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Pollinator Pathway Huntington The Town of Huntington is located in northwestern Suffolk County, New York, bordering Long Island Sound on its north end, along with numerous bays and harbors. The Township of Huntington includes four incorporated Villages (Northport, Asharoken, Lloyd Harbor, and Huntington Bay) and several prominent unincorporated hamlets (Cold Spring Harbor, Elwood, Huntington, Huntington Station, South Huntington, Melville, East Northport, Halesite, Dix Hills, Centerport, Greenlawn, and Fort Salonga). The Huntington Pollinator Pathway Project is part of a larger initiative of the Suffolk Alliance for Pollinators (SAP). SAP is a coalition of local groups making Suffolk County a greener pollinator corridor through good gardening practices. The SAP goal is to amplify the efforts of many groups helping residents, towns and communities become part of the growing regional initiative led by the Pollinator Pathway. JOIN US! You can be part of the Pollinator Pathway Town of Huntington. Simply: ADD a few more natives--trees, shrubs, and flowers that are adapted to local conditions are the best food sources for native pollinators and often require less water. Information on New York/Long Island natives can be found on Cornell Cooperative Extension | Pollinator Support (ccesuffolk.org). ADD your Garden to the Pollinator Pathway Map •REDUCE the size of your lawn and mow less often. AVOID chemical fertilizers and pesticides -- they’re not healthy for pollinators or anyone else. LEAVE the leaves -- go easy on the fall clean-up of beds and borders since many pollinators over winter in leaf matter. Kubecka Community Garden Pollinator Garden 95-99 Dunlop Rd, Huntington, NY A Native Pollinator Garden was created in 2022 on the grounds of the Town of Huntington’s Kubecka Community Garden on Dunlop Road in the Town of Huntington, NY with donated plants from community members, ReWild, Long Island, and LI Native Plant Initiative. It was created and is maintained by a group of CCE Master Gardener Volunteers. More than 25 different native plant are included with the goal of having continuous bloom throughout the season and offering different host plants for a variety of bees, moths and butterflies. Greenlawn Train Station Native Garden 34 Boulevard Avenue, Greenlawn, NY 11740 In the summer of 2017, Greenlawn Civic Association and Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) worked with the Town of Huntington to transform an 850 square foot strip of overgrown junipers full of litter into a native garden, our hamlet's "High Line". With dogwood trees, shrubs such as chokeberry and blueberry, and 400 perennials including butterfly weed, bluestem grasses, baptisia australis (false blue indigo), chelone glabra (turtlehead) , monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) and solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod) there is four season interest and wildlife activity for pedestrians and commuters to enjoy. In 2023, an environmental sign was installed by Nelson Pope listing the plants and the pollinators they attract. Volunteers from the Greenlawn Civic (greenlawncivic.org) and Centerport Garden Club (centerportgardenclub.org) help maintain it through the year. Scudder Park Native Garden 99 Ketchum Pl, Northport, NY 11768 The Scudder Park Native Garden was established to beautify a corner of Scudder Park in Northport. The garden was designed, planted, and is maintained by Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in cooperation with the Village of Northport Parks Department. Perennial, drought tolerant plants were selected based on the site’s condition, which is dry, sandy, sunny, and windy. The plants are also salt tolerant, which is important as this area suffered major flooding in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy. Many of the plants are native to the area and once established require minimal care. These plants provide nesting sites and nectar for bees, butterflies and other insects and help sustain beneficial pollinators. Included are Northern Bayberry, Red Bud Tree, Switchgrass, Little Blue Stem, Indian Grass, Yarrow, Common Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, different types of asters and goldenrods, and many more. Many of the plants were purchased from Long Island Native Plant Initiative and funded with a generous donation from an anonymous donor. Gateway Community Garden Gateway Park, Lowndes Ave, Huntington Station, 11746 Gateway Park Community Garden is on the ground of Gateway Park in the Village of Huntington and was created in 2016 as an Earth Day project donated and installed by National Grid volunteers, Town of Huntington personnel, and Garden volunteers. The initial plantings included native grasses, mountain mint and iron weed, chokeberry. Common milkweed popped up in the garden that year as well courtesy of a neighbor who was growing some in a yard near the garden. Some wood asters moved in as well. A local group gave Gateway a small grant and it was used to purchase goldenrods, asters, Joe Pye Weed, hyssop leaved mountain mint and flat topped goldenrod from LINPI. At the south end of the garden there is a wonderful Black Oak (Quercus velutina) and a Prunus serontina. Squirrels are planting black walnut trees (Juglan nigra) all over the garden. There is at least one Northern Catalpa in the park. In 2019 in another Earth Day project, PSEG donated and planted a number of Oaks, one or two Liriodendrons (Tulip Trees) and an Amelanchier (Service Berry) on the Teich House museum property which is part of Gateway Park. Join The Pollinator Pathway Partners Suffolk Alliance for Pollinators: ccesuffolk.org/gardening/suffolk-alliance-for-pollinators-sap Cornell Cooperative Extension, Suffolk County https://ccesuffolk.org/ ReWild Long Island www.rewildlongisland.org Long Island Native Plant Initiative (linpi.org ) Northport Native Garden Initiative (northportngi.org ) pollinators.huntington@gmail.com

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Pollinator Pathway West and Southwest Philadelphia Welcome to the West and Southwest Philadelphia Pollinator Pathway page! We are growing our pathway day by day -- thank you for your interest. Leading our pathway is a group of neighbors, “West Philly Native Plants and Pollinators” (WPNPP) -- we’re a Facebook-based network rooted in real-world activities dedicated to expanding the use of native plants in our gardens and community spaces to support a healthy and sustainable ecosystem for all. One of our goals is to develop pollinator/wildlife corridors throughout West and Southwest Philly that will transform our urban gardening landscape from one of isolated pockets of native plants to an interconnected network that will support wildlife (particularly pollinators) as well as beautify our communities. We envision a time when walking through West and Southwest Philadelphia means walking through a patchwork of native plant gardens, bursting with a diversity of plants, flowers, and trees supporting an even wider variety of wildlife. Please reach out via email (wpnpp.info@gmail.com ) or visit us on Facebook! Use the “Join Now” link below to make your garden part of the West and Southwest Philadelphia Pollinator Pathway. Next, send us an email at wpnpp.info@gmail.com to request your Pollinator Pathway garden sign. We’re offering them via porch pick-up in the Spruce Hill neighborhood for $3.50 to cover the cost of the sign. When we get your email, we’ll send you instructions for pick-up. Finally, head over to Facebook and find us at “West Philly Native Plants and Pollinators” to connect with other native plant gardeners in the community. Please be sure to respond to the questions when requesting membership. And thank you! WELCOME! Join The Pollinator Pathway Message us on Facebook: "West Philly Native Plants and Pollinators"

Pollinator Pathway Marlborough

Pollinator Pathway Kettle Pond Visitor Center, Rhode Island The parcel of Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge where the Kettle Pond Visitor Center is located is referred to as the headquarters unit. Purchased in 2001, this parcel of forested uplands is home to pitch and white pines, black and white oaks, blueberry shrubs, sweet fern, and princess pine. Hiking along the trails offer visitors a chance to witness visual reminders of the great ice sheet, see changes in the seasonal vernal pool, and views of Watchaug Pond. Gardens Kettle Pond Native Plant Garden, 50 Bend Rd Charlestown, RI 02813 Kettle Pond Native Plant Garden is a demonstration garden located at the Kettle Pond Visitor Center located at 50 Bend Road in Charlestown, RI. The University of Rhode Island Master Gardener Program and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnered to establish this native demonstration garden. This project showcases an important conservation message with the creation of native plant landscape gardens designed for different environmental conditions: full sun, sun/shade, and full shade. We are using RI native plants to show their diversity and to demonstrate biodiversity in the environment. The garden demonstrates some of the essential principals of designing and growing a native species garden such as: Related populations, not isolated individuals; Stress as an asset; Cover the ground densely by vertically layering plants; Make it attractive and legible; Management not maintenance. The garden’s goal is to be an educational resource to learn the importance of native plants, biodiversity, and the role of pollinators in everyday life. Visitors will learn to identify native plants and their benefits and how they may fit in their own landscapes. They will learn how to manage native plants using Integrated Management strategies. They will also learn how Indigenous People used plants and the folklore surrounding them. To learn more about the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge please visit our website at: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/ninigret/about-us Partners U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; URI Master Gardeners For more information please email Janis Nephinsky at janis_nepshinsky@fws.gov

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Pollinator Pathway Brentwood The Sisters of St. Joseph steward 212 acres of woodlands, meadows, gardens and organic farms on occupied indigenous Secatogue land. The Sisters of St. Joseph community believes that all is one and that we are called to seek union with the sacred community of life that includes all of creation - air, soil, water, plants and animals. The campus includes: - 75 acres of woodland, including pine barrens and successional woodland plant communities - 16 native gardens - 5 acre solar array with native grassland planted below it - 7 acres of native meadows converted from lawn - 28 acres of organic agriculture - The only industrial sized Constructed Treatment Wetland on Long Island Visit us any day dawn to dusk! 1725 Brentwood Road, Brentwood, NY 11717 Join the Pollinator Pathway If you are interested in volunteering in the Islip Township Pollinator Pathways, please contact us at Islip.Pollinators@gmail.com . Thank You. Islip.Pollinators@gmail.com

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