Pollinators are vital to create and maintain the ecosystems and habitats that many animals rely on for food and shelter. Roughly 75% o the world’s food crops depend at least in part on pollination.
But pollinators are often taken for granted and need more space to thrive.
Providing spaces or the pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and other insects and birds, to thrive allow for the continuing growth of other flowers and plants.
At Greenview we create this space for the pollinators in The Pollinator Garden.
The Pollinator Garden is located behind Project Grow community gardens and near the Edible Garden.
Plants found in the Pollinator Garden:
Hyssop 
Helenium
Phlox 
Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Penstemon
Penstemon digitalis
Oregano 
Compass Plant
Grayhead Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Purple Cone flower
echinacea purpurea
Black-eyed Susan
rudbeckia hirta
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
and Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Shining Blue Star
Amsonia illustris
Riddell’s Goldenrod
Solidago riddellii
Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
and Soldier beetles
Black-eyed Susan
and New England Aster symphyotrichum novae-angliae
St John’s-wort
Evening primrose 
Nodding onion
Bees, beetles and skipper butterfly
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata