Students learn how to identify and remove inva- sive plant species to cre- ate less competition for native plants. Students selected native plants based on the habitat re- quirements and the bene- fits for birds and pollina- tors. Students researched, de- veloped, published, and circulated an educational brochure on the benefits of planting native species along with a guide on how to transplant and seed a west Michigan garden. Students design layout for native gardens, prepared seed packets, and ar- ranged native plugs in trays for a complete native garden that will attract birds and other pollina- tors. Plants were also used to develop and plant a native garden at each of the schools during the FFA’s first Day of Service. All high school students participated in the Day of Service with some stu- dents pulling invasive plants with 3rd grade ele- mentary students, remov- ing invasive along the bike trail, or planting na- tive gardens in the school landscapes and court- yards. The plug trays are sold in the school greenhouse and at the local farmer’s markets along with the seed packets that will also be sold at the Nuveen Community Center for the Arts. Art students at Monta- gue High School worked Student Learning Outcomes Community Partners Cardno JFNew Weesies Brothers Garden Center & Landscaping Nuveen Community Cen- ter for the Arts Montague High School 2012-13 School Year: 380 Students 12 Teachers 15 Classrooms Third Grade, Spring Ecology, Ag Biology, Su- pervised Agricul- ture Experience Montague FFA Birds & Blooms - Native Plants on the Grow FFA Moto: Learning to Do Doing to Learn Earning to Live Living to Serve with the ecology class in developing artwork that depicted the na- tive plant project and the pollinators that these plants would attract. Skills learned: Civic & Community Re- sponsibility Teaching younger stu- dents Transplanting, seed, and cultivating Being stewards of our environment Developing educational material