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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSholom Park volunteer Carole Putnam, who coordinated the census count, expressed her satisfaction with the turnout. \u201cI was concerned when each morning the clouds looked so threatening. But that didn\u2019t deter more than 100 volunteers, many with their children, from wanting to be a part of this important study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volunteers were given an insect identification guide and instructions on how to go about logging in their sightings. They then chose a pollinator-friendly plant. Chairs were available, inviting them to sit for 15 minutes and observe, identify, and log \u2013 and so they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sholom Park is many things to many people. Visitors may come to the park to simply feel, watch, and communicate with nature, or to stretch their legs, or inhale the peace at the Zen garden, or attend one of the evening concerts. It is a place of wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year, Sholom Park participated in The Great Southeast Pollinator Census. […]<\/p>\n