In Boston we have this piece of highway left over from the big dig. We should put some dirt on there and create a floating pollinator waystation.
by Icy-Conclusion-3500
In Boston we have this piece of highway left over from the big dig. We should put some dirt on there and create a floating pollinator waystation.
by Icy-Conclusion-3500
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Love it – don’t get killed! 😀
I can see the vision but I feel like with it being near a highway, the bugs will get killed trying to get past these cars.
Idk, while I get it… my first thought is, how many of those pollinators would just end up being a killed by a windshield. Plus all the exhaust and pollution that would cover those plants, I can’t imagine it would be great for pollinators either.
Sounds very much like the high line. This will happen overtime without your interference. Just clear of invasives once the soil is down
There was a bee 🐝 study in the UK that found exposure to diesel fumes not good for them.
Thats where snow gets plowed to in the winter
This and many other non contiguous plots become ecological sinks, attracting wildlife from other healthier areas and resulting in a net loss instead of wildlife.
What would be a decent solution to something like that if not a garden? Trees?
Maybe instead, something that can catch water run off and slow it down and filter it.
i’m in boston too… not sure whereabouts in the area but if you wanna collaborate on some guerilla gardening or maybe convincing municipalities to let us do restoration Hmu 🙂
Better yet, dig up the 100 acres of under-used parking lots in Boston and turn them into forests and meadows.