Events
BE A BOUNTY HUNTER IN YOUR BACKYARD THIS SPRING
Bradford Pear "Bounty" Program
FREE pollinator-friendly native tree offered as reward for removing invasive pear on your property
Bradford pear trees (Pyrus calleryana) escaped cultivation, forming dense thickets that displace native plants and the pollinators and other wildlife that depend on them. It is now illegal to sell, grow, or plant Bradford pear trees in Ohio. To stop the spread of this harmful invasive plant, Pollinator Pathway launched a Bradford pear "bounty" program which offers a reward of a FREE pollinator-friendly native tree for each invasive Bradford tree removed by property owners in Licking County.
THE DAWES ARBORETUM
Arbor Day Festival
Arbor Day Festival
& SPRING PLANT SALE
Saturday, April 27, 2024
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The Dawes Arboretum
7770 Jacksontown Rd | Newark, Ohio
GRANVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Plant Swap
Plant Swap
Saturday, May 4, 2024
10 a.m.
Robbins Hunter Museum Garden
221 E. Broadway | Granville, Ohio
Is your garden overflowing? Did you grow more plants than will fit in your garden? Bring your extra plants to trade with other gardeners OR remove an invasive plant to swap for a native plant!
LICKING LAND TRUST
Spring Wildflower Hike
Spring Wildflower Hike
Sunday, May 5, 2024
3 p.m.
Spring Valley Nature Preserve
1539 Columbus Rd SW | Granville, OH 43023
Spring is the best time to be on the hunt for wildflowers. Join us at Spring Valley Nature Preserve for a guided wildflower hike led by Dr. Doug Spieles You’ll learn how to identify a number of Ohio wildflowers as well as recognize some troublesome invasive species.
DENISON
Dinner & Documentary
Dinner & Documentary
FILM SCREENING OF NATIVE SEEDS
Monday, May 6, 2024
Doors open at 5 p.m. Film starts at 5:30
Denison University
Huffman Dining Hall - President's Dining Room
Granville, Ohio
BRADFORD PEAR BOUNTY REWARD PICKUP
Backyard Conservation Day
Backyard Conservation Day
& MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEERS PLANT SALE
Saturday, May 11
8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Licking Soil & Water Conservation District
771 E. Main Street
Newark, Ohio
Licking County residents can pick up a free, pollinator-friendly native tree as a reward for removing invasive Bradford Pear trees on their property (Registration required!) Tree pickup event held in conjunction with Backyard Conservation Day + Master Gardener Volunteers' Plant Sale.
JOIN US FOR FUTURE WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Artwork by Morgan Seidling, a Pataskala-based artist & Pollinator Pathway supporter.
Dates to celebrate
National Seed Swap Day: January 27
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: February 26- March 3
Ohio Native Plant Month: April
Earth Day: April 22
Arbor Day: April 30
Stewardship Week: April 30-May 7
American Wetlands Month: May
World Bee Day: May 20
National Pollinator Month: June
National Pollinator Week: June 19-25
National Moth Month: July
National Moth Week: July 22- 30
Wildlife Conservation Day: December 4