Conestee Nature Preserve’s newest garden is the bees knees. The Henderson Meadow Interpretative Pollinator (HIP) Garden is now open.
The space, peppered with pollinating flowers donated by the SC Native Plant Society, is located near the preserve’s Shortleaf Shelter (spot No. 7 on this map). It was created through a partnership with The Bee Cause Project, an organization that protects pollinators, and South Carolina 4-H.
Patricia Whitener, leader of the 4-H Natural Resources Programs in SC, says in a blog post that the garden is “designed to provide habitat and educational opportunities for the public” and that it “will enable 4-H youth to participate in the development, presentation, construction, and on-going maintenance.”
Learn more about how the HIP Garden helps The Bee Cause Project achieve its mission and more about how it will be utilized within Conestee Nature Preserve.
