Our pollinator garden was a Troop 10 Eagle project by Noah Hutchinson, supported by volunteer plant expert and hobbyist Ken Koellner. The project was initiated in 2022. Seedlings were planted in the spring of 2023.
Noah was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in May of 2025.

The list of plants that were used to start the garden:

Photo	Name	Genus	Height Group	Width	Bloom Period	Soil Moisture	Light	Color	No.
	Nodding Onion	Allium cernuum	1	1′	May- June	Med	Sun  Part shade	Pink	2 plugs
	Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuborosa	1	1-1.5′	June-Aug	Dry- Medium	Sun	Orange	6 plugs
	Downy Wood Mint	Blephilia ciliata	1	1-1.5′	June-July	Dry- Medium	Sun  Part sun	Purple	4 3″ pots + 2 plugs
	Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia	1	0.5′	Jun- Aug	Dry- Medium	Sun  Part sun	Lavender	4 plugs
	Purple Love Grass	Eragrostis spectabilis	1	1-2′	May-Februa ry	Dry- Medium	Sun	Grass	2 4″ pots
	Sundial Lupine	Lupinus perennis	1	1′	May- June	Dry	Sun  Part sun	Blue	14 2″ pots + plugs
	Hairy Penstemon	Penstemon hisutus	1	1′	May June	Dry- Medium	Sun/Part shade	Lavender	6 plugs
	Tickseed	Coreopsis lanceolata	1	1-1.5′	May- July	Dry- Medium	Sun	Yellow	8 pots
	Tall Thimbleweed	Anemone virginiana	2	1-1.5′	Jun- Aug	Dry- Medium	Sun-Shade	White	5 plugs
	Eastern Red Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	2	1′	May- June	Dry- Medium	Sun-Shade	Red	10 3″ pots
	North Blue Flag Iris	Iris versicolor	2	2′	May- June	wet	Sun, Part sun	Blue	6 plugs
	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	2	1-2′	Jul- Sept	Med-wet	Sun/Part shade	Red	6 plugs
	Spotted Bee Balm	Monarda punctata	2	1	June-July	Dry- Medium	Sun/Part shade	Yellow	4 plugs
	Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium	2	1.5-2′	August -Feb	Dry- Medium	Sun	Grass	2 4″ pots
	Prarie Drop Seed	Sporobolus  heterolepis	2	2-3′	Aug-Oct	Dry- Medium	Sun	Grass	6 seedling in pot
	White wild indigo	Baptisia  Alba	2	2′	May- Jul	Dry- Medium	Sun	White	3 seedling in pot
	Black Eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	2	1-2′	June-Sept	Medium	Sun	Yellow	5 pots
	Swamp MilkWeed	Asclepias incarnata	3	2-3′	June-July	Wet- Medium	Sun/Part shade	Purple	4 plugs
	Purple Milkweed	Asclepias purpurascens	3	1.5-2′	June-July	Wet-Dry	Sun, Part sun	Purple	6 plugs
	False Sunflower	Heliopsis helianthoides	3	2-4′	Aug-Nov	Dry- Medium	Sun, Part sun	Yellow	1 plug
	Great St. John’s Wort	Hypericum ascyron	3	1-3′	Jul- Aug	Medium	Sun, Part sun	Yellow	2 6″ pots
	Blazing Star	Liatris spicata	3	1-1.5′	June-Aug	Medium	Sun	Purple	6 plugs
	Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	3	1-1.5	July-Sept	Med-wet	Sun/Part shade	Blue	11 plugs
	Scarlet Bee Balm	Monarda didyma	3	2-3′	July-Aug	Med-wet	Sun/Part shade	Red	4 plugs
	Wild bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	3	2-3′	July- Sept	Dry- Medium	Sun/Part shade	Lavender	5 plugs
	Foxglove Beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis	3	1.5-2′	Apr-Jun	Dry- Medium	Sun	White	4 10″ pots + 6 plugs
	Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum tenuifolim	3	2-3′	Jul- Sept	Dry- Medium	Sun/Part shade	White	5 plugs
	Sweet Goldenrod	Solidago Odora	3	1-2′	Aug- Sept	Dry- Medium	Sun/Part shade	Yellow	8 plugs
	Smooth Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum laeve	3	1-2′	Sept-Oct	Dry- Medium	Sun	Violet	2 3″ pots + 4 plugs
	Obedient Plant	Physostegia Virginiana	3	2-3′	June-Sept	Medium	Sun	Pink	2 3″ pots + 5 plugs
	Anise Hyssop	Agastache Foeniculum	3	1-3′	Jun- Sept	Dry- Medium	Sun, Part sun	Blue	3 Pots
	Giant Purple Hyssop	Agastache scrophulariifoa	4	2′	Jul- Sept	Wet-dry	Sun/Part shade	Purple	1 seedling in pot
	Rose Mallow	Hibiscus moscheutos	4	3-4′	Jul- Sept	Wet- Medium	Sun	Pink	6 plugs
	Showy Goldenrod	Solidago speciosa	4	2-3′	Jul- Sept	Dry- Medium	Sun	Yellow	6 plugs
	New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novaeangliae	4	2-3′	Aug- Sept	Med	Sun	Pink-Purple	6 plugs
	Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata	4	1-2.5′	Jul- Sept	Med-wet	Sun	Purple	4 3″ pots + 4 plugs
	NY Ironweed	Vernonia noveboracensis	4	3-4′	Aug- Sept	Med-wet	Sun/Part shade	Purple	6 plugs