Bring more pollinators to your garden this spring!
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In this newsletter, we're sharing tips for enjoying nature from the comfort of your home and backyard.
Simple changes in our gardens can have big impacts on the future of our pollinators!
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Did you know that pollinators—like bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating insects and wildlife—are not only essential to our environmental health, but also that nearly all of the food we eat is the result of pollination? Unfortunately, with serious threats like landscape fragmentation, pesticide use and climate change, our pollinators are in trouble and their populations are declining rapidly. Establishing
“green corridors”
of connected habitats across parks, preserves and private gardens is one of the best ways we can support pollinators.
Pollinator Pathways
is a regional effort to establish connected corridors of habitats and food sources for pollinators across the Northeast. Many counties and towns have established Pollinator Pathways projects, including Putnam County and Philipstown.
The
Putnam initiative
, coordinated by the
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County
, takes this a step further and is working to create a pollinator-friendly corridor spanning all Putnam County communities, and forging linkages with existing Pollinator Pathways networks in Westchester and Fairfield Counties.
To join the Pollinator Pathway, you can commit to:
- Plant native plants such as wildflowers, shrubs and trees, which provide critical food and habitat for pollinators
- Go pesticide-free
- Rethink your lawn by mowing less often, leaving clippings, providing a source of clean water and leaving dirt patches for native ground nesting bees.
Our Stewardship Coordinator, Julia Rogers, brings us into her garden in her latest "Nature Time" video to tell us more about Pollinator Pathways and how we can help support pollinators with small changes in our own backyards, in addition to the ways listed above:
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Learn more about how YOU can help pollinators!
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Pledge
to support pollinators and join the
Putnam
and/or
Philipstown
Pollinator Pathways
Check out
the
brochure
for the Philipstown Pollinator Pathway and many other handy resources on their Pollinator Pathways
webpage
Learn
how to create a “paradise for pollinators” with this
two-part
online course
led by Putnam Master Gardeners (note: you can
participate
in the second half of the live course tomorrow, May 9th, at 9:30am, or, alternatively, a recording of both sessions will soon be available
here
).
Visit
these
local gardens
with pollinator plants (once social distancing measures have been eased)
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HHLT protects the Hudson Highlands for all of us. You make it all possible.
Thank you for your support!
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The Hudson Highlands Land Trust protects and preserves the natural resources,
rural character and scenic beauty of the Hudson Highlands.
Hudson Highlands Land Trust
20 Nazareth Way, P.O. Box 226, Garrison, NY 10524
(845) 424-3358
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