© 2026 Luke T. Bush
PLATTSBURGH CITY, NY - 10-25-26
The second and remaining garden plot by the Champlain Statue is being stripped away. Like the first one it was filled with flowers and milkweed, perennial plants that needed no maintenance. It wasn't that difficult to mow around each spot.
Monarch butterfly numbers are declining. They depend upon milkweed.
I liked the garden plots for photographing butterflies and other insects. All gone. More empty lawn for rude dog owners to leave dogshit.
The first garden had a sign describing Native American plants but that's missing. What will happen now? Remove the Indian from the Champlain monument?
And what's next on the hit list? The towering tree by the Strand Center for the Arts? Decades ago one mayor tried to have it removed and to save it citizens came together to start a new tradition: it's decorated every Xmas season.
I wonder what kind of nature-hating asshole enjoys destroying plant life.
