The Cape May County Zoo is now home to two large native plant gardens, thanks to help from Middle Township’s Environmental Commission and the hard work of Lower Cape May Regional students.
The gardens are important because they provide food and fauna necessary to help sustain local and migratory pollinators which include birds, bees, and butterflies. Increasing pollinator gardens in CMC is a goal of the Middle Twp Environmental Commission, as development and non-native gardens and awns are increasingly leaving our pollinators with little to sustain them which will negatively impact our local ecosystem and economy.
The gardens at the Zoo will have signs to educate the public on the beautiful native plants to add to their yards which will also be beneficial to different species. There are a few nurseries in our area which sell these plants and provide education.
The project was completed in coordination with the Zoo’s Senior Gardener, Daisy Bodnar, Dustin Welch of the Wildlife Gardener, and Sylvia Lockwood and Tarin Mason of The Middle Twp Environmental Commission.
