Terry Hackett, Manager Stormwater & Environmental Services...
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Presented by
Terry Hackett, ManagerStormwater & Environmental Services Division
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
Background
• Hillsborough is a small town with limited staff
• Gold Park, the town’s first Community Park opened in 2009
• Two SCMs located within Gold Park
• No dedicated park maintenance staff
Adam Hackett — then 13, now 22 — “voluntarily”
plants the Gold Park Stormwater Wetland
News of Orange Photo
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
Gold Park Bioretention
• Looked good…
initially
• Functioned well…
initially
• Maintained initially…
by me
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
But NO Dedicated Maintenance Staff = No Maintenance
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
Gold Park - Bioretention
• What Should we do?
• Decided to to convert
it to sod and add to
our mow contract
• But…then something
BEEutiful happened!
Hillsborough Garden Club Photo
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
Pollinator Garden?
• Local garden club approached town about a pollinator garden in Gold Park
• Our division was consulted about a good location
• Reviewed the list of pollinator plants…then a lightbulb came on!
Even a blind hog finds an acorn!
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
Bioretention = Pollinator?
• Approximately 39 species of
plants in the Gold Park
Bioretention/Pollinator Garden
• Of the 39 plants, 17 are on the
NCDEQ “recommended” list
• If you have a bioretention…
consider planting with
pollinators! Purple Coneflower…great as a
pollinator and bioretention plant
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
One Small Problem
• Garden Club was unable to prep the site
• Public Works didn’t have time to prep the site
• Eagle Scout to the rescue!
Eagle Scout, Ryan Weaks consults with Public Spaces
Manager, Stephanie Trueblood!
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
And Now the Reveal…
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
And Now the Reveal…
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
And Now the Reveal…
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
And Now the Reveal…
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
But What About those Stepping Stones?
• Started by a Hillsborough
resident Girl Scout to help earn
her Bronze Award
• Provides a means of
ingress/egress
• LNT…limits walking impacts to
specific location
• Makes a loud splash in the river
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What Did We Accomplish?
We checked several boxes…
Public education &
outreach
Public participation &
involvement
Post-construction runoff
control
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
But we did more than that…
Built a working public partnership
Maintain a functioning bioretention
Increased bee habitat
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What Did We Learn?
Volunteers help…
Build public trust
Plug personnel gaps
Stretch your budget
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Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
But don’t forget…
A dedicated volunteer
pool from an organized
group is a must
Liability = Waivers
Volunteers can’t do it all
Volunteers still require
oversight by staffVolunteers from the Hillsborough Garden
Club working at the Gold Park
bioretention/pollinator garden
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Before…
After…
Saving Two Bees with One Stepping Stone – September 2018
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Down the Drain