The Pollinator Garden – April, 2019 – A message from the Gardening Committee

Many thanks to the school and the PA for supporting us in creating the Pollinator Garden. Fingers crossed all plants settle and grow well. The final couple of shrubs will go in after Easter and Fiona’s Science Club will carry out more planting and create bug houses to add to it as there term returns.

Many thanks to Marie McCooey from Greystones Tidy Towns for assisting us in sourcing and choosing the plants and Louise for helping us connect. Thanks also to Arboretum Garden Centre in Kilquade who supplied the upcycled paving slabs free of charge.

Gardening duties carried out by parents Rebecca, Aoife, Fiona, Latifa, Bronwen, Jon and Steph. Plant donations from Clare, Louise, Amanda, Phil and there are more parents still offering cuttings and plants to keep the garden in bloom.

Details and resources on the National Pollinator Plan can be found here, http://pollinators.ie/resources/ The full plant list is as follows;

Pollinator Garden Plant List

Pulmonaria, Boys & Girls

Bergenia ‘Pink Dragonfly’

Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’, wallflower

Ajuga reptans ‘Cocolat chip’

Tellima grandiflora

Anemone ‘Pure White’

Tellima grandiflora ‘Rubera’

Pulmonaria ‘Majeste’

Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’

Verbena bonariensis

Rosemary

Prostrate rosemary

English lavender

French lavender

Heather

Copper fennel

Lamium

Crocosmia montbretia

Geranium ‘Rozanne’

Hydrangea Annabelle

Dicentra Spectabilis bleeding heart

Sorbus, Rowan mountain ash

To be added…

Mahonia

Many thanks to all helpers and supporters, looking forward to seeing the students and the Science Club exploring it soon.

Many thanks,
Rebecca and the Parents’ Association’s Gardening Committee.

 

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