By student participants Keagan and Destiny of Corning Area Youth Center

Last week, the Corning Youth Center hosted Garden of Fire! Tanglewood Nature Center showed us Powerful Pollinators. A lot of the kids were surprised by the animals. Did you know a pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from a male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower? This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower.

Images provided by Dan Gallagher Photography.

Images provided by Dan Gallagher Photography.

Images provided by Dan Gallagher Photography.

Some of the animals were owl, bearded dragon, cockroach and guinea pig. Kids were most surprised to see the guinea pig because guinea pigs are sometimes seen as pets and most pollinators are not seen as pets.

Images provided by Dan Gallagher Photography.

Images provided by Dan Gallagher Photography.

Images provided by Dan Gallagher Photography.

Images provided by Dan Gallagher Photography.

The kids loved it they want to do it again. We are looking forward to the next Garden of Fire event.