STEM Students Plant 828 Native Wildflowers at Sparta's New Long & Short Learning Garden

Perfect planting conditions, youth stewardship, and community collaboration transformed a former lawn into a growing pollinator habitat

By JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ MORAN, Contributing Writer
Posted 5/28/26

The morning of May 19 was chilly and overcast — conditions that might discourage most outdoor events, but turned out to be just right for planting native wildflowers.

The planting event marked …

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