Lindsay Dzielski’s family tends their garden with a healthy dose of play….
Category: Environment
Eve Wackett’s eclectic garden reflects important moments of her personal and professional life….
This month in the garden: August
During the heat of August, don’t feel guilty if you ditch a plant or two that are not performing. Besides, it just makes room to try something new….
Warmer, wetter, and weirder
The weather is changing, and with it our growing season….
Take a scenic hike at Floating Fen Preserve
Enjoy scenic vistas on a two-mile hiking trail at the Floating Fen Preserve, the newest preserve of Western New York Land Conservancy. The trail takes you around the a bog-like area called the “floating fen,” which gives the new preserve its name. The Floating Fen Preserve, situated in Brocton in Chautauqua County, is home to beautiful sundews—carnivorous plants that sparkle in the sunlight—and awe-inspiring colonies of blue flag iris, highbush blueberry and mountain holly. Small blackgum trees dot the fen, and beautiful…...
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Grants available; connect kids with nature
Wild Ones National is accepting applications for native plant grants to schools, nature centers and youth programs across the country through the Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education (SFE) Program. Grant applications are open through November 15. These small grants, ranging from $100 to $500, help create pollinator gardens, rain gardens, prairies, monarch waystations and more. Any project that engages youth with native plants and natural landscapes qualifies. The funds are designated for acquiring native plants and seeds for outdoor learning…...
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Amazing week: Open Gardens begin, 8 garden walks & Conservation Day!
by Connie Oswald Stofko You won’t find this much gardening joy packed into one week anywhere else in North America! The only problem: there’s so much happening, you can’t see it all. But don’t worry. The parts that you do see will be amazing! Open Gardens Nearly 100 remarkable, private gardens will again be open to the public during Open Gardens. Visitors are allowed only at select times on Thursdays and Fridays in July. That creates a serene, uncrowded garden…...
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Look for invasive species & you might win a prize
You can help our environment by looking for invasive species through the NY iMapInvasives Annual Mapping Challenge. Learn more and find out how to participate at the NY iMapInvasives website. The top individual data contributors and Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management regions will also receive special prizes from the New York Natural Heritage Program. Some of the species in the challenge are data gap species. Data gap species are: If you look at a map of all the data for one…...
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Sick tree? Get help for free
The Forest Health Research Lab is available year-round to help your tree health problems at no cost. This isn’t just for forests; you can ask questions about pests or diseases for a few trees or a single tree. The folks at the research lab can identify the problem and provide recommendations. Start by submitting a report form. The more information you provide, the easier it will be for them to identify the problem and help you find a solution. They will…...
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Trump issues order to dismantle environmental laws; NYS pushes back
by Connie Oswald Stofko President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order that aims to dismantle New York State’s laws on environmental protection and climate change in order to make it easier for the use of fossil fuels. In the executive order, Trump specifically cited New York State, alluding to the Climate Superfund act, which was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December. It aims to strengthen climate change and environmental protection laws. It would hold polluters responsible for the damage done…...
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