Pollinator Pathway
Rocky Hill



The Rocky Hill pollinator pathway began in 2022 at our RH Intergenerational Food Pantry garden inspired by Garden Club volunteer Stephanie Heneghan. Stephanie, along with Derek Caelin, Saima Kousar and Ed Chiucarello of Sustainable Rocky Hill are taking the first step in making Rocky Hill pollinator friendly.
Participate
Add native pollinator plants, shrubs or trees to your property, whether yard, garden, patio or balcony. Help to eliminate widespread application of pesticides and fertilizers. Spread the word by educating friends and neighbors.
Volunteer
Help spread awareness at farmers markets and public events, create, water and maintain public pollinator gardens and help manage invasive species in public parks. Motivate your organization’s members to help protect pollinators.
Have a skill you can share with the Pollinator Pathway?
For more information please email us at SustainableRockyHIll@gmail.com
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Rocky Hill Congregational Church
805 Old Main St, Rocky Hill, CT 06067
The Rocky Hill Congregational Church stands prominently in Rocky Hill's Olde Town Center, on a triangular site encompassed by Church Street, and Old Main Street.
It is a two-story gable-roof wood-frame structure resting on a brownstone foundation. It has distinctive late Georgian styling, with a projecting gabled entry section with corner pilasters, and three doorways. The central doorway is framed by engaged columns and topped by triangular modillioned pediment, while the flanking doorways are framed by pilasters and topped by an entablature and modillioned cornice. A three-stage square tower, housing a clock and belfry rises at a small setback from the projecting entry section.
The first church in Rocky Hill was built in 1727, after it was established as a separate parish of Wethersfield.
By 1800 there were calls in the congregation for a new church. In 1805 it was agreed to build a new structure, modeled on a church in Middletown. Construction was begun the same year, and the new building was dedicated in 1808. After a lean period of membership in the late 19th century, the congregation rebounded, and funded construction of the adjacent parish house 1948–52 to a design by Kelly & Kelly architects. The building is noted for its fine Georgian features, and was documented in the 1830s as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey.



Intergenerational Food Pantry Garden
This garden is run by volunteers and led by town staff in our Human Services dept. This year's effort has been on creating a pollinator section and growing an abundance of food for Rocky Hill residents.

Partners
Sustainable Rocky Hill, RH Human Services, RH Congregational Church, RH Garden Club, RH Girl Scouts, RH Boy Scouts, RH Parks and Rec, Sunny Farms, Cora J. Belden Library, RH High School




