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www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x November 18 — December 1, 2021 x 19<br />
School News<br />
SEEN<br />
Throughout the past few years, club members of Bloom & Grow have become increasingly aware of the plight of the monarch<br />
butterfly, the numbers of which are declining rapidly due to loss of natural habitat. The endangerment of butterflies and other<br />
pollinators present a great learning opportunity when studying land stewardship, climate change, and how insects live and<br />
thrive. This promotes Bloom & Grow’s mission statement “to stimulate a knowledge and love of gardening through promotion<br />
and sponsorship of community projects and the protection and sustainability of native habitat; to promote and sponsor<br />
educational horticultural experiences; and civic involvement.” Bloom & Grow members have embarked on a monarch<br />
preservation project to encourage students and their families to join the effort. Together with partners Healthy West Orange<br />
and Orlando Health, Oakland Avenue Charter School joined the school partnership program developed for public and<br />
private schools in Orange County. Last month, OACS staff members picked up way stations to create two locations for<br />
milkweed. Tropical milkweed, native milkweed and pollinator plants are grown specifically for this project by local nurseries<br />
that support Bloom & Grow’s various community programs. Each way station contains 10 plants, which are essential to the life<br />
cycle of a monarch. Bloom & Grow experts assisted in identifying locations for the gardens to ensure sunlight, access to<br />
watering and more, and the cost of the plants was covered by Orlando Health. A kit of materials essential to maintaining a<br />
successful butterfly garden, including print materials, netting and installation instructions, was provided by Healthy West<br />
Orange. For each school partnership, a member of Bloom & Grow is assigned as a liaison to assist with information on<br />
planting, troubleshooting, disseminating information to parents wishing to garden at home, and more.<br />
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