I mean, the stuff we put in.

It's positive a lot of ways.

Water quality, soil retention, erosion.

But then it's got this big educational and just like human interest, vent to it where people just love seeing it.

Anybody can do this stuff.

And that's my main goal.

You know, I look at, you know, our mission is to get as many native plants in the ground to support pollinators as we can.

And the best way to do that, from a multiplicative standpoint is to teach other people how to do it.

I got into native plants through elementary education, actually as an environmental education specialist at, North Shore Community School, a public environmental charter school here in Duluth, Minnesota, because we saw a lot of the standards in science and math actually lend themselves really well to native plants.

So, you know, to accomplish a plant life cycle or seed structure and function, it's kind of a no brainer.

Just go outside and get the kids exposed to native plants.

I don't know, I just think it kind of refocuses the way you look at spaces around you.

And there's a big piece of this environmental psychology discussion where when people are surrounded with diverse, dynamic environments, statistically they report a greater feeling of well-being and they're in general happier.

Statistically, they feel better sense of well-being, and they're happier people are.

Activities are putting the habitat in the ground that support these science based indications that we're doing the right thing.

And it it does feel like we've really in numerous ways, each garden we put in the ground is making is making a difference.

And I will give a plug for Minnesota as a state.

I mean, there is no other state in the country with the resources to support, both water quality and then pollinator habitat.

If if residents want pollinator habitat, there is no other area in the country with more resources, both educational, financial, technical than Minnesota.

The slice from PBS North.