Liriope, day lilies, and japanese spirea. I walk past this 5 times a week in all seasons and I’ve never seen a single insect here.
crustose_lichen
It’s nice the smoking section is right there to enjoy the dystopian preserve.
No-Cover4993
That was probably very well taken care of ~20 years ago by an experienced gardening group. Unfortunately, it’s pretty common for these gardening groups to eventually retire their upkeep of these garden areas and corporate landscapers take over.
Agreeable-Court-25
yess give us nothing!
Ichi_Balsaki
The placard is celebrating 2002. So maybe 20ish years ago someone actually gave a crap.
Sad to see.
MonsteraBigTits
god this country is a shit hole
snidece
Houston, Texas has some areas in parks labeled like that, full of ornamentals and also sprayed regularly for mosquitoes.
AlmostSentientSarah
I think you should post this in the subreddit for your area. Probably won’t improve things for butterflies but it might embarrass the company enough to remove the sign.
Sounds like a perfect opportunity to practice some guerilla gardening.
Kalabula
There are huge drainage systems by me that are miles long. They used to mow them regularly. They stopped a few years back and posted signs about helping the butterfly’s 😊
Squire_Squirrely
Aw hell yeah butterflies love foliage. I usually see them eating grass like leaves.
….you know what now that I think of it I might be thinking about grasshoppers
Karrik478
Yes.
robsc_16
The one at my local park was worse. They did insufficient prep and it was full of creeping thistle, Johnson grass, tree of heaven, etc. I tried to give some advice on how to manage it, but they said “fuck it” and just ended up mowing it. Now it’s just grass again.
hobskhan
Bob_Obloooog
How come you don’t offer to take over it?
Lbboos
Pull that sign out and yeet it.
Somecivilguy
It’s preserved FROM the butterflies
traderncc
Better than nothing ;(
Comprehensive-Race-3
When I make butterfly preserve, I use quite a lot of sugar, some pectin, lemon juice, and only a little butterfly. Avoid monarchs, as they have a bitter taste.
Just kidding. No flowers there for butterflies at all. Who planted this mess?
THE_TamaDrummer
This is where we do rogue gardening. Plant milkweed seeds all over this winter
ej_21
I do actually see pollinators all over the liriope in my neighborhood, so while it isn’t native, I suspect pesticides are the real issue
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Liriope, day lilies, and japanese spirea. I walk past this 5 times a week in all seasons and I’ve never seen a single insect here.
It’s nice the smoking section is right there to enjoy the dystopian preserve.
That was probably very well taken care of ~20 years ago by an experienced gardening group. Unfortunately, it’s pretty common for these gardening groups to eventually retire their upkeep of these garden areas and corporate landscapers take over.
yess give us nothing!
The placard is celebrating 2002. So maybe 20ish years ago someone actually gave a crap.
Sad to see.
god this country is a shit hole
Houston, Texas has some areas in parks labeled like that, full of ornamentals and also sprayed regularly for mosquitoes.
I think you should post this in the subreddit for your area. Probably won’t improve things for butterflies but it might embarrass the company enough to remove the sign.
It may actually be. It definitely competes with the preserved wetland I posted about here https://www.reddit.com/r/NativePlantCirclejerk/s/KTwptGzmjx
Oh wow.😢😢😢
Sounds like a perfect opportunity to practice some guerilla gardening.
There are huge drainage systems by me that are miles long. They used to mow them regularly. They stopped a few years back and posted signs about helping the butterfly’s 😊
Aw hell yeah butterflies love foliage. I usually see them eating grass like leaves.
….you know what now that I think of it I might be thinking about grasshoppers
Yes.
The one at my local park was worse. They did insufficient prep and it was full of creeping thistle, Johnson grass, tree of heaven, etc. I tried to give some advice on how to manage it, but they said “fuck it” and just ended up mowing it. Now it’s just grass again.
How come you don’t offer to take over it?
Pull that sign out and yeet it.
It’s preserved FROM the butterflies
Better than nothing ;(
When I make butterfly preserve, I use quite a lot of sugar, some pectin, lemon juice, and only a little butterfly. Avoid monarchs, as they have a bitter taste.
Just kidding. No flowers there for butterflies at all. Who planted this mess?
This is where we do rogue gardening. Plant milkweed seeds all over this winter
I do actually see pollinators all over the liriope in my neighborhood, so while it isn’t native, I suspect pesticides are the real issue