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Pollinator Pathway Westport

Pollinator Pathway Bow Daisy Troop 63228 has taken the initiative to raise awareness of the importance of pollinator gardens in our town. Reach out to bow.pollinators@gmail.com for more information. Join the Pollinator Pathway Partners The Bow garden club bow.pollinators@gmail.com

Pollinator Pathway Sleepy Hollow

Pollinator Pathway City of Beacon Welcome to the City of Beacon Pollinator Pathway! We are a part of the larger movement to create a corridor of adjacent properties—both private and public spaces—that provides safe habitat for birds, bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects. Our goal is to make Beacon an uninterrupted part of the pathway by increasing the number of residential, commercial, and municipal spaces that are pesticide-free and host native plants. Many residents and local organizations have taken our pledge and are incorporating native plants into their yards. These efforts can make a huge difference to our pollinator numbers and will help improve the quality of our city's air, water, and soil. We hope that you will join the fun! Partner Organizations Common Ground Farm, Beacon Farmers Market, Grean Beacon Coalition, One Nature, Beacon Elks Lodge, Beacon Hebrew Alliance, St. Joachim & St. John the Evangelist Church, the EcoNectar Facebook Group, Howland Public Library, Stony Kill Farm, Figure Ground Studio daymarblair@cityofbeacon.org

Pollinator Pathway Lyme Lyme Pollinator Pathway, established February 4, 2021, aims to help Lyme residents and friends establish and connect pollinator-friendly habitats that provide food sources for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. We are an initiative of the SustainableCT Lyme Team, which is an appointed committee of the Lyme Board of Selectmen. 1. Email us at LymePollinator@gmail.com to be put on the Lyme Pollinator Pathways email list. No need to have a garden to join us. We will notify you about upcoming volunteer opportunities and educational events. And we will respond to specific questions. 2. Visit our webpage: https://www.lymelandtrust.org/lyme-pollinator-pathway/ 3. Follow us on Facebook to learn more! https://www.facebook.com/groups/lymepollinators 4. Register your patch to be put on the map of Lyme organizations and individuals working together to establish patches of pollinator plants and pathways between them. Is my garden located along the Pollinator Pathway in Lyme? The entire town of Lyme is part of the pathway, so if your patch qualifies as pollinator-friendly, you can sign up. How do you know if your patch qualifies as pollinator friendly? Check out the great information on this website. Join The Pollinator Pathway Featured Pollinator Meadows: 1. Lyme Town Campus, 480-482 Hamburg Rd. (Rte. 156): A demonstration pollinator garden is on the town campus near the Lyme Public Library, nurtured by the Lyme Garden Club. Plantings are near the driveway and are handicapped accessible. 2. Sue Cope Meadow, Riverside Preserve, Salem Rd.: Visit the 1-acre meadow at Riverside Preserve, Salem Rd., Lyme. Easy to access, a 600 foot path loops through the native wildflower meadow. Enjoy the picnic table in the small pavilion on the site above the Eightmile River. 3. Hartman Park Field, Gungy Rd.: The field at Hartman is mown once a year to maintain the meadow wildflower habitat. A short walk from the road, there are bluebird houses and several ancient and gnarly high-bush blueberry bushes 4. Pleasant Valley Preserve, MacIntosh Rd: The Cedar Grove meadows at Pleasant Valley Preserve, a favorite for birdwatchers, displays beautiful native wildflowers from early spring until frost. It is an easy half-mile walk to get to the cedar grove. 5. Reed Landing Rain Garden, Old Hamburg Rd: Two demonstration native plant gardens were installed by volunteers in 2022 and 2023 on the banks of the Eightmile River. Connect Lyme! Team leaders are Wendolyn Hill, Diana Fiske, Jim Arrigoni, Rochelle Davis, Sue Hessel, Rich Melchreit, Cecilia Lins-Morstadt, Caitlin Vickers, and Tink Willauer. Partners Town of Lyme, SustainableCT, Lyme Garden Club, Lyme Land Trust, Lyme Public Library, UCONN Master Gardeners Program, Friends of Whalebone Cove, The Lymes Senior Center

Pollinator Pathway Purchase Photo Credit: Karalyn Lamb Photo Credit: Karalyn Lamb Photo Credit: Karalyn Lamb Welcome to the Purchase Pollinator Pathway project, a fledgling effort to plant native seeds in our area to benefit pollinators. Please email Purchasepollinators@gmail.com to join in any way you would like to help either by collecting or donating native seeds or to help locate areas in which we could plant native species or to help with the plantings. Log onto Pollinator-pathway.org to learn more about the organization. The site offers helpful tips and information on how to help pollinators in your area. There are also links to all the pollinator pathway groups listed under each state. Purchase College Native Plant Garden Students, faculty, and staff worked together to design, build, and plant a native flower garden on the Purchase College campus. Learn more: Purchase College Native Plant Garden Follow: @purchasecollegegarden on instagram Join The Pollinator Pathway

Pollinator Pathway Paterson

Pollinator Pathway New London New London Pollinator-Pathway is working with other cities and towns along the Connecticut shoreline to creating a corridor of native plants attractive to pollinators. A pollinator pathway closes gaps between properties and provides healthy habitat for bees, butterflies, birds and other pollinators. More than 30% of our fruits and vegetables require the help of bees and other pollinators to grow. Cucumbers, summer squash and watermelons are just three that need cross-pollination. There are a variety of ways to participate: Designate an area of any size that you will use for your pollinator garden. Pollinator gardens can be as small as a container garden or as big as a baseball field – it is up to you! Plan your garden, making sure to include at least three native species that will each bloom in Spring, Summer, and Fall. This ensures that pollinators have food for each season. Native plants increase wildlife diversity, while invasive plants such as Japanese knotweed spread quickly and crowd out natives, altering the ecosystem. Don’t use harmful pesticides or herbicides on your lawn or garden. In fact, if you plant native plants but also use pesticides, you will poison the pollinators that are attracted to your plants. They are also harmful to pets and people. Designate a part of your yard as a habitat for bees and other pollinators. Providing clean water and letting grass grow taller before mowing helps ground-nesting bees survive. Join other participants in planting pollinator gardens in public places or by helping others plant and maintain their pollinator gardens. Attend workshops and webinars organized by the steering committee or advertised on the New London Pollinator Pathway Facebook page. Create and offer activities to teach families about how much we rely on pollinators and understand why it is necessary to offer them a safe and inviting habitat in our city. Visit the New London webpage at pollinator-pathway.org and at New London Pollinator Pathway on Facebook. Join The Pollinator Pathway Partner Organizations Connecticut College Arboretum, Hodges Square Association, St. James Church, F.R.E.S.H. New London, Wild Ones, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, St. Francis House, Riverside Park Conservancy, Homeless Hospitality Center nlpollinatorpathway@gmail.com

Pollinator Pathway Rhinebeck

Pollinator Pathway Harrison The Harrison Pollinator Pathway is a volunteer-led organization focused on bringing pollinator habitat to Harrison, West Harrison, and Purchase. We are working with the town to create a corridor of private and public gardens to provide more safe landing spots to our local pollinators. Right now we are focused on mapping established gardens and empowering local gardeners to add natives to established gardens. Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/harrisonpollinatorpathway/ Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571590054997 Join the Harrison Pollinator Pathway Want to learn more about how to help pollinators in your own yard? Or volunteer at our public pollinator garden? Sign-up to join the Harrison Pollinator Pathway Email harrisonpollinatorpathway@gmail.com for more information

Pollinator Pathway Monterey Welcome to Monterey, a proud participant in the Pollinator Pathway project! In 2020, a few residents got together and established the Monterey Native Plants Working Group with support from our local cultural council. Our mission is to encourage native plants and pollinator-friendly habitats around our town. We have been buoyed by the enthusiasm of our community to build ecological resilience. In 2021, we lobbied, successfully, for the town to be designated as a pollinator-friendly community - Resolution to make Monterey a Pollinator Friendly Community . We have established a propagation plot at our community garden and a living interpretive exhibit at our raised bed at Lake Garfield Beach. We have also advised on and helped install a native plants buffer zone along the Konkapot River near the center of town in coordination with the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and our Parks Commission. On a monthly basis, our Backyard Ecologist series takes up specific issues related to pollinators, from tips on putting gardens to rest at the end of the season (essentially by leaving them alone) to uprooting invasives and landscaping with meadows. We look forward to the day when our town is full of native plant gardens and when pollinator corridors throughout our region are strengthened and provide corridors for birds, bees, butterflies, moths and other pollinators. Native Plant Demonstration Gardens Bidwell Park Stream Restoration Project Removing invasives and planting native perennials, shrubs and trees. Join the Pollinator Pathway Our Partners include: Town of Monterey, Monterey Community Center, Monterey Library, Berkshire Conservation District, Northeast Organic Farmers Association Ask to join our mailing list by contacting Pollinators01245@gmail.com . Or come to one of our monthly Backyard Ecologist events

Pollinator Pathway Bethany