A Trenton elementary school is full of butterfly rangers.
Staff and students at L’Envol catholique elementary School planted 15 pollinator gardens around the school Monday.
The school is part of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project (L’effet Papillon), a national movement growing habitat for bees and butterflies throughout Canada.
Students at at École catholique L’Envol planted 15 pollinator gardens at the school on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo: submitted)
Project leader Isabelle Rivard says more than 300 plants were put into the ground on Monday.
“So we had over 10 different species. So it could be for butterflies, bees, all kinds of wild birds and any other type of pollinator. And they are flowers actually native from the area.”
The school received plants from Natural Themes Native Nursery in Frankford, Dibbits Landscape Supply and the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
Rivard says the entire student body has really gotten behind the project with families planting several other gardens off school property.
“We also have the school community involved so we have another 11 gardens that have been planted within our families or at the school across the street as well.”
Students at at École catholique L’Envol planted 15 pollinator gardens at the school on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo: submitted)
Their original goal was to plant a dozen pollinator gardens.
About 200 students attend L’Envol which has a long history of environmental awareness. For several years the school has been a member of EcoSchools Canada, a program aiming to reduce the environmental impact of schools, build sustainable school communities and create environmentally responsible citizens.
Pollinator Garden at École catholique L’Envol. (Photo: submitted)
