Plantings at GM Lordstown to attract monarch butterflies

LORDSTOWN

Lily Glover, 7, takes the roots of a Culver’s Root plant and spreads them out.

“It’s really important to make sure they are getting in the ground correctly,” said Amber Barnes, field research intern for Pollinator Partnership, during a tutorial before planting. “The roots need to get out and into the soil.”

General Motors Lordstown employees and Troop 20 of the Lordstown Boy Scouts planted 350 plants outside of the GM Lordstown plant during a hot and sunny Wednesday afternoon.

Lily joined her dad, Kevan Glover, along with her sister Annabelle, 6, and brother Ishmael, 9.

“I did it,” Lily said as she covered the plant with dirt after it was in the ground.

Kevan Glover, a contract employee at GM Lordstown, brought his children to the event to learn, perform a good deed and have fun planting.

“My son is into gardening,” Kevan said. “He has a personal garden in the backyard.”

The plants now planted at Lordstown – Culver’s Root, Milkweed, Mountain Mint, Wild Quinine and Joe Pye weed – will be a source of nectar for monarch butterflies.

GM Lordstown partnered with Pollinator Partnership for the planting.

Read more about the project in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.