OUR UPCOMING EVENTS
(See details below)

Saturday, March 28, 6-8 pm
Lyme Pollinator Pathway 5th Anniversary Party
Ballek’s Garden Center Greenhouse, 90 Maple Ave, East Haddam CT

Date: Sunday, April 12, 4-6 pm
Lyme Pollinator Pathway 5th Anniversary Party
Lyme Public hall, 249 Hamburg Rd, Lyme CT

Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026, 3-5 PM (Join Jim from 7am to 3pm to explore)
Spring Emergence Exploration with Jim Natale
Jewett Preserve, MacIntosh Rd, Lyme CT 

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FIVE YEARS!! Celebrate with Us! (See flyer below)

Lyme Pollinator Pathway 5th Anniversary Party
BALLEK’S GARDEN CENTER, 90 Maple Ave, East Haddam
Saturday, March 28, 6-8 pm

1. Email lymepollinator1@gmail.com to secure your spot

2. Mail in your donation check (suggested $25) plus the form Click here for mail-in RSVP form – OR – donate at the door

Thank you! Your donations allow us to continue to promote habitat restoration, incorporating native plants, by providing free educational programs for the community.

Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026
Walk: Spring Emergence Exploration with Jim Natale
Jewett Preserve, MacIntosh Rd, Lyme CT

3:00-5:00 pm- Take a moderately easy walk with Jim to view highlights of what was discovered during his day-long ramble earlier in the day. There will be some off trail.
7am to 3pm– Rugged ramble and explore with Jim (expect a challenging hike – off trail, uneven terrain, swamps, wetlands, and rocky areas). Bring water, lunch and snacks.

Join Jim Natale, naturalist and amateur botanist, on a ramble through Jewett and adjacent preserves to identify all types of plants, focusing on spring ephemerals and mosses. In the late fall 2025, Jim volunteered to lead a series of work parties to cut several acres of invasive Burning Bush there. We will see what native plants have been given the opportunity to emerge in the cleared areas. 

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Lyme Pollinator Pathway aims to help Lyme residents and friends establish and connect pollinator-friendly habitats  by creating and maintaining patches in their home landscapes that provide natural food sources, shelter, and water for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.

Pollinators (Bees, birds, butterflies, moths, and others) move pollen from one plant to another, enabling cross fertilization and the production of seeds. Our flowering plants, including much of our food supply, depend upon pollinators to produce fruit which is how they reproduce. Pollinators are in trouble because of a lack of native plants that provide food for them and their young; and wide gaps between habitat. If we all grow patches, they will connect like stepping stones to create a pollinator pathway of nutrition and protection. Even the smallest patch will help and create a sense of satisfaction for your  participation in this vital community project. 

Rethink Your Lawn

Lyme Pollinator Pathway (LPP), established February 4, 2021, run by a volunteer committee, is an initiative of the Lyme SustainableCT Committee, which is appointed by the Lyme Board of Selectmen.

On May 17, 2021, the Town of Lyme Board of Selectpeople (BOS) adopted a resolution declaring Lyme a pollinator-friendly community. Link to the 05-17-21 BOS minutes  

RESOLUTION DECLARING THE TOWN OF LYME A POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY. 

We thank the Lyme Land Trust, an active member organization of the group, for hosting this webpage.