Branchville Elementary School (BES) celebrated Earth Week with a creative blend of hands-on learning, composting, and planting. On April 22, the Green Team, an initiative led by Sarah Motta-Stabile and Ella Lanzi, planted a pollinator pathway in the school’s garden.
Students got their hands dirty sowing native, pollinator-friendly wildflower seeds and planting blueberry bushes in compost-enriched soil made from the school’s own food waste.
This pollinator pathway, which blossomed throughout summer and will continue to do so into the fall, is designed to support bees, butterflies, birds, and other essential pollinators.
The BES Green Team, which is open to students in all grades, collaborates with the PTA and school administration.
“We’re planting the seeds of sustainability with BES students,” Motta-Stabile tells us. “Branchville is on a Path to Zero Waste.”