New Butterfly Garden Blooms at Chapel Hill Community Center Park

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, Chapel Hill Community Center Park welcomed a new butterfly garden, thanks to the efforts of the Chapel Hill Park and Recreation Service and more than 18 youth volunteers from the CAFA group. The garden, designed to attract and support monarch butterflies, features newly planted milkweed, a vital food source for these butterflies, which are native to most of North America.

The event, which started at 9 AM, involved cutting bamboo for a protective fence, spreading mulch, and planting milkweed. The project was introduced by the Chapel Hill Park and Recreation staff Adam Smith, who guided the volunteers and their parents through the tasks. The event concluded successfully at 11:30 AM, with the new garden drawing admiration from local residents passing by.

Participant list:

Christopher Liang, Marvin Zhang, Nature Feng, Forest Feng, Kevin Peng, Gary Peng, Raymond Dai, Nathan Dai, Stephen Xu, Wen Chen, Ellen Zhang, George Hou, Gina Zeng, Alfie Zeng, Cody Sha, Ranier Zhu, Lynzy Zhu, George Luo

Youth Volunteers Working in Chapel Hill Community Center

Youth Volunteer Alfie Zeng pushing a cart full of mulch for the new garden

Chapel Hill Park and Recreation staff Adam Smith demonstrating the steps to build a bamboo fence for the new garden.