Procedure

First we got the pollinator box from Jonathens girlfriends house. Then we brought it to the school. After that we cleared a space for the box and set up dropper tubes for watering . Once that was done we went to a nursery to buy soil and plants. After the plants and soil were bought we brought them back to the school and planted them in the box. Finaly we installed the dropper tubes and watered the plants.

The Types of Flowers We Used

The most important part of the pollinator box, are the flowers. We planted many different types of flowers, in hopes of attracting all sorts of pollinators. The 2 main insects that we were most focused on were bees and butterflies. However, other bugs would be just fine with these plants as well. The first plants we bought were targeting bees. Now, bees see all colors but red, so we chose flowers that were blue and purple for them. We planted the following: Blue Balloon, Verbena imagination, and Salvia microphylla. These flowers will attract bees from all over the area. For the butterflies, we need different plants. For the butterflies we planted the following: Salvia Violin Music, Salvia clevelandll, and the Salvia Amistad. With all of these flowers incorporated into our pollinator box, any passing buy insects won't be able to resit it.

Why we chose are project

     During the second round of ecology service learning projects, we wanted to create something that we knew would last and overall benefit the garden of Willow Glen High School. Our group had decided on building a pollinator box for our ESLP. A pollinator box can come in a variety of sizes, and is basically a small garden planted with native flowers that pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, can take pollen and nectar from. We chose this project because we though that  a pollinator box would help the recent decline in pollinators in California while also bringing some color to our school's garden. By the end of our project, we hope to have created a self-sufficient pollinator garden that will continue to benefit Willow Glen's garden for many years to come.