Garden City Bird Sanctuary

SUMP-THING’S HAPPENING! From a neglected and trash filled storm water basin, locally referred to as a ‘sump,’ a community nature preserve is flourishing. The vision statement adopted by the Garden City based community group was simply "to establish a local green space for the demonstration of environmental stewardship through education and volunteer community services." The concept developed into the Garden City Bird Sanctuary - a protected seven acre nature refuge at a County storm water basin (sump) next to a local playground. Since the initial volunteer led site clean-up in 1995, over 10,000 people have been active in this effort to improve the environment and educate residents on the meaning of environmental stewardship in the community.