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Pollinator Pathway Danbury Pollinators play a critical role in our ecosystem, fertilizing plants in our gardens and farms. They rely on a network of food sources and habitats to survive and thrive. Most insects need a food source every one to two hundred feet - the Pollinator Pathway project aims to establish appropriate pollinator-friendly habitat and food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating insects and wildlife along continuous corridors. Picture a series of stepping stones, each resting place having safe space for our pollinators to eat, drink and rest. Anyone can create a pollinator garden - a few plants in containers on a deck will provide nectar and pollen for our pollinators! Lists of appropriate plants can be found on this website: https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/plants Join us today and put your garden on the map! WCSU Garden 1 WCSU - Science Building - Danbury, CT, 06810 Garden 1 is located on the 9th ave side of the science building, by the greenhouse. The garden is composed of native flowering plants such as, Purple coneflower, Black-eyed susan, Wild bergamot, Joe pye weed, Foxglove beardtongue, and much more. MannKind Corporation 40 Taylor Road, Danbury CT 06810 Pollinator Garden with native trees, shrubs, perennials and grasses. Site is sunny, with moist well-draining soil. Garden will provide habitat for pollinators and a respite for employees. WCSU Garden 2 WCSU - Science Building - Osborne St, Danbury, CT, 06810 Garden 2 is located on the back of the science building (Osborne St), by the drop-off location. It is in a more shaded area, surrounded by maple trees. It is located at the bottom of a hill, where runoff accumulates coming from Osborne st. Native plants include, purple coneflowers, cardinal flower, Joe pye weed, and many more. Rogers Park Middle School Gardens 21 Memorial Drive, Danbury, CT, 06810 (near south parking lot) School gardens that include a vegetable, an outdoor classroom with benches framing a sunwheel and facing a native plant meadow. The sunwheel was built by students and school staff and points to the compass directions and to the solstice and equinox sunrises. Ryder House, Danbury Museum 41 Main Street, Danbury CT 06810 Native plant garden in front of the historic Ryder House at the Danbury Museum. Pollinators love the Coneflowers and Anise Hyssop during the summer, and Asters bloom wildly in autumn. Native grasses fill the spaces in between the flowering plants, keeping weeding to a minimum. DHS - Bioretention Garden 43 Clapboard Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT, 06811 - lower lot The garden started off as a bioretention pond, using river rocks to slow down and filter the runoff water coming down Clapboard Ridge Rd. The location was chosen because it is where floods often occur on the High School grounds. Native shrubs and flowers planted include, dwarf and compact inkberry, bearberry, beards tongue, and Shenandoah switch grass. Danbury Library 170 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810 Native plant garden between the library and the parking lot. The space is long and narrow, and receives early to mid-afternoon sun. Shrubs and a redbud tree are next to the building, with a curving strip of native grasses to prevent erosion. Perennials provide blooms all season long, and low-growing ground cover fill in the space next to the curb. Join The Pollinator Pathway Our Partners The Danbury Pollinator Pathway is an iniative led by Western Connecticut State University, The Danbury Garden Club, The Danbury Museum, The Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, MannKind Corporation, and The City of Danbury.

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 Town of North Andover Welcome to the Town of North Andover Pollinator Pathway! Our pollinator garden was established in May of 2021 in collaboration with the North Andover Garden Club, North Andover Conservation Department staff, as well as staff from various departments at Town Hall. The North Andover Garden Club generously donated funds for the plant material for this garden. Everything planted in our garden is 100% native to New England, and requires very little maintenance. The goal of this garden is not only to beautify the front of Town Hall, but also to educate the general public on the importance of native plants.In the long term, we hope to create more of these pollinator patches in North Andover to bridge the gap between other pollinator gardens in Massachusetts. Town Gardens Town Hall Pollinator Garden urban pollinator garden! For more information, email us at: tandrews@northandoverma.gov OR northandovergardenclub@yahoo.com Join The Pollinator Pathway Our Partners The North Andover Pollinator Pathway is an initiative started by the North Andover Conservation Department and the North Andover Garden Club. For more information, email us at: tandrews@northandoverma.gov OR northandovergardenclub@yahoo.com

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Pollinator Pathway Charlotte, Vermont Welcome to the Charlotte Pollinator Pathway! We are building biodiverse habits at key public buildings, along historic roads, and in private gardens throughout our rural community. One of our goals is to create gardens that host and feed pollinators, birds, and wildlife throughout the year. The gardens complement the vast tracks of conserved wetland, woodland, and prairie in our town of 50.3 square miles. Town Gardens The Butterfly Garden at Quaker's Corners The Pollinator Garden at Quaker's Corners began as an idea to bring back the Clouded Sulphur to Lewis Creek rd in Charlotte, Vermont. Host plants for the Clouded Sulphur include wild lupine and wild senna. This is an ideal nesting ground for bumblebees. There is also a wide selection of host plants for Lepidoptera. The garden resides on the corner of Roscoe rd and Lewis Creek rd on private property. This project is a collaboration between neighbors who are concerned about our local pollinator population. In September 2021, we established this garden with the support of Ernie Pomeleau, Red Wagon Plants, and Ward Preston LLC. For more information on this garden, a growing plant list, and volunteer information visit: https://jgardensvt.blogspot.com/p/the-pollinator-garden-at-quakers-corners.html The Friendship Garden at Quaker's Corners The Friendship Garden at Quaker's Corners is a pollinator garden on private property in East Charlotte. This garden has been established within the remains of a Quaker Schoolhouse located at the corner of Roscoe and Lewis Creek Rd, across from The Butterfly Garden at Quaker's Corners. The remains of the schoolhouse are simply a staircase and foundation. Within the foundation is a pollinator garden established by our small community. This garden is an ideal location for nesting bumblebees and contains a variety of host plants for Lepidoptera. a For a complete plant list and information about supporters of this garden visit: https://jgardensvt.blogspot.com/p/the-friendship-garden-at-quaker-corners.html The Butterfly Garden at the Quinlan Covered Bridge The Butterfly Garden at Quinlan Covered Bridge is designed to support butterflies and pollinators throughout their entire lifecycle. There are multiple host plants for eggs and larva and food essentials for adult butterflies, including some great annuals. Established in 2019, our community transformed a barren patch of land at the intersection of Lewis Creek road into a pollinator paradise. This garden is located at the intersection where Lewis Creek runs under the well-known Quinlan Covered Bridge. This garden in a UVM Master Gardener volunteer location. Come stop by and smell the flowers! For frequent updates on this project, a complete plant list, list of supporting organizations, and volunteer information follow this garden: https://jgardensvt.blogspot.com/p/the-butterfly-garden-at-quinlan-bridge.html and on Instagram: Jgardensvt Charlotte Library 115 Ferry Road, Charlotte, VT 05445 In 2019, we had the opportunity to reimagine and redesign the garden spaces around the library as part of our library expansion project. The new garden beds around the south end of the building were designed particularly to support pollinators with herbs and flowers such as echinacea, bee balm, feverfew, anise hyssop, and coreopsis. But in fact, all of the gardens connected to the library serve as pollinator areas as well. Butterflies and bees frequent the liatris, rudbeckias, astilbes and other flowering plants in the rain garden, as well as the cheery flowers of the vegetables that grow in the nearby raised beds of the library food garden. 408 Hinesburg Road, Charlotte, VT 05445 School/Community garden with a small orchard, an outdoor seating area, compost shed with solar panel and pollinator gardens. The solar panel and two additional pollinator lanes were installed by the town energy committee in the summer of 2021 to demonstrate compatible dual land use. Write Julia at jgardensvt@gmail.com and get your garden listed today! Or click on the link below. Join The Pollinator Pathway Our Partners UVM Master Gardener, Charlotte Central School and Charlotte Town Library jgardensvt@gmail.com

Pollinator Pathway New Rochelle The Native Plant and Butterfly Garden at grow! Lincoln Park Community Garden. This is a public garden which is open dawn to dusk. It was established in 2017 and contains over 40 types of native perennials, shrubs and grasses. The 800 square foot garden was designed by Jessica A. Schuler and is maintained by a group of volunteers. The garden serves as a living classroom to teach students and adults of every age about native plants. Plant labels, which include the common and botanical names were added in 2020. Email the garden at : ltrgroup1@aol.com Join The Pollinator Pathway Partners grow! Lincoln Park Community Garden and the Lincoln Park Conservancy Inc

Pollinator Pathway Bend Welcome to the Bend Pollinator Pathway! The Bend Pollinator Pathway is the first native pollinator habitat connectivity project in our region. Based on the success of this program out of the Northeastern United States, the plan is to grow to include all communities throughout Central Oregon and beyond. The goal of a Pollinator Pathway is to create a corridor of contiguous native pollinator gardens throughout our community using the adjacent lands of residents, businesses, parks and open spaces. The end result will be the connection of habitat within the range of most of our native pollinators. Pollinator Gardens in Bend How to “Bee” Part of the Bend Pollinator Pathway Plant Native Plants Wildflowers, shrubs and trees native to this area evolved with our local pollinators and provide them with the best nutrition and shelter for them to thrive Plant for continuous bloom throughout the spring, summer and fall Best to plant in blocks of the same species as it helps the pollinators to easily find their favorite food source as well as revisit that spot once discovered. Go Pesticide-Free This means a healthy yard for your children and pests, too Consider organic alternatives to fertilizers and mulch Provide Water A water feature such as a birdbath, fountain or a natural water source Create Nesting Habitat Leave some bare dirt patches for native ground nesting bees - especially helpful if they are south-facing, sun-warmed spots Leave the leaves and save the stems for overwintering bees, butterflies and other insects. Stems can be cut back in late spring to varying heights from 8”-24” for different species of stem-nesting bees. Don’t fret the small stuff . If you are lucky enough to attract them to your yard, leaf cutter bees use small pieces of leaves to create nests for their young. Look for these telltale signs that Leafcutter bees are nearby. Rethink the Lawn Leave grass clippings on your lawn rather than adding chemicals Mow less often, every 2-3 weeks is better than weekly Convert some of all of your lawn to native trees, shrubs or flowers Show Your Support Once you have created pollinator habitat in your yard or business property, you may purchase and display a medallion sign to let others know what you are doing and why. Join The Pollinator Pathway The Pollinator Pathway Pledge I pledge to support and protect local pollinators by adding native plants and refraining from the use of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers. I will also Leave the Leaves and Save the Stems for year-round nesting habitat. To find out more about free plant giveaways, planting parties and community events, contact us at pollinatorpathwaybend@gmail.com or friend us on Facebook.

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