Gary Davenport (left), Land Bank project coordinator, and Steven Brown (right), housing disposition manager, along with Elayne Bozick of the Rotary Club of Youngstown recently scattered milkweed pods and other native plant seeds over a Land Bank lot at East High and Landsdowne in the city. In addition to Milkweed, native plant seeds sewn recently on Land Bank lots have included Bundleflower, Black Eyed Susans, Joe Pye Weed, Ironweed and Anise Hyssop. The Land Bank and Rotary are supporters of Operation Pollination, which advances protection for pollinator species like the Monarch butterfly.
