Our Bronze Award Project addresses the problem of disappearing pollinators in our ecosystem.  Plants need pollinators to reproduce while pollinators mutually benefit by obtaining food like nectar or pollen.  To support this mutually beneficial relationship, we decided to plant a native plant pollinator garden on our school grounds.  The girls researched native plants, designed the garden space, and picked out native plants of their choice for this garden.  They grew some of the plants from seedlings, and some from seeds, using artificial cold stratification for many of the seeds.  The girls used their hard-earned money from cookie sales and troop dues to fund this project, purchasing seedlings from local native plant nurseries like City Roots, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery and Monarch Watch and seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery.  And because they chose all perennial plants, this garden will come back each year for generations to come.