EAST LANSING, Mich. – Thirty acres of Michigan State University campus are being stripped of grassy turf and replaced with pollinator-supporting landscaping.
The university’s Department of Entomology and professional groundskeepers collaborated to reduce maintenance work and improve natural habitats for insects and pollinators like bees and butterflies.
Pollinator gardens use native plants to produce pollen and create habitats for beneficial insects. MSU intends to create pollinator-focused gardens, meadows and clover fields.
Workers created spaces filled with native plants and established meadow areas by halting mowing…