The Richboro Elementary Meadow Project Students in the Richboro
Elementary Ecology Club have been planting a meadow each year
since 2008. We were the first school in Council Rock School
District to do so, and our project has inspired the District to
plant four acres of meadows at several other Council Rock school
locations. Why plant meadows? Meadows provide habitats for more
insects and other animals than green lawns. The first year we
planted the meadow, we found two praying mantids had moved in!
Additionally, meadows do not need to be mowed more than once a
year, so they save fossil fuel. Below are photos and
descriptions of our current meadow as well as meadows from
previous years. The Fourth Planting of Richboro Elementary
School's Meadow Students in the Richboro Elementary School
Ecology Club planted its fourth meadow this spring. Students
sowed the flower seeds harvested last fall in the newly prepared
plot. Additional native seeds, including sunflower and asters,
were planted. Students and teachers lo