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Pollinator Pathway Woodbury Village Hall of Woodbury, NY is sponsoring an educational flower garden full of NYS native food plants for pollinators. A new garden at the main entrance of Village Hall, was prepped and planted pollinator friendly plants with assistance from Anne Wibiralske, Science Adviser for Orange Environment's Hudson Valley Pollinator Project. Pollinator Garden at Woodbury Village Hall Main Entrance Climate Smart Community Task Fork, planted 6.3.23 NYS native pollinator garden. Planted in collaboration with Orange Environment: Hudson Valley Pollinator Project. This educational garden has Blue Mist Flower, Cardinal Flower, Culver's Root, Great Blue Lobella, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, and Orange Coneflower. https://www.facebook.com/groups/308968214120027 climatesmartwoodbury@gmail.com

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 Harwinton The Harwinton Land Conservation Trust has helped Harwinton join the growing community of Connecticut towns participating in the Pollinator Pathway initiative. The goal is to create corridors of pesticide-free habitat and safe food sources for pollinating insects, birds, and other wildlife. As an initial step, Land Trust volunteers cleared a one-acre portion at our Indian Meadow property off Route 4. Then, in 2022, with the help of the Harwinton Garden Club, volunteers planted a number of perennial pollinating plants in a rototilled portion of the cleared meadow. The project included construction of a rainwater collection shed to provide an on-site source of irrigation for the plants. In the future we hope to add and maintain beehives in the meadow, a potential win-win for both the bees and the new plants. In a related 2022 effort, with the help of a group of students and counselors from the CT DCF Wilderness School and aided by the American Chestnut Society, we planted five American Chestnut seedlings in the same pollinator meadow. This is the first step in our attempt to reintroduce the chestnut tree to our forests. Having the young trees in proximity to our pollinator garden should help in their development. In the future, with the continued help of the Garden Club and support from the Harwinton Democratic and Republican Town Committees, and the Harwinton Public Library staff, we hope to establish a pollinator garden in the vicinity of the library. Having a pollinator garden in an area frequented by Harwinton residents should be a fine catalyst for expanding our pollinator pathway on both public and private property in our town. Harwinton Land Trust Indian Meadow Indian Meadow is 34 acres in size. It was donated to the Trust in 1987 as part of the development of new homes on White Oak Drive. It is an elongated parcel that lies between White Oak Drive and Woodchuck Lane. The property adds to a long wildlife corridor from New Hartford to Bristol. It also protects the East Branch of Rock Brook, which supports native brook trout, a species of special concern. The property has boundaries that touch RT 4 (Burlington Road) and White Oak Drive. Public access for hiking is available on White Oak Dr. with roadside parking. LItchfield Hills Audubon Society Kalmia Sanctuary Kalmia Sanctuary at the end of Laurel Road is approximately 12+ acres in size. It was donated to Litchfield Hills Audubon Society (LHAS) by Dr. Elizabeth Cooling in 1982. Upon her passing in 1991, the house on the property was added to the sanctuary which LHAS rents. The sanctuary can be accessed from the well marked parking area. It offers marked nature trails, a pollinator and butterfly garden which attract a variety of birds, bees, and butterflies throughout the year. A variety of Mountain Laurel plantings (kalmia latifolia) provide splendid color in early spring. The butterfly garden is surrounded by benches for visitors to sit and enjoy the symphony of color and sounds! 199 Laurel Rd, Harwinton, CT 06791 Join The Pollinator Pathway Our Partners Harwinton Public Library, Harwinton Garden Club, Harwinton Democratic Town Committee, Harwinton Republican Town Committee harwintonpollinator@gmail.com

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Pollinator Pathway Babylon Welcome to Babylon Pollinator Pathway! We are looking to add pollinator gardens located within our town to the Pollinator Pathway map so we can see where we have covered and where we may need to do some work. If you have a Butterfly Garden or another type of Pollinator Friendly Yard, add yourself to the map by clicking the link just above the map. Please use the email below for any inquiries and/or to send us pics of your garden to add to our page. Thank you for contributing to our project. Park Avenue Butterfly Garden On the banks of the beautiful Carll’s River in Babylon Village, just where it crosses under Park Avenue, you will find the Carll’s River Native Forest, a Save The Great South Bay habitat restoration project established in April 2019 as a collaborative effort with the Village of Babylon. Now it may seem like it simply belongs there but that is exactly the intention. Habitat restoration projects such as this one, return plants to an area that has become overrun by invasive or exotic species and replace them with native species. Natives require no fertilizer or pesticides, and once established, require little if any irrigation. They provide a stunning palette of colors as they bloom and require little maintenance. Their root systems, having adapted to local soils over thousands of years, naturally help remove contaminants, mitigate stormwater runoff before it enters the bay, and reduce erosion. As importantly, native plants also provide habitat for our local fauna, the birds and the bees if you will, that are a crucial part of the local ecosystems. In fact, this project includes several species of trees and plants that are known to attract Monarch butterflies. This 525 sq. ft. planting was carefully curated to recreate a Red Maple Swamp Forest, an ecological community recognized by New York State Natural Heritage Program. As the plants mature, bursts of deep orange of Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) will appear along with pops of purple Marsh Blazing Star (Liatris spicata), blossoms of rosy pink Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), bright yellow Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) complemented by the bluish green Little Blue Stem (Andropogon scoparium). Woody species that were established in prior plantings include Silky Dogwood, Sweetgum, Red Maple, Pussywillow, Groundselbush, and Buttonbush. Local Resources Looking for native plants and/or native design services? Below are a few local resources. If you would like to be added to our list of resources, please fill out this Native Planting Resource Directory Form . Native Plants Retail KMS Native Plants , Lake Ronkonkoma Native Plants Wholesale LI Natives , Eastport Native Landscaping Design Services Dropseed Native Landsapes , Long Island Email babylonpollinators@gmail.com for more information Join The Pollinator Pathway Partners Save The Great South Bay, Babylon Beautification Society

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Pollinator Pathway Town of Perry The Town of Perry’s Hauge Historic District Park is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources “Military Ridge Prairie Heritage Area Natural Resource Site.” The 30-acre park is protected by a Conservation Easement from the Wisconsin Groundswell Conservancy. The Conservancy has designated the park as “an ideal ground nesting bird and pollinator prairie habitat.” The prairie restorations in the park were created and are maintained by The Friends of the Parks of Perry Township Inc. Join the Pollinator Pathway Our Partners Friends of the Parks of Perry Township Inc. For more information visit: http://www.haugehistoricdistrictpark.org

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