CCC students plant pollinator garden in Phillips

Sustainability group plants flower garden south of park

The Students 4 Sustainability Club from CCC drilled holes in the ground and then placed nearly 30 different types of annuals and perennials for the garden, to provide food sources and a breeding grounds for butterflies, bees and other types of insects.
The Students 4 Sustainability Club from CCC drilled holes in the ground and then placed nearly 30 different types of annuals and perennials for the garden, to provide food sources and a breeding grounds for butterflies, bees and other types of insects.

The consistent rain last Friday kept many people indoors, but not the members of Students 4 Sustainability, who eagerly spent their morning planting a new pollinator garden in Phillips. This is the second sustainability project done in the community by the Nebraska Central Community College (CCC) club, which included Phillips resident Ash Gordon. “It’s a beautification project and it just makes ev…