For many of us, when we think of Girl Scouts, we think of cookie sales, campfires, and a sash filled with sewn-on badges. Yet, there is so much more -- think community service and pollinator gardens. That's right, Girl Scouts garden.

On the west side of Charleston, nestled into the private entryway of the Black Diamond Girl Scout building, is a new pollinator garden. It's quite lovely and has a fun story of how it came to be.

What was once home to a lone rose bush is now a "buzzing" garden of pollinator favorites. This project began nearly three years ago when Charlotte and a friend, members of Troop 1839, began their Sustainable Community Project.

A blank plot of land can be intimidating, but not to these Girl Scouts. When I asked Charlotte about the thoughts behind starting the garden

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