Pledge Status
Did Not Report
Pledge Date
Monday, December 14, 2020
Program Year
2021
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Community Spotlight
Garden Ridge City Hall
Each spring, City Hall is graced with a field of bluebonnets.
Garden of Garden Ridge
The Comal County Master Gardeners maintain the beautiful landscape and sitting areas around City Hall and the Library.
Paul Davis Park Entrance
Paul Davis Park is the signature park of the City of Garden Ridge where friends and families come together for celebrations and playtime throughout the year.
The Meadow at Paul Davis Park
The Meadow at Paul Davis Park was established in 2019 to attract butterflies and all pollinators.
Action Items Committed for 2021
- Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
- Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
- Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
- Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.
- Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Lisa Swint | 2025 | 2/11/2025 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Larry Thompson | 2021 | 12/14/2020 | View Pledge |
