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The Davey Bulletin Nov-Dec 2016

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November/December 2016 | The Davey Bulletin 13 Traffic, coffee and frequent restroom breaks come to mind when driving on a toll road. Now – thanks to The Ohio Turnpike's new native pollinator gardens – thoughts of bees, butterflies and wildflowers are floating through travelers' heads. The Ohio Turnpike Commission (OTC) partnered with Davey Resource Group (DRG) and Keep Ohio Beautiful (KOB) to create a native pollinator garden at two service plazas. Karen Wise, division manager, Midwest Natural Resource Consulting, also serves as president of KOB. Wise envisioned beautifying Ohio's 241-mile turnpike. She met with the A BEE-UTIFUL POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP IN OHIO OTC to introduce KOB and its three main initiatives: community greening, recycling and litter prevention. "We went in to talk about two of those initiatives and came away with a project," Wise said. She was thrilled they latched onto the idea of a demonstration pollinator garden because, of all of KOB's main initiatives, community greening is Wise's passion. After months of meetings with the OTC, Wise and Ken Christensen, senior biologist for DRG, finalized all aspects of the pollinator garden plan. The Ohio Turnpike's first-ever native pollinator gardens were installed on customer appreciation day at the two busiest service plazas on the turnpike: Middle Ridge and Vermilion Valley. The gardens feature 17 different Ohio native plant species. On planting day, the OTC invited many volunteers, partners and travelers passing through to take part. Christensen and Ruth Ann Sobnosky, principal consultant, talked with the public about pollinators. Local KOB affiliate Keep Lorain County Beautiful got student volunteers from Lorain County Joint Vocational School's horticulture program to help plant. To see this project through, they had to "plan thoroughly and be committed," Wise said. And that's exactly what they did. Davey Resource Group partnered with The Ohio Turnpike Commission and Keep Ohio Beautiful to add two new native pollinator gardens to the Ohio Turnpike's busiest service plazas. This photo shows before Davey planted one of the Ohio Turnpike's new pollinator gardens. After the volunteers helped plant one of the new pollinator gardens. Ohio Turnpike Commission Executive Director Randy Cole and his son helped plant pollinator- friendly flowers with volunteers from Lorain County Joint Vocational School's horticulture program.

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