‘If You Build It, They Will Buzz:’ New Rochelle Students Craft Bee Habitats

Several New Rochelle elementary school students are working together to create a mini ecosystem they hope will prove to be the "bee's knees." Second graders at Columbus Elementary School helped assemble the first of five outdoor garden beds that will be interconnected to create an environment where colorful flowers will grow, creating a habitat fit for bees, butterflies and birds on the campus grounds.

HPCG Moves To Restore Historic Greenhouse In New Rochelle

The Hudson Park Children's Greenhouse committee will present its proposal to the New Rochelle City Council Committee of the Whole on Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. The group was formed to save and restore the Hudson Park Children's Greenhouse, formerly known as the Hudson Park/Wildcliff Greenhouse. The building is a historic Lord and Burnham structure that was built in the early 20th century.