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Top of Page Patch For Specialists Small Yards Containers Xeriscaping Native Garden Designs Pollinator Patch Garden Design Patch Native Garden Designs to Attract Specialist Bees of the Northeast Landscape Interactions located in Western Massachusetts works with Pollinator Pathway organizers (individuals, communities, and municipalities) to design restoration plantings and pollinator action plans with a focus on planting for specialist bees and. Below are project designs and plant lists done for projects in CT & MA that are available for download, use and sharing. Learn more at this recorded webinar about the McKeon Farm project in Ridgefield, CT. Planting toolkits from projects commissioned from Landscape Interactions along the Pollinator Pathway: The Green Corridor (Westport, CT) McKeon Farm (Ridgefield, CT) Pollinate Northampton (Northampton, MA) Egremont Pollinator Pathway (the Berkshires, MA) Lincoln Pollinator Action Plan (Lincoln, MA) For Specialists Native Garden Designs for Small Yards Small Yards Tips for Success: Line the bottom of the container with weed fabric--this keeps the soil from leaking out of the bottom and making a mess. You can use large pine bark nuggets in the bottom (if the containers are deep) instead of soil. They are lighter and cheaper. On top of the nuggets, use a good quality organic planting mix and fill it to about 1 1/2"-2" from the top (including plantings). Add some Plant Tone fertilizer and a little light mulch on the top. Mulching over the winter is a good idea. Wild Ones Native Garden Designs This site provides practical, educationally-sound information on native landscaping developed specifically for first-time native plant gardeners looking for help getting started. The site also features a growing number of free, downloadable native garden designs created by professional landscape designers for multiple ecoregions in the United States, taking into account various light, soil and moisture conditions. The Great Barrington Pollinator Action Plan is an educational toolkit that could be picked up by anyone in the northeast region of the United States, and likely provide enough information to identify and prioritize sites, and implement pollinator habitat in those areas. Anyone with access to a piece of land or sidewalk strip can use this plan. Click on the image below for more information. Container Plantings These containers were used by the Ridgefield CT Pollinator Pathway along Main Street, but they would work for apartment owners, on patios, or even as window boxes. The 2'x2'x4' containers came from Walpole Outdoors https://walpoleoutdoors.com/ They are in part sun and are out all year. Most perennials come back each year without any problems. These boxes have succession planting, so there is something blooming all 3 seasons—plus a small red cedar tree and Christmas fern in winter. Plantings should be tailored to the site conditions, but Ridgefield uses: asters phlox (early blooming) euphorbia agastache allium silvery sedge purple love grass slender goldentop (Euthamia) (early blooming) coreopsis annual flowering herbs as fillers spring bulbs are an option for early spring Additional Container Plants Recommended by the Audubon Society for Birds and Butterflies: blue-eyed grass Canadian ginger little bluestem switchgrass dicentra trumpet honeysuckle three-toothed cinquefoil cardinal flower (both colors but the red needs more moisture) lyre-leafed sage (salvia lyrata) dwarf joe-pye weed low bush blueberry mountain mint (muticum) Recommended by Greenwich Botanical Center (click on the images below for more information) Containers Water Conservation and Xeriscaping Xeriscape design is water efficient landscaping that relies on native plants that are drought tolerant. In Connecticut and New York, water has always been plentiful, but climate change and development are putting new pressure on water supplies. We are taking more and more water from our rivers and streams to water our lawns and gardens. 40% of the water we use in Southwest CT is used outdoors--in the summer that number jumps to 70%. More information on xeriscape landscaping. Norwalk Pollinator Pathway partners, the Rowayton Gardeners, have planted a model xeriscape garden at Bayley Beach in Rowayton, CT, pictured here. Here is the plant list they used. Xeriscaping

Seed Sowing Workshop Join the Pollinator Pathway at COPIA HOME & GARDEN 475 Smith Ridge Rd South Salem, NY 10590 on Saturday March 16, 2024 from 10 - 12 for a Seed Sowing Workshop eco59 Native Plant seeds and soil will be provided Bring your own container or purchase a locally made "Seed Starting Kit" $20 suggested donation to the Pollinator Pathway Please register by Wednesday March 13, 2024 Register

Advisory Board Member < Back Nick Dorian, Ph.D. Advisory Board Member As a scientist, Nick studies the ecology and conservation of wild bees. He received his Bachelor’s degree and his Ph.D. in Biology from Tufts University where he was supported as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and Switzer Environmental Fellow . He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Chicago Botanic Garden working to optimize pollinator gardens for biodiversity conservation. As a teacher, Nick sparks wonder in his students for the natural world. His Pollinator Safaris are always a huge hit. Nick is a highly sought-after public speaker. In 2022, he gave a Tedx talk titled “We’re Saving the Wrong Bees.” He is the author of Bee Watching , the first field guide to wild bees of eastern North America, and he teaches an annual course at Eagle Hill Institute on the topic. Nick is also the founder of the Tufts Pollinator Initiative , a student-led project to build capacity in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area for pollinator conservation. In his spare time, Nick enjoys going on long runs, playing cello, and making tortillas. He is also an accomplished photographer, and a selection of his work can be found on this page. Previous Next

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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

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