Saturday, September 14, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Granville Farmers Market
Raccoon Valley Park
1225 River Road | Granville
BUY INDIVIDUAL PLANTS | PICKUP PRE-ORDERED PLANT PACKAGES (see below) |
PURCHASE POLLINATOR PATHWAY YARD SIGNS | GET REWARD FOR REMOVING INVASIVE BRADFORD PEAR TREES
Individual plants available include:
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) , White sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana), Rose milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata), Whorled milkweed (Asclepias viricillata), New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus), Rattlesnake master
(Eryngium yuccifolium) Hollow Joe Pyeweed (Eupatorium fistulosum), Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale), Great Blue Lobelia
(Lobelia siphilitica), Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens), Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis
Hairy Beardtongue), Sweet Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium), Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum verticillatum)
Slender Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum verticillatum), Grey Headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata), Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida), Sky Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense), Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
+ more!
Pickup available at September 14 Plant Sale
Create a pollinator garden that provides food and habitat for birds, butterflies and wild bees with a Pollinator Pathway Native Plant Package. Each package includes a curated collection of 16 plants that thrive in Licking County, including many deer resistant species.
These plant packages are a convenient way to create a small Pollinator Pathway plot (and save 25% or more compared to most mail order options). Many native plant growers consider early fall to be the best time to plant a pollinator garden. These small plants, called “plugs” (2 ½ x 2 ½” W x 3 ½” H) still have time to get established without the stress of hot, dry summer weather.
Pollinator Pathway volunteers grew the plants from seed using winter seed sowing techniques (not in an energy-intensive greenhouse) and without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. The sun packages include plants inspired by the Bumble Bee Plant By Numbers design created by OSU Extension.
Sales support the Licking Land Trust and Pollinator Pathway partnership which is working to connect parks and preserves with private land to create a continuous corridor of native plant habitat for butterflies, wild bees and other pollinators.
Quantities limited. Pre-order to ensure availability.
Pick up plant packages on September 14 at the Granville Farmers Market.
NEW RESEARCH
Even the smallest patches of milkweed support monarchs
Study shows a little bit of milkweed goes a long way to supporting this endangered pollinator
GRANVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Pollinator Pathway plot takes root
Teacher who helped to create new native plant garden featured in Reporting Project story
BE A BOUNTY HUNTER IN YOUR BACKYARD
Bradford Pear "Bounty" Program
Reward offered 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, Licking County Pollinator Pathway launched a Bradford Pear "bounty" program which offers a reward of a voucher for a pollinator-friendly native tree from a local nursery for each invasive Bradford Pear tree removed.
Pollinator Pathway promotes native plant landscapes and works to connect public parks and private land to create a continuous corridor of pollinator-friendly habitat. Even the smallest green spaces, home gardens and median strips can be part of the Pollinator Pathway.
How can my property become part of the Pollinator Pathway?
Plant Native Plants
Native plants are critical sources of food and habitat for butterflies, wild bees, birds and other wildlife and form the base of the foodweb that all species (including our own) depend on.
Remove Invasive Plants
Non-native, fast-growing species such as bush honeysuckle, barberry and burning bush threaten our parks and natural areas by overtaking the native plants that sustain pollinators.
Reduce Your Lawn
Lawns can be deadly to butterflies, wild bees and other pollinators. Consider converting part of your yard into a pollinator garden, pocket prairie or mini meadow.
Adopt pollinator-friendly property maintenance practices
Avoid use of chemicals
Lawn & garden chemicals are harmful to pollinators and may have toxic effects on other wildlife, children, pets and water resources. Skip the spray.
Leave the leaves
Some butterflies, wild bees and other pollinators overwinter in fallen leaves. Leave some leaves around the base of trees and add them to garden beds.
Re-think fall cleanup
Wait until spring to "clean-up" or cut back native plants and perennials in order to provide shelter & food for pollinators through the winter months.
CREATING & CONNECTING HABITAT
Add your property to the Pollinator Pathway map
Add your property to the Pollinator Pathway map
Support and protect native bees, butterflies, birds and other wildlife by adding native plants and trees to your property. Whether you are planting native shrubs in a foundation bed or converting part of your yard into a meadow, every native plant is important to our pollinators!
SPOTLIGHT YOUR PART OF THE PATHWAY
Add a Pollinator Pathway sign to your yard or garden
Add a Pollinator Pathway sign to your yard or garden
Spotlight your section of the Pollinator Pathway by adding a sign to your yard or garden. These beautiful metal medallions come with pre-drilled holes and are available in two sizes: 6" or 12".
Past Pollinator Pathway Activities
Seed Collection
Volunteers fanned out across the Granville Land Lab to collect seeds from white wild indigo (Baptisia alba), bee balm (Monarda fistulosa), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) and other native Ohio prairie plants. After seeds are dried and packaged, seed packets will be available to the public via the Community Seed Library at Granville Public Library.
Native Plant Sale
In partnership with the Licking Land Trust, Pollinator Pathway offered 16-plant pollinator garden plant packages as well as hundreds of native flowers, shrubs and trees as the featured vendor at the Granville Farmers Market on September 16, 2023.
Community Seed Libraries
Patrons at three local libraries are able to "check out" free packets of native plant seeds to create their own Pollinator Pathway plots. Pollinator Pathway volunteers collected seed locally and hand-packaged it into hundreds of seed packets for distribution at the Granville, Mary E. Babcock (Johnstown) and Homer Public Libraries.
Milkweed Giveaway
Ace of Clubs 4-H gave away more than 650 milkweed plants as part of 43023 Day on 4.30.23 in downtown Granville to support the endangered monarch butterfly and encourage others to plant native plants as part of the Pollinator Pathway. Learn more.
Workshops
Pollinator Pathway co-sponsored several local events with partner organizations, including a Plant Swap with the Granville Public Library, a Pocket Prairie workshop with the Licking Park District and numerous community presentations.
Walk & Talk with Author
Urban ecologist & Nature at Your Door author Sara Gagné joined Pollinator Pathway and Granville Public Library for a Walk & Talk along the Broadway Pollinator Pathway where Dr. Gagné shared insights from her research and ways to support nature in urban and suburban landscapes.
From plant swaps and milkweed giveaways, to lectures and foraged dinners, Licking County Pollinator Pathway partner organizations offer educational programming to help create and connect native plant landscapes across our community.
Featured properties on the Broadway Pathway
Robbins Hunter Museum
221 E. Broadway
Plants include: hairy alum root (Heuchera villosa), sweet Joe Pyweed (Eupatorium purpureum), and columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Granville Public Library
217 E. Broadway
Plants include: butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium), wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) aster and goldenrod.
Kinetic Pocket Park
131 E. Broadway
Plants include: rose milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) New Jersey Tea (Ceonothus americanus), culver's root (veronicastrum virginica), Jacob's ladder (Polemonium reptans).
United Church of Granville
115 W. Broadway
Plants include: bee balm (Monarda spp.), columbine, (Aquilegia canadensis) winterberry, (Ilex verticillata), foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Pollinator Pathway volunteers hand-collected and packaged hundreds of seed packets for distribution at community seed libraries across the county. Patrons can now "check out" free seed packets of Purple Coneflower, Little Bluestem, Rattlesnake Master & more than a dozen other native plant species at Granville, Mary E. Babcock (Johnstown) and Homer Public Libraries and create or expand their own Pollinator Pathway plot.
Pollinator Pathway promotes native plant landscapes and works to connect public parks and private land to create a continuous corridor of pollinator-friendly habitat.
Pollinator Pathway partners include:
Licking Land Trust | The Dawes Arboretum | Licking Park District | Denison | The Ohio State University Newark | Granville Public Library | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program | Sanctuary Garden at Newark High School | Licking Soil & Water Conservation District | Granville Schools Sustainability Project | Ace of Clubs 4-H | Otterbein Granville | 1500 Trees | City of Newark | Grange Insurance Audubon Center | Licking County Master Gardener Volunteers | Wild Ones Columbus | Licking County Community Center for 60+ Adults, Inc. | Planted in Pataskala | Go Green Granville