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Who we are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jump on the Bandwagon by taking the pledge to plant native plants in your landscape \u2013 this can be in your yard, in a pot on your porch, or any place you can lawfully add plants!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Butterfly Bandwagon is a community of like minded community members who are interested in helping butterflies and other pollinators, birds, and the environment by practicing sustainable gardening practices, sharing knowledge and plants. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren Hubbard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Butterfly Bandwagon initiative is the brainchild of Lauren Hubbard. Lauren is passionate about protecting and restoring the environment. Her goal is to scale up individual actions and changing social norms and practices around home landscaping practices. Lauren is a certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, a master gardener, holds a Ph.D. in plant developmental genetics, and was the founding president of the Long Island Explorium, a hands-on science museum. This project is the culmination of her experiences in the world of basic research, science communication and all things chloroplasts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Homegrown National Park<\/a> – add your garden project to this initiative, “A grassroots call-to-action to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function by planting native plants and creating new ecological networks.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Ones<\/a> “promotes environmentally friendly, sound landscaping to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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