Dec 30, 2020
BATESVILLE – Ripley Youth Outreach, a philanthropic initiative of the Ripley County Community Foundation, received an Enbridge Grant in the amount of $10,200 to support a new project called, Pollinator Gardens and Trees for a Greener Tomorrow.
The project will bring together students, community volunteers and local business partners to install pollinator gardens and plant trees around Ripley County on Arbor Day (April 30, 2021).
A portion of the $10,200 will provide approximately two hundred indigenous trees native to Ripley County, such as White Pine, Red Bud, Maple, Pear and Apple. The remaining funding will be used to install three to four pollinator gardens, which will include butterfly bushes, milkweed and flowering native trees.
Eagle Country 99.3 By Ripley County Community Foundation, news release The grant will support a new project called, Pollinator Gardens and Trees for a Greener Tomorrow.
(Batesville, Ind.) - Ripley Youth Outreach, a philanthropic initiative of the Ripley County Community Foundation, received an Enbridge Grant in the amount of $10,200 to support a new project called, Pollinator Gardens and Trees for a Greener Tomorrow. The project will bring together students, community volunteers, and local business partners to install pollinator gardens and plant trees around Ripley County on Arbor Day (April 30, 2021).
A portion of the $10,200 will provide approximately two hundred indigenous trees native to Ripley County, such as White Pine, Red Bud, Maple, Pear, and Apple. The remaining funding will be used to install three to four pollinator gardens, which will include butterfly bushes, milkweed, and flowering native trees.