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.”
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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.