Pollinator Pathway
North Stonington Pollinator Pathway
Pollinators play a vital role in our ecosystems and agriculture. These essential creatures, including bees, butterflies, moths, bats, beetles, and hummingbirds are the many heroes behind the food we enjoy and the beauty that surrounds us. Pollinators pollinate crops like apples, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, melon, peaches, potatoes, vanilla, almonds, coffee and even chocolate!
About 35% of the world’s food crops depend on pollinators, and 75% of the world’s flowering plants depend on pollinators to reproduce!
What is the “Pollinator Pathway”?
In a perfect world it is a safe, contiguous corridor where pollinators, from bees to birds and even small mammals, can find food and habitat. Many pollinators don’t travel more than half a mile. With increased use of turf lawns and asphalt surfaces, and with proliferation of invasive plants in our undeveloped spaces, pollinators have faced “food deserts”, leading to their decline. Our crops and also our flowers depend on these insects, birds, and even small mammals
Join the Pollinator Pathway!
Just add some native plants, even in just some pots! Try to incorporate blooms for the entire season. Think about mass plantings to make it easier for insects to go from plant to plant. Avoid using pesticides. Learn better ways to maintain a healthy landscape. Rethink your lawn— mow higher, less often. Use organic fertilizer and leaf clippings. Consider reducing lawn size by adding shrubs, trees or a mini meadow. Leave a bit of bare ground and dead wood for nesting native bees, and some leaves in beds for overwintering eggs and pupae of native bees.
How YOU can help?
- You can also help the pollinators even if your property is not along this pathway – just add some native plants (whether in pots or gardens) to sustain pollinators
- Avoid using pesticides, and learn about the best ways to maintain a healthy landscape.
- Try to incorporate blooms for the entire season. Even better, mass plantings make it easier for insects to find the plants.
- Be part of the Pathway movement in communities nationwide aiming to combine public and private land, giving our pollinators a chance not just to survive but to thrive.
North Stonington Pollinator Pathway Brochure
North Stonington Pollinator Pathway Corridor Main Street to Wyassap Road
Wheeler Library Children’s Pollinator Garden-Main Street
North Stonington Congregational Church Pollinator Garden
North Stonington Village Green-Main Street
North Stonington Clock Garden-Main Street
Mac Turner’s Pollinator Private Garden- Main Street
North Stonington Historical Society Pollinator Gardens-Wyassup Road
Laurie Pepin’s Private Pollinator Garden-Wyassup Road
North Stonington Fairgrounds Garden-Wyassup Road
Stephanie Annino’s Private Pollinator Garden-Wyassup Road
Janice Parker’s Private Pollinator Garden-Wyassup Road
Linda Haines’ Private Pollinator Garden-Wyassup Road
Alexis Kahn’s Private Pollinator Garden-Wyassup Road
Other Outlying Pollinator Gardens
Karen Slawski’s Private Pollinator Garden-Chester Main Road
Jen Panosky’s Private Pollinator Garden-Hangman Hill Road
Kelly Allen’s Private Pollinator Garden-Miller Street
Ellen Maloney’s Private Pollinator Garden-Jeremy Hill Road
Shan Rice’s Private Pollinator Garden-Cross Street, Westerly
We encourage homeowners to create a continuous corridor, a healthy landscape where pollinators have a free flow to do their work for our food and flowers
Learn more about Pollinator Pathways in Connecticut by visiting the following Pollinator Pathway website, link below
Towns along the Pollinator Pathway in Connecticut
