Press Release: No Mow May 2024
PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release 4/16/24
Sustainable Saratoga kicks off NO MOW MAY campaign
Media Contact: Paul Murphy, pfxmurphy@gmail.com; or Beth Plummer, beth@sustainablesaratoga.org
Sustainable Saratoga announces NO MOW MAY, joining the nation-wide effort to encourage all homeowners, farmers, municipalities, highway departments and businesses to rest their lawnmowers through the end of May to help our highly
Plant Safe Spaces Under Your Trees
By Dianna Goodwin
If you are planting a tree this spring or working on landscaping around existing trees on your property, consider the needs of pollinators and other small creatures who live in your yard.
Give them a Soft Landing
“Soft landings” are natural landscapes designed for the area under the shade of a tree that take
Lose the Lawn – Create a Pollinator Paradise
Pollinator Garden Profile – Wendy Mahaney
#killyourlawn
Wendy Mahaney, an environmental scientist and former executive director of Sustainable Saratoga, moved to Wilton in 2015. Since then, Wendy has slowly transformed her suburban lawn into a thriving ecosystem filled with native plants, butterflies, bumblebees,
Leave the leaves
If you are a reader of our posts, you probably have some interest in wildlife and pollinator gardening. You may already know how beneficial it is to plant native perennials to support native insects and birds. You may also know that the single most important thing you can do as a wildlife gardener/responsible
Are you a Hellstrip Hero?
Are you a Hellstrip Hero?
Do you have a hellstrip – that strip between the curb and the sidewalk? It’s usually owned by the municipality, but property owners are responsible for maintaining it.
At worst, it may be filled with lush, green turf grass that is
The bees thank you, and we thank you!
A HUGE Thank you to all who helped make the second annual
Pollinator Palooza native plant sale a success!
The Second Annual Pollinator Palooza, held on June 4, was a great success, getting almost 2500 native plants into the ground in our region and
Blossoming Where We’re Planted
Blossoming Where We’re Planted
How Gardening Builds Community, Nurturing Ourselves and the Environment
Guest post by Bethany Bowyer Khan
This post is a call to action to garden for gardeners and non-gardeners alike, but is also a call to connect with ourselves and our local community. I hope reading this provides an opportunity to step back
Press Release: Pollinator Palooza Native Plant Sale 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE … “Check Out the Buzzzzz”
Media Contact: Dianna Goodwin, pollinators@sustainablesaratoga.org
Saratoga Springs, NY – Pollinator Palooza Is Back! Join Sustainable Saratoga on Sunday, June 4th for their second annual native plant sale. New and improved with even more plants, raffle items,
Create a native pollinator garden from scratch
Starting from scratch:
How to create a native perennial pollinator garden
if you have never done it before
Verbesina alternifolia
We have heard from many people who want to know how to get started with native plant gardening. Although we have talked around