Thank you to all who braved the rainy afternoon to support our effort to make Beacon a pollinator friendly city. Despite the weather, many of our native plants fount new homes!
Yes, we are joining Common Ground's Plant Sale, Sat. May 9 from 12-4 pm - rain or shine! We have over 700 native plants -- starter shrubs and perennials. All ready to grow! We will be at the Hudson Valley Brewery, 7 East Main St., Beacon, NY 12508.
We are excited to announce that we will be joining @commongroundfarm at their plant sale on Saturday, May 9. The sale will run from noon to 4 PM at the @hudsonvalleybrewery
In keeping with our mission to make native plants affordable and accessible, we will be offering a large selection of perennials and starter shrubs. A sampling of the perennials include butterfly weed, slender mountain mint, monarda, and wild geranium. Starter shrubs include serviceberry, witch hazel, ninebark, chokeberry and flowering dogwood to name just a small selection of our offerings this year.
Common Ground will be offering their full selection of farm grown vegetables and perennials. In keeping with Common Ground’s mission to expand access to fresh food, they will offer farmer-grown vegetable, herb, and annual flower seedlings.
Our next pollinator meet-up will be October 22 at 7pm at the Beacon Recreation Center at 23 West Center Street.
Meeting begins at 7pm!
Join us as we welcome Kyra Stoddart, who is starting an initiative to address Japanese Knotweed. She has been successful in eradicating her knotweed and has done a lot of research!
(Please note the correct address of the beacon recreation center is 23 West Center Street - image address is incorrect)
Hey Beacon Folks! Join us on Saturday, April 26th to celebrate Earth Day. 🌱 Participate in Beacon’s annual Earth Day clean-up from 9am-12pm. Link in bio to sign-up. This year we’re also recruiting assistance with several of our pollinator sites too!🌸
After the clean-up head to @hudsonvalleybrewery for our annual earth day celebration from 12pm-3pm. Over 15 local, grass-roots organizations (including Beacon Pollinators!) will be tabling and chatting with neighbors about the incredible work they do throughout our community.
Come chat with us and sign-up for our pre-order plant sale!
A few weeks back between snow storms, we planted our seeds at Hiddenbrooke. They are certainly enjoying the full range of winter weather this year! There are 17 different varieties of plants and we are hopeful that these hardy seeds will make it through the winter. We are very eager to see what happens this spring!
After months of planning, our pollinator pathway at Hiddenbrooke is now underway! This week brought a lot of change. We laid cardboard, spread compost and began mulching the pathway through the plot.
Big thanks to all the volunteers who helped out this weekend! We’re also super grateful to @cityofbeaconrecreation for helping us in planning and spreading and delivering wood chips and compost!
Follow along to see all the progress at this site. 🌼
