ANN ARBOR – For the fourth consecutive year, Washtenaw Community College (WCC) has been recognized as a Bee Campus USA affiliate by The Xerces Society for enhancing pollinator habitats, pesticide reduction and educating the community.
This year, the WCC Bee Campus USA Committee has introduced the new pollinator garden (photo included below) located between the Crane Liberal Arts & Sciences and Gunder Myran buildings on campus. The new pollinator garden was designed to attract all pollinators, including bees, butterflies, birds and more.
The landscaping includes Aronia melanocarpa (black), Hybiscus syriacus ‘Red Heart’, Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Quickfire, Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘fiber optics’, Buddleia ‘Black Knight’, Sedum ‘Autumn Fire’ (stonecrop), Rhamnus ‘Fine line’, Calamagrostis ‘Overdam’, Picea omorika (Serbian Spruce), Salvia ‘May Night’, Echinacea ‘Sombrero Adobe Orange’ and Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed).
Additional information about the initiative can be found at Washtenaw Community College Bee Campus USA.
The WCC Bee Campus USA Committee includes co-chairs Sandy McCarthy and Holly Herman, Jeremy Podolak, Emily Thompson, Kimberly Hill-Edwards, Dave Wooten, Lisa Babe, and Monica Milla.
About Washtenaw Community College
Washtenaw Community College (WCC), Ann Arbor, Michigan, educates students through a wide range of associate and certificate programs in areas such as health care, business, STEM and advanced transportation and mobility. WCC offers accelerated and online programs and is ranked the number one community college in Michigan by Intelligent.com and Schools.com. The college also works through community, business and union partnerships to develop highly specialized training programs to meet the region’s workforce talent needs.
