{"id":4795,"date":"2019-02-15T16:19:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T21:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2020-07-14T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:42:04","slug":"transylvania-to-revive-gardens-that-benefit-pollinators-prevent-soil-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/02\/transylvania-to-revive-gardens-that-benefit-pollinators-prevent-soil-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania to revive gardens that benefit pollinators, prevent soil erosion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bloggarden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/bloggarden2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/bloggarden2-350x184.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/bloggarden2-730x384.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/02\/bloggarden2-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re bugged by recent news of insect population\ndeclines, you\u2019ll likely be interested in Transylvania University\u2019s plan to\nrevive its sustainable gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These flowering plots in an urban setting will raise\nawareness\u2014maybe even create a buzz\u2014about the importance of insects, and they\nwill provide healthy habitats for pollinators of local vegetable gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flowering plants growing on the plot at the corner of Fourth Street and Broadway specifically will cater to pollinators that may go to work in a nearby organic community garden behind Poole Residence Hall. And the revitalized rain garden behind the Carpenter Academic Center will provide added protection against soil erosion\u2014serving as an alternative to, say, a concrete drainage ditch along this low-lying strip of ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crews have already cleared out much of the existing vegetation, including weeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBasically we just decided to start from scratch,\u201d said\nMargaux Crider, Transy\u2019s AmeriCorps VISTA for sustainability. \u201cIt\u2019s just time\nto replenish the gardens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students (pictured above) planted the original butterfly\ngarden on Fourth and Broadway in 2010 as part of the Community Learning and Sustainability\nStudents program with the help of a grant from the Lexington-Fayette Urban\nCounty Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also that year, the university received a local Stormwater\nQuality Grant that it used in part for interactive, hand-painted signage in the\nrain garden, which featured native perennials such as yellow and blue flag\nirises and oakleaf hydrangeas. It was one of the first rain gardens installed\nin Lexington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Transy community will start replanting the plots this spring with native flowers and herbs and create additional signage to match the new vegetation. 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