Hoke Pollinator Haven

c. 2024

What was once a bed of river rocks along the side of the Hoke Hall IT Department patio is now a thriving - and somewhat wild - pollinator haven. You can still find some of the river rocks in the garden as they currently serve as a barrier between the garden bed and patio pavement, but the rest of these rocks have been repurposed across campus for various hardscaping projects. It took many Environmental Stewards, volunteers, shovels, wheelbarrows, and one fully charged Ford Lightning to remove all the rocks that provided the space needed for this thriving pollinator habitat.

Plants in this garden include Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella), Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica), Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis), and Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus).