[PCA] Fwd: FW: Just in Time for National Garden Month: USDA Launches "Plant a Window Box for Pollinators" Using New People's Garden Initiative Website

Mon Mar 28 12:12:51 CDT 2016

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Just in Time for National Garden Month: USDA Launches "Plant a Window Box
for Pollinators" Using New People's Garden Initiative Website

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2016 – Today, at the annual White House Easter Egg
Roll, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) urged Americans of
all ages to "Plant a Window Box for Pollinators" by using a new, free
online tool available at the redesigned People's Garden Initiative website
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The new tool allows people to determine which plants will provide
pollinator forage based on their zip code. Site visitors can then print out
the list of plants to take to their local garden store and grown them in a
window box. There is also a virtual window box game. Even a space as small
as a window box can help pollinators by ensuring they don't have to fly too
far to find food. The interactive People's Garden website also includes the
popular live USDA "bee cam" which broadcasts honeybee activity on the roof
of USDA's headquarters building in Washington, D.C.

The new People's Garden website is just in time as Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack designated April as National Garden Month
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"Gardens provide a positive setting for pollinators such as bats, bees,
birds, butterflies, beetles, and other animals that contribute
substantially to the U.S. economy and play a vital role in keeping fruits,
nuts, and vegetables in our diets," Vilsack said in the proclamation.

In addition to the window box tool, the website features an interactive map
of the more than 2,100 People's Gardens planted since Vilsack launched the
effort at the start of the Obama Administration. The new website shares
People's Garden success stories and numerous resources
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community
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"The website's 'Plant a Window Box for Pollinators' tool is a fun way for
gardeners to select native plants for their gardens and, at the same time,
help bees, butterflies and other pollinators flourish," said Agricultural
Marketing Service Administrator Elanor Starmer.

The People's Garden Initiative works with agencies and offices across USDA
and with federal, state and local partners to start and sustain gardens
with the mission of growing healthy food, people and communities. USDA's
Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program
oversees the Initiative for the Department.

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