We have heard from many people who want to know how to get started with native plant gardening. Although we have talked around this issue before, if you have never planted a garden,
If you picked up one of our seed packets at an event, here’s what you need to know to plant:
from Vermont Wildflower Farm: https://www.vermontwildflowerfarm.com/
Contains:
Lance-leaf Coreopsis, Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed, Purple Coneflower,
Contact: Paul Murphy, Chair, Sustainable Saratoga’s Pollinator Committee
email pollinators@sustainablesaratoga.org
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York – Put your lawnmower aside for the month of
Event: Saratoga Sustainability Fair
Date/time: Sunday, April 16, 10 am – 4 pm
Location: Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
Fair website: https://www.skidmore.edu/sustainability/events/fair.php for full details and schedule
Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College
No Mow May is an international movement to delay lawn mowing until June 1, so that insects, especially native bees, get a chance to feed on early spring flowers in lawns before the first mowing. While it is not a panacea, it allows ground nesting bees and other insects to emerge from
Sustainable Saratoga’s Urban Forestry Project works with homeowners and the City of Saratoga Springs to keep growing our urban tree canopy. We do this mainly through our annual Tree Toga tree planting events, where we send volunteers out to locations around the city to plant trees each April in celebration of Arbor
April is Earth Month, a time to raise awareness around the environmental issues that affect the planet and all living beings that call it home. In celebration, here are 5 things you can do today, this week, this month, and well into the future to live more sustainably and reduce your overall impact.
These non-native species of plants spread and cause ecological or economic harm to their new
By John McMahon
For decades now something tragic has been happening after sunset: the solemn majesty of the starry sky is disappearing before our very eyes as excessive and misdirected lighting, known by the popular term light pollution, spreads year by year. In short, the natural darkness of night has succumbed to urban and suburban