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Pollinator Pathway Mount Pleasant/Sleepy Hollow

Pollinator Pathway Rowayton, part of Norwalk To join, reach out to Lisa Shanahan at lisashan@msn.com Email Lisa Shanahan, lisashan@msn.com Organizations Involved Rowayton Gardeners For more information email us at lisashan@msn.com

Pollinator Pathway Easton

Pollinator Pathway Great River Welcome to the Great River Pollinator-Pathway! Great River is a hamlet in Islip Township, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is situated approximately 50 miles (80 km) (55 mi driving) east of New York City on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay, protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire Island. Great River is part of Islip Township, which is the third largest township in the State of New York. Great River is home to The Connetquot River, Timber Point Golf Course & Marina, The Bayard Cutting Arboretum and CSA Farm and The William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden. Great River, NY is part of the Islip Township Pollinator Pathway and is part of the Suffolk Alliance for Pollinators (SAP). For more information, visit https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/ and https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/towns/islip. We are attempting to identify “qualified “pollinator gardens within Great River and add them to the L.I. Pollinator Pathway Map. We want to identify gaps and see a lot more butterflies & bees in 2023! The Bayard Cutting Arboretum The 691-acre Bayard Cutting Arboretum was the former home of William Cutting, now a New York State Park with a mission “to provide an oasis of beauty and quiet for the pleasure, rest and refreshment of those who delight in outdoor beauty; and to bring about a greater appreciation and understanding of the value and importance of informal planting.” The current collection of fir, spruce, pine, cypress, hemlock, yew and other lesser-known conifers is one of the most extensive to be found in the United States. Perennial borders, woodland trails, coastal gardens, natural wetlands, forest, and a CSA farm can also be found in the arboretum’s vast acreage. Bayard Cutting Arboretum 440 Montauk Highway Great River, NY 11739 Arboretum Office: 631-581-1002 Website: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/95/details.aspx The Bayard Cutting Arboretum CSA Farm The Bayard Cutting Arboretum CSA farm was established in 2012 on a parcel of land which overlooks the Connetquot River. Two and a half acres are currently under cultivation. There are three growing fields, an herb bed, and a cut flower bed. The Farm offers a plethora of organic varieties of vegetables and culinary herbs and flowers as a pick your own option. Members are encouraged to participate in seeding, planting, field maintenance, and harvesting in order to fully connect to the farm, the land and to each other. Farm Information Bayard Cutting CSA Farm Office 631-256-5048 Website: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/95/details.aspx Oak Park - Bayard Cutting Arboretum 440 Montauk Highway, Great River, NY 11739 Oak trees are among the best homes for hundreds of pollinator species. Walk through Oak Park, originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The collection now includes over 35 species of oak including the magnificent Black Oak, one of the oldest trees at the Arboretum. The William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden The William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden is located within the 690-acre Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park. The garden boasts over 1,300 dahlias plants with 300 varieties. Come visit The Garden and see a variety of dahlia forms from tiny blooms to "dinner plate” dahlias that are over fifteen inches in diameter. The William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden is the largest Public Dahlia Display Garden on the East Coast. The Garden is managed and maintained by The Long Island Dahlia Society (LIDS), a dedicated, “All-Volunteer” non-profit organization. The L.I. Dahlia Society hosts an annual “Dahlia Show” each year in September on Labor Day Weekend. At this event, East coast Dahlia growers compete for the top prizes in dahlias. The show is free to the public with admittance to the Arboretum. The William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden is named after its founder and designer, William Wolkoff. William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden Bayard Cutting Arboretum 440 Montauk Highway Great River, NY 11739 Long Island Dahlia Society P.O. Box 66 West Sayville, NY 11796 Website: https://www.longislanddahlia.org/ This is “The Long Island Pollinator’s Pathway Map”. If you reside in Great River and have a “Qualified” Pollinator-Friendly Garden that you would like to add to the map, please click on the link below to register. Join The Pollinator Pathway For more information, please visit https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/about and https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/towns/islip. Partner Organizations Involved: Islip Township https://www.islipny.gov/ Supervisor Angie Carpenter (631) 224-5500 supervisorsoffice@islipny.gov Office Address: Town Hall Second Floor 655 Main Street Islip, New York 11751 Department of Parks & Recreation Commissioner Thomas Owens Office: Brookwood Hall 50 Irish Lane East Islip, NY 11730 Email: commissioner-rec@islipny.gov Website: https://islipny.gov/departments/parks-recreation-and-cultural-affairs Phone (631) 224-5411 Fax(631) 224-5440 Office Hours: M-F 8:30am to 4:30pm Department of Environmental Control Commissioner Martin J. Bellew Office: Town Hall West 401 Main Street, Room 302 Islip, NY 11751 Email: commissioner-dec@islipny.gov Website: https://islipny.gov/departments/environmental-control Phone (631) 595-3630 Fax (631) 224-5651 Office Hours: M-F 8:30am to 5:00pm Islip Town Parks Foundation Website: https://isliptownparksfoundation.org Bayard Cutting Arboretum 440 Montauk Highway Great River, NY 11739 Arboretum Office: 631-581-1002 Website: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/95/details.aspx Bayard Cutting Arboretum CSA Farm Office 631-256-5048 Website: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/95/details.aspx William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden Bayard Cutting Arboretum 440 Montauk Highway Great River, NY 11739 William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden Bayard Cutting Arboretum 440 Montauk Highway Great River, NY 11739 Long Island Dahlia Society P.O. Box 66 West Sayville, NY 11796 Website: https://www.longislanddahlia.org / Islip.Pollinators@gmail.com

Pollinator Pathway Fairfield

Pollinator Pathway Philipstown

Pollinator Pathway Pleasant Valley The town of Pleasant Valley Pollinator Pathway is a project where we encourage residents and businesses to embrace our natural environment through native planting, supporting pollinators, and abstaining from the use of pesticides. Spearheaded by the Climate Smart Task Force, and supported by the town board, local legislatures, along with numerous stakeholders in our community including the Conservation Advisory Committee and the Dutchess Land Conservancy. We also collaborate with other neighboring towns! Pleasant Valley Town Hall 1554 Main Street, Pleasant Valley, NY 12569 Native pollinating plants surrounding the Town Hall Hummingbird Ranch 59 Cottage Street, Salt Point, NY 12578 Native pollinator plants surrounding the store Hummingbird Ranch Pleasant Valley Library 1584 Main Street, Pleasant Valley, NY 12569 Native pollinator plants surrounding the library Fireside BBQ & Grill 1920 Salt Point Turnpike, Salt Point, NY 12578 Native pollinator plants surrounding the restaurant Fireside BBQ & Grill Join Us Join The Pollinator Pathway https://www.pvclimatesmartny.org/pollinatorpathway Partners Climate Smart Task Force Conservation Advisory Committee Pleasant Valley Free Library Dutchess land Conservancy Arlington Central School District Peckham Materials Local businesses Local farmer's markets and nurseries pvclimatesmartny@gmail.com

Pollinator Pathway Southeast Putnam County

Pollinator Pathway Ridgefield The Ridgefield Pollinator Pathway is a collaboration of Caudatowa Garden Club, Norwalk River Watershed Association, RACE, Ridgefield Conservation Commission, Ridgefield Garden Club, Ridgefield Parks and Recreation, Ridgefield Public Library, Woodcock Nature Center, and with the support of the Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Norwalk River Valley Trail, Hudson-to-Housatonic Partnership, Highstead Foundation, and the community of Ridgefield. Our goal is to create a corridor of contiguous pollinator-friendly properties including the open spaces in Ridgefield and the adjacent private ones belonging to residents. Everyone in Ridgefield should consider taking part in the Pollinator Pathway project since the bees and butterflies don’t recognize the signs and only look for the nectar! We want to thank the following organizations for participating: Keeler Tavern, Jesse Lee Methodist Church, The Aldrich Museum, The Fountain Inn, The Hickories, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Casagmo, ACT of Connecticut, The Marketplace at Copps Hill , Nod Hill Brewery, Ridgefield High School, Scotland, Farmingville and Barlow Mountain elementary schools. Read About the Ridgefield Pollinator Pathway in The Garden Club of America Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church 207 Main Street, Ridgefield CT 06877 Keeler Tavern 152 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877 The Marketplace at Copps Hill Common Containers at The Marketplace at Copps Hill Common. Photo Credit: Kate Hogan Photo Credit: Kate Hogan Photo Credit: Paul Abrahams Mckeon Farm 7 Old Stagecoach Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 A pollinator garden is installed at McKeon in conjunction with Landscape Interactions, to attract and sustain pollinators on the farm. Read the report McKeon Farm Meadows and Hedgerows Toolkit for Landscape Design and Management to Support Pollinator Species at Risk in Western Connecticut for more information. Learn more - McKeon Meadow Plan Photo Credit: Jana Hogan Photo Credit: Jana Hogan Photo Credit: Jana Hogan ACT OF CONNECTICUT 36 Old Quarry Road Ridgefield, CT Native plant garden installed June, 2021. Removed large patch of Pachysandra and replaced with native plants. Plant information - ACT Pollinator Garden Photo Credit: Kate Hogan Richardson Park 729 N Salem Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 The pollinator garden was installed in May 2021. This beautiful garden is maintained by the Caudatowa Garden Club and is accompanied by a meadow surrounded by oak trees and plentiful milkweed and native plants. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877 The presentation of significant works of art outdoors has been an important part of The Aldrich’s programming since the Museum’s founding in 1964. In 2024, The Aldrich reopened the Sculpture Garden following a year-long renovation. Designed by the Cambridge, MA landscape architecture firm STIMSON, the new Sculpture Garden features extensive pathways, native plantings, and an amphitheater, creating an ideal setting to experience contemporary art in the heart of historic Ridgefield. Photo Credit: Kate Hogan Photo Credit: Kate Hogan Photo Credit: Kate Hogan Nod Hill Meadow 137 Ethan Allen Hwy Ridgefield, CT Meadow was installed in May of 2021. The Pollinator Meadow features eco-59 native plants. The meadow was created by reclaiming unused space that was formally overgrown with invasive plants and shrubs. The location is especially important due to its proximity to the Norwalk River. Native trees, shrubs and plants have been installed along the Riparian buffer. To learn more - Nod Hill Meadow Casagmo 130 Olco Way Ridgefield, CT 06877 Ridgefield Recreation Center 195 Danbury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Town Hall Interns Eliza Forrest and Katie Hoedrmam are not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. They had a blast helping to create a pollinator garden at the Rec Center. The garden encourages pollinators to visit our community. In addition, they spent time identifying native and invasive plants in highly- travelled areas around Ridgefield. The Hickories 136 Lounsbury Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 The Hickories: Home of The Ecotype Project The Hickories is proud to be the home of The Ecotype Project , an initiative dedicated to restoring native habitat to safeguard our regional food system. Operating at the intersection of farms, gardens, land trusts, and public lands, The Ecotype Project works to increase the number of native plants across the landscape. By growing seed crops of Connecticut’s native pollinator plants—wild-collected from open spaces—we supply nurseries and homeowners with the locally adapted species needed to restore and strengthen pollinator habitat. Together, we can support biodiversity, protect pollinators, and build a more resilient environment—starting with native plants. Alice Leaderman Native Plant Garden Ballard Park, 485 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Woodcock Nature Center 56 Deer Run Road, Wilton, CT Main Street Join the Pollinator Pathway Learn more about the Ridgefield Pollinator Pathway A Tour of Pollinator Gardens in Ridgefield, CT The Town of Ridgefield Connecticut has had a "Native Plants Only" policy on the record since it was adopted unanimously by the town's Board of Selectmen in 2022. The policy recognizes the importance of native plants to our ecosystem and the negative impact that non-native plants, invasive plants in particular, are having on our open spaces. Most native plant-eating insects, like the caterpillar of the Monarch butterfly, can only feed on native plants and sometimes only on one specific kind of native plant. When native plants are out-competed in woodlands, meadows, and parks by non-native plants (brought to the U.S. either unintentionally in shipments of other materials or intentionally as ornamentals plants for gardens), populations of native insects, birds and mammals that rely on them decline. The policy’s main provision states that 100% of new and replacement trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials and ground cover plantings on municipal properties will be native to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.. The policy also applies to any replacement plantings, including but not limited to trees, shrubs, and perennials felled by storms, disease, redevelopment/expansion, or other reasons. The Mid-Atlantic region was added to the policy scope in recognition that native species are expanding their ranges northward into the northeast as a result of climate change. info@pollinator-pathway.org

Pollinator Pathway Meriden Welcome to the Meriden Pollinator Pathway! Everyone is invited to join the Pollinator Pathway. To join please make a commitment to: Pesticide-Free Gardening, Add a Mix of plants native to our ecological region, remove invasive plants, find spaces to leave the leaves in support of pollinators, and register on the Pollinator Pathway map . QRWA Pollinator Habitat 540 Oregon Road, Meriden, CT Located on the grounds of the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association (QRWA) headquarters in Meriden, CT a 50x50 butterfly and bee “garden” was established in 2010 by a QRWA member with a vision to create a sanctuary for nature's pollinators. Over the past 15 years after experiencing drought, aggressive weeds, removing non-native plants and shrubs and lack of volunteers and resources, Advanced Master Gardener and QRWA/member volunteer Becky Martorelli began the process to revamp the “garden” to a “pollinator habitat” which more accurately reflects our original objective. The habitat is located at 540 Oregon Road in Meriden and is clearly visible from the road and by trail walkers using both the Meriden Linear Trail and the Dossin Beach Trail. Today, the QRWA Pollinator Habitat consists of over 50 varieties of native plants equating to over 150 plantings. Our goal for 2026 is to continue to establish the habitat as an educational component to our environmental education program promoting the importance of native plants and pollinators to our environment offering educational talks and tours on topics that include organic gardening, wise-watering during extreme conditions and gardening for seniors. We are always seeking individuals or groups to "adopt" a section of the habitat and assist us in the care and maintenance throughout the growing season. Our plans also include installing a watering system to be used during extreme heat and when resources are low so that plant beds remain healthy and well hydrated for our pollinators during those times. We welcome you to visit our habitat and our website at qrwa.org Join The Pollinator Pathway Partners

Pollinator Pathway Kingston

Pollinator Pathway Guilford Town of Dover Recreation Department