In May 2019, Scott Sigurdson and his neighbours on Sugar Bush Road near Pakenham, Ontario, set out to restore pollinator habit along 2 km of this country road. They seeded with a legume mix – clover, alfalfa, and vetch. Then added a variety of wildflower seeds later in early summer.
Wild Parsnip is a problem in this area, and the volunteers are pulling it out by hand, as they want to keep the road free of herbicides.
For more information and photos, see the project’s Facebook page.
See our blog post about the project: Roadside pollinator habitat – Sugar Bush Road