Today, we went into our community garden to make some observations! We learned that the garden has some Morning Glory vines, which are considered an ‘invasive’ species. An invasive species is a plant, insect, animal, or fungus that can take over an environment. These species can overwhelm the Indigenous species (plants or animals that were there originally) and can be very dangerous for ecosystems.
While the Morning Glory has beautiful flowers, they can be harmful to other plants because they can climb them and kill them. We will be doing our part to remove these vines, which can ‘choke’ or harm other plants, to replace them with Indigenous species of flowers.
Feel free to watch this video about invasive species and what we can do to help: