Brian & Plant Delivery
Last week, Brian Zimmerman, owner of Four Season Nursery, brought his entire crew (while on the clock) up to our Habitat Discovery Center to attend a PowerPoint presentation about the connection between native plants, insect biomass and a healthy bird population.
After the presentation, Brian had his crew install a host of native wildflowers and grasses adjacent to the little bluestem based prairie installation north of our building. As these plants go to seed, they will spread into the prairie, thereby adding diversity.
Brian Zimmerman counsels Jim Charter on plants
Brian also counseled us on how we can improve the appearance of the prairie garden that goes up the hill just outside of the west side of our building.
We are deeply grateful to Brian for this gift, as well as for his ongoing support of our efforts.
Once again, if you live in the Grand Traverse area, or are visiting here, be sure to stop by and check out our Prairie Demonstration Garden, as well as the prairie installation on Charter Sanctuary. (The latter can be seen from the road or from our nature center.)