The project partnered with the Keep Scottsdale Beautiful Board members with foster children from the Scott Foundation to create a pollinator garden at the Foundation's new location which will become an interactive outdoor environmental education center for young people in the foster care system. With a focus on developing inner wealth, the Scott Foundation invests in the future of Arizona foster kids who wish to make the world better than they found it. The new environmental education center will have a pollinator garden, an edible classroom with U-shaped raised beds, a fruit & nut tree orchard, a pond for wildlife, rain barrel water collection, and outdoor mobile kitchens. The students learned about the relationship between plants and pollinators of all types, how to create and plant to attract insects and wildlife (bats and birds are important pollinators in the desert). Although the effort was hampered by COVID19 and participants had to keep distanced, the project moved forward. We hope to continue our planting efforts this winter and early spring depending on COVID restrictions. In the meantime, we are fortunate to have some winter bloomers to show. The bees are really attracted to whatever may be in bloom this winter since it has been so dry and the wildlands were drastically impacted by wildfires.
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We're excited to see another great winter bloomer attracting pollinators - chuparosa, a native to the desert.
A Queen Anne's Lace Vine in full bloom providing beautiful flowers that are really attracting the bees during the fall/winter.
Keep Scottsdale Beautiful has been working with the Mayor of Scottsdale and his assistant for the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge. On Tuesday, January 14, 2020 the Scottsdale City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 11687 authorizing Scottsdale to sign the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. During the City Council meeting, two of the Council Members approached us to tell us how excited they are that we are bringing this initiative to Scottsdale. The Mayor’s office has sent us a draft proclamation to review, after which the proclamation will be officially signed by the mayor. We will be working with the City of Scottsdale to establish more pollinator gardens around the city.
Keep Scottsdale Beautiful will also be working with the Scott Foundation to create a pollinator garden at their new location which will become an interactive outdoor environmental education center for young people in the foster care system. With a focus on developing inner wealth, the Scott Foundation invests in the future of Arizona foster kids who wish to make the world better than they found it. The new environmental education center will have a pollinator garden, an edible classroom with U-shaped raised beds, a fruit & nut tree orchard, a pond for wildlife, rain barrel water collection, and outdoor mobile kitchens. The students will be an active part of creating this new center.
https://scott-foundation.org/
Description of photos:
• Brad Newton, the president of Keep Scottsdale Beautiful, speaking in front of Scottsdale City Council before they unanimously voted to approve Resolution 11687 authorizing Scottsdale to sign the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge.
• Board members of Keep Scottsdale Beautiful after the City Council voted to approve for Scottsdale to sign the NWF Mayors’ Monarch Pledge.
• The location at the new center for the Scott Foundation environmental education center where Keep Scottsdale Beautiful will be creating a pollinator garden.
Meet with a large commercial company to identify potential planting location(s).
Assignments made to evaluate other planting locations and partners, such as establishing school gardens, city sites, etc.
Assignments to begin designing garden once location has been determined.
I'm excited to bring more pollinator gardens to Scottsdale!
