York Community High School Receives Environmental Certifications for Campus Gardens

Contact: Jan Foster, (630) 530-0152

The Garden Club of York Community High School has recently acquired certifications from several organizations for its campus gardens. These certifications denote the Club’s support of environmental concerns.

The gardens have been recognized by the National Wildlife Federation as a wildlife habitat, Monarch Watch as a Certified Monarch Waystation, The Conservation Foundation for promoting an environmentally friendly area, and Xerces Society as a pollinator garden. Signage denoting certifications will be displayed in the butterfly garden, located in the exterior courtyard on the north side of the school.

The YCHS Garden Club is a junior member of Elmhurst Garden Club. Members of Elmhurst Garden Club mentor York's Garden Club by assisting in the development and maintenance of school gardens as well as teaching and encouraging the implementation of best practices in horticulture, environment and ecology.

Elmhurst Garden Club is pleased to include York's newly established gardens as part of their Garden Walk on July 9, 2017. Garden Walk tickets are required for admission. More information will be available in the future at http:// xlerators1.esiteasp.com/elmhurst_garden_club/home.nxg

Look for these signs in York's butterfly garden!