hunt down invasive species in your yard and remove them
- Collect and share seeds from native plants that you’re growing
What will you be doing? We’d love to hear from you! Share pictures and/or stories of what you’re doing this week on our Friends of the Museum Facebook Group! Subscribe by entering your email below to get all the updates directly to your inbox!
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