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Edison Scouts Build Pollinator Garden
The local TAP has featured and article about Edison Intermediate School students Mahie Panjwani, Madeline Schlitzer and Kayla Yip and their efforts to spread the word about native plant gardens.
They worked with the Friends of Brightwood Park to learn about species diversity and how to create their garden.
They worked with the Friends of Brightwood Park to learn about species diversity and how to create their garden.
“Manicured lawns are this neat, pretty, very stereotypical suburban lawn and they don't leave a lot of room for native plants, which are plants that have been in this ecosystem for hundreds and hundreds of years. They have adapted to our environment and have built a relationship with our native pollinators. When there are no native plants for these pollinators, they have a really hard time and slowly die out,” Schlitzer explained.