Ardsley Pollinator Pathway

Making significant change, one yard at a time.  

The December Cross Pollination Newsletter, Seeds of Joy, Hope and Friendship, can be access here.


The November Cross Pollination Newsletter, The Monarch Butterfly Editioncan be accessed here.

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Upcoming Events 


Beauty for the Bees: Easy jump start for a pollinator garden - webinar. Wednesday, December 4, 7:30 pm

 

Mai Mai Margules, lead at the Tarrytown Pollinator Pathway and designer of the public pollinator pathway gardens in Tarrytown, will show you how easy it is to get started with a fool-proof pollinator garden. Tips and tricks, carefree and easy plants, how to source plants, and easy design tips will be offered. Click here to register.


Holly Days Event with Michael Hagen, NYBG Native Plant Garden Curator. Thursday, December 12, 11:00 with a luncheon. Fee.

 

The Garden Club of Irvington will be featuring a talk by Michael Hagen as part of their annual fundraising luncheon at the Ardsley Country Club. Funds raised through the event will help to support their volunteer activities, many focused on native gardens in their partnership with the Greenburgh Nature Center. To learn more about the event, click here. To purchase tickets, click here


Landscaping with Native Plants and Shrubs:  Easy AND Beautiful Combinations for Your Yard! Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 7:30 pm via Zoom

Get an update on Kathy Ever’s ‘‘rewilding’ efforts and hear about great native plant/shrub combinations that work well in Westchester!  Specific and useful advice for landscaping with natives will be provided.  It doesn’t have to be complicated - everyone can do something to support pollinators and birds. Click here to register.


Creating Your Pollinator Garden Workshop Series. Successfully planning, implementing and maintaining a new or expanded pollinator garden  

Saturdays, January 18, February 15, and March 15, 10 am - 12 pm


Join us for three free workshops to help you start or expand a garden to attract and support pollinators and birds. These workshops will get you ready to plant your gardens in spring of 2025. We will provide tips, tricks, lessons learned and expert advice to successfully create a garden pollinators, birds and you will love.  Each workshop will have its own registration:  join for all three or just one. An added bonus is building a community with like-minded people who want to bring more beauty, joy and sustainability into their yards. Each workshop is limited to 25 participants. This is an action oriented workshop series. We ask that participants commit to create or expand a garden for pollinators, no matter how small.  This program is a partnership between the Ardsley Pollinator Pathway, Greenburgh Public Library, and the Tarrytown Pollinator Pathway.

January Workshop: Designing Your New or Expanded Garden 

Saturday, January 18 | 10 am - 12 pm, Greenburgh Public Library Multipurpose Room

Plan your dream garden with the expert assistance of local Pollinator Pathway members, who will share design tips, tricks, and advice to bring your ideas to life! The focus will be on using native plants. Registration required and limited to 25 participants.  Click here to register.

Selecting and Procuring Your Plants

Saturday, February 15 | 10 am - 12 pm, Greenburgh Public Library Multipurpose Room

Learn how to select and procure native plants, including how and where to purchase plants, create plants from your own or other people’s plants and seeds, and ways to procure them from local pollinator pathways. Registration required and limited to 25 participants. Click here to register.

 

Preparation for Planting and Maintaining the Garden

Saturday, March 15 | 10 am - 12 pm, Greenburgh Public Library Multipurpose Room

You've designed your garden with the perfect plants! Now learn how to easily prepare and maintain your garden with the expert advice and assistance of local Pollinator Pathway members.  Registration required and limited to 25 participants. Click here to register.


Native Plant Species & Cultivars, Wednesday, February 12, 7:30 pm via Zoom

Are straight species of native plants always the best choice for home gardens? Can cultivars of native plants (nativars) provide adequate support for wildlife? To answer these questions, Extension Master Gardener Elaine Mills has conducted research on past and on-going studies comparing native plants and their cultivars from the standpoint of garden performance, visits by pollinators, and use as larval host plants, and she summarizes her findings in this presentation. Click here to register.


  News:



Ardsley is one of a few municipalities in North America in 2023 and 2022 that earned the Leadership Circle Achievement for the National Wildlife Federation's Mayors Monarch Pledge.  Cities and municipalities in the program commit each year to support endangered monarch butterflies by creating habitat and educating residents on how to make a difference at home or in their community. 

Ardsley is proud to support our beloved monarch butterflies and to have again earned the Leadership Circle honor. Ardsley is now part of an expanding North American network of cities working to create habitat in public parks, public landscaping, vacant lots, roadsides, medians, green roofs, backyard gardens and open spaces throughout the entire community.

For easy steps you can take to help monarch butterflies in your yard see the November Cross Pollination News - The Monarch Edition.


Introducing Our New Mailbox Gardens How-To Guides

You asked for it and we created it - a step- by- step guide to create a pollinator garden. We give you the design, the materials and quantities you'll need, and the list of plants. Four different garden sizes in each guide. You buy the plants, dig them in, and watch them grow. Check them out - it's easy!

Full-Part Sun Pollinator Wildflower Mailbox Gardens

Full to Part Sun Pollinator Grass and Sedge Mailbox Gardens

Part Shade Pollinator Mailbox Gardens

Full to Part Sun Monarch Butterfly Mailbox Garden 


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Our Mission

The Ardsley Pollinator Pathway Project's mission is to raise awareness, educate, and encourage the participation of Ardsley’s residents, businesses, government, and other organizations in the creation and maintenance of healthy pollinator habitats in the Village of Ardsley.

 The world’s community of pollinators is in crisis. 

There are numerous causes for this decline, with habitat loss and pesticide use at the top. 

Conservation techniques work! When homeowners, governmental agencies and private businesses commit to expanding pollinator-friendly, pesticide-free habitats, we will change the future for pollinators and secure our own. We encourage your home to become a node on a path through Ardsley

 No effort is too small! We need your help. They need your help. 

Ardsley Pollinator Pathway Map 

 View our growing pathway that will connect us  with other communities. Add your own pollinator garden to the map. Click on the purple flower pins to learn more about each steppingstone in our pathway.

Visit the Ardsley CAN by 2030! website to learn more about how you can easily reduce your carbon footprint and make small changes to act sustainably.