Garden Wisdom for the New Year Suggestions on how to enhance our landscapes to better meet the needs of essential pollinators, birds and other wildlife.
Contact us at: ProPollinators@gmail.com
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Protect Our Pollinators is a proud Partner of the Pollinator Pathway Northeast and proud supporter of The Xerces Society of Invertebrate Conservation, Homegrown National Park and Eco59 seed collective.
What is a Soft Landing?Planting intentional living groundcovers
(plants not mulch) under keystone trees builds healthy soil, provides food for songbirds for songbirds and pollinators, sequesters more carbon than turf grass, and reduces time spent mowing.
To order, mail your donation to:
Protect Our Pollinators
12 Whippoorwill Hill Road
Newtown CT 06470
Suggested donation is $20.
Protect Our Pollinators is a nonprofit organization devoted to the conservation of pollinators
and their habitats. Our Mission - to save endangered pollinators through education and action.
Want to Help our Struggling Pollinators?
1) Convert 10% of your lawn to pollinator habitat.
There are more than 40 million acres of lawn or turf grass in the U.S. alone. This change would add four million acres for bees, butterflies, and birds.
2) Replace some of your non-native ornamental plants with native plants.
Many different kinds of beneficial insects rely on native plants as food or for nesting sites. These insects are food for birds and other wildlife. Declines in backyard birds are linked to an
increase in the number of non-native plants.
3) Remove invasive plants from your property. Invasive plants are not native to a particular ecosystem and whose introduction causes economic or environmental harm or harm to
human health. For more information, click on the Invasive Plants tab above.
4) There is no need to use Pesticides on a lawn or garden.
Pesticides, especially insecticides, kill bees and other pollinators and beneficial insects that are meant to control pests.Systemic pesticides called Neonicontinoids (Neo-nics)are lethal to bees and other pollinators. And the most commonly used herbicide, Roundup is wiping out milkweed and other wildflowers essential for native bee pollinators and butterflies.
Roundup additives are toxic to Bumblebees.
5) Turn off the lights. Lights harm night-flying insects.
Moths, a night-time pollinator, are food for birds and other wildlife. Attracted by the light, they become exhausted and die. Fireflies, in their immature stage, are important for pest control. Lights disturb these night-flyers seeking mates to reproduce. By adding motion sensors and using yellow LED lights will preserve these important insects.
Xerces is a science-based organization providing the most up-to-date information on conservation. Key program areas include: pollinator conservation, endangered species conservation, and reducing pesticide use and impacts.