Volunteer gardeners Joan McGovern, Barbara Slaiby, and Jesse Elfstrom worked with Susan Johnson of the Recreation, Arts, and Parks Department on May 10 to move a mature pollinator garden from the Mascoma River Greenway trailhead. The relocation was necessary due to construction starting on the new Mechanic/High/Mascoma Streets Roundabout.
The garden was originally established by Pat McGovern. Organizers said that without this effort, the plants would have been lost during construction activities. The group received permission from Goss Logan Insurance to transplant the garden to a hillside near the Lebanon Pedestrian Tunnel entrance.
“The transplanted garden will continue to provide important habitat and seasonal color along the Greenway,” organizers said in a statement.
Plants moved during this project included purple coneflowers, Rudbeckia, asters, daffodils, grape hyacinths, golden alexanders, bellflowers, Coreopsis, daylilies, bearded and blue flag iris, obedient plant, chrysanthemums, and liatris.
Organizers thanked volunteers and community partners for their help in saving and replanting the pollinator garden.
