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Pollinator Pathway Armonk

Pollinator Pathway Amesbury Thank you for your interest in Amesbury Eco Gardeners! We are residents of Amesbury, MA dedicated to promoting the benefits and joy of gardening with native plants. Gardening with native plants is critically important, and we provide information, encouragement and support to our community so that we can expand pollinator habitat throughout greater Amesbury. Each one of us can make a difference! Planting an ecological garden is something that each one of us can do to help the world around us. Adding just a few native plants to your garden can cost very little money, will have an (almost) immediate and positive impact on the local environment, and will just as quickly bring you beauty and joy as your garden comes alive with birds, butterflies and other insects. Explore the menu at the top of this page to learn more about why gardening with native plants is so important. What you can do: Add Native Plants. Start by adding just a few native plants to your garden, porch or patio. There is always a native plant that will suit your particular situation: from flowers in a window box or container, to plants, shrubs, or trees in a front or backyard. Avoid Chemicals. Reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers: these kill our pollinators and damage our soils. Rethink the Lawn. Most of our lawns are bigger than they need to be, and provide no food or shelter for our pollinators. Think about portions of your lawn that could be native plants or groundcover, instead. Leave some Leaves. Ease up on the Fall clean up-some of our most beautiful pollinators shelter in the leaves over the winter. Don’t rush into the Spring clean up-pollinators take their time waking up. Manage the Invasives. Invasives are aggressive, non-native plants that can take over entire landscapes. Learn how to identify and manage them. Turn Off Outdoor Lights. Lights left on after dark are highly detrimental to pollinators. Use motion detection timers to limit lighting to times when it is necessary. Interested in learning more? Unsure how to get started? We welcome everyone to learn about ecological gardening with us. Please reach out to us at amesburyecogard@yahoo.com with questions or if you would like to be on our mailing list. Follow us on Instagram @amesburyecogardeners Join The Pollinator Pathway Other helpful resources: Grow Native Massachusetts . A great organization with a great website. Check out their Resources page. www.grownativemass.org Wild Seed Project . Based in Maine, especially good for learning about planting from seed. www.wildseedproject.net Home Grown National Park . A national project led by Doug Tallamy. www.homegrownnationalpark.org Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy. If you are going to read only one book, this should be it. https://homegrownnationalpark.org/doug-tallamy/ West Newbury Wild and Native . An amazing local resource. www.wnwildnative.org Amesbury Eco Gardeners Creating Habitat One Plant at a Time @amesburyecogardeners amesburyecogard@yahoo.com

Pollinator Pathway Granby Town Gardens Granby Wildflower Meadow 175 Salmon Brook Street, Granby, CT 06035 In Granby a town owned 5 acre fallow field is being transformed into a native wildflower meadow to support pollinators and other wildlife. In June 2022, over 700 plugs were planted by volunteers within a section of the field. In the fall, Granby Wildflower Meadow will be overseeded with native wildflower seeds, selected for this sunny, sandy site. Asters, goldenrod, milkweed, black-eyed susans, coneflowers are some of the plants featured in the meadow. Garden of Gratitude 242 Salmon Brook Street, Granby, CT 06035 The Garden Of Gratitude was started in 2013 and was created and nurtured by South Church members with the goal of providing free vegetables and herbs to the Waste Not Want Not Community Meal and anyone needing fresh food. We aim to teach about organic farming while supporting the wider community and spread awareness on food insecurity issues. Partners include the congregation at First Congregational Church, Heads Up! Hartford community service program, and other various youth service groups. We grow organic herbs, vegetables, flowers and berries. The garden is also on the Pollinator Pathway. Silkey Road Stop Sign Intersection of Silkey and Highley Rd, Granby, CT 06060 The initial start was a neighborhood book club reading of “Bringing Nature Home” by Doug Tallamy in 2020 and efforts to remove invasive plants from homes. In the winter of 2022, a mention of “wouldn’t it be nice to remove the barberries from the planted stop sign area”, turned into a lovely 22’ x 14’ garden featuring New Jersey Tea, goldenrods, asters, lupine, milkweed and other drought and salt tolerant natives in this sunny site. Join the Pollinator Pathway To learn more please visit www.GranbyWildflowers.org

Pollinator Pathway Yorktown Heights

Pollinator Pathway Ridgewood Students plant a native garden at Hawes School. Homeowner's pollinator waystation. Photo by J. Epiphan. Students plant a native garden at Hawes School. Yes, we can address the rapid disappearance of pollinators! Our vision is a community crisscrossed with corridors of pesticide-free waystations for butterflies, bees, and birds. From flowerpots and pocket gardens to mini-meadows, from private to municipal properties, Ridgewood can be a haven of thriving wildlife. We imagine a future when lawns are smaller, replaced by pollinator-friendly trees, shrubs, and perennials, and our children can watch butterflies during the day and fireflies at night. To realize this dream, we encourage sustainable land management: native plantings, removal of invasives, avoiding all pesticides, including organics (which can smother pollinator eggs and affect reproduction), and leaving leaf litter. And pollinators will benefit if we all rethink our lawns (see suggestions here) . Working together, we will live in harmony with the ecosystems that sustain us. Ridgewood's Pollinator Pathway initiative has just begun, with wide enthusiasm and several gardens already planted! We encourage everyone to join us, both here and in bordering communities. Please register your property and spread the word! Learn More: Download the Ridgewood Pollinator Pathway Brochure Contact: ridgewood.pp@gmail.com Check our Facebook page for gardening information, updates and news about plant sales. Join The Pollinator Pathway Partner Organizations Native Plant Society of New Jersey/Bergen Passaic Chapter, Village of Ridgewood, Green Ridgewood/Green Team, Ridgewood Public Library ridgewood.pp@gmail.com

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Pollinator Pathway Mansfield Welcome to the Mansfield Pollinator Pathway. The Mansfield Town Council adopted a Pollinator Resolution in 2020. We are currently working in collaboration with the Towns of Chaplin and Windham, Joshua Trust, Eastern Connecticut State University and The Last Green Valley to establish contiguous, safe habitat for birds, bees, butterflies and other insects. Our Eastern Connecticut region contains bountiful trails and rivers which will become a documented pollinator pathway including private and public spaces, from small flower boxes or curbside strips to large parcels of land. Pollinators come in all shapes and sizes, from tiny wasps to butterflies to hummingbirds. Many insects have evolved to be plant specific and depend exclusively on native plants to host their larvae. Most local bees only have a travel range of half a mile before they need to refuel. Similarly, many native plants depend on specific soil conditions and pollinators to bear fruit. As a result, we need to involve our community in connecting our fragmented nature preserves, parks, town owned properties and our backyards with pollinator friendly plants. Regardless of where you live, your efforts can make a difference to our pollinator numbers and will help improve the quality of our town's air, water and soil. Please join us! Town Gardens Merrow Meadow Park Merrow Meadow, a 33-acre park along the Willimantic River, is part of the Willimantic River Greenway. Joe pye weed, golden rod and perennial sunflowers in bloom. A bumblebee in a Touch-me-not. Our pollinator friends need: Food and shelter Access to water An environment free from harmful chemicals Ways that you can participate: Join in upcoming events Plant native plants and manage invasive species Take the Pollinator Pathway Pledge if you own property Pollinator Pathway Pledge Take a Quiz About Pollinators Can you go one step further and join the Kiss My Grass - Goodbye program? If you keep areas of lawn for its own sake (not used for playing or entertaining for example) we would love you to kiss that grass goodbye by replacing the grass with native plants. Sources of native plants: https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/where-to-buy-native-plants Partners For more information email us at waltonvd@mansfieldct.org

Pollinator Pathway Forest Hills, Queens Honestly, my pathway is very much at the beginning. I wrote to the New York City Parks and Recreation for permission to plant in an empty sidewalk bed near my house, and I did over the summer but someone ripped the flowers out. I'm hoping to get something more started again, and it would be really great if I could get others involved in my area. Sidewalk Bed Forest Hills, Queens, NY I've started planting in empty tree beds near my house. The first flower I planted didn't meet with much success because some inconsiderate people pulled it out. Yet, without a yard, the sidewalk plots are what we have to try to help the bees. I've written to the New York City Parks department, and they said it's fine to plant in them. As long as there is no work order to plant in the plot, the NYC Parks department won't bother them. Join The Pollinator Pathway planethomelbj@gmail.com

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