Lyme Pollinator Pathway
Lyme Pollinator Pathway aims to help Lyme residents and friends establish and connect pollinator-friendly habitats that provide food sources 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.
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. RESOLUTION DECLARING THE TOWN OF LYME A POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
Watch our Zoom presentations
- To Plant or Not to Plant with Peter Piccone, CT DEEP wildlife biologist.
- Propagating Native Plants from Seeds with Jim Sirch
- Sheltering in Nature – Create a Wildlife Friendly Landscape in Your Backyard
Activities for families to do at home
Contact us! Email LymePollinator@gmail.com to be put on the Lyme Pollinator Pathways email list. No need to have a garden to join us. We will notify you about educational events and upcoming volunteer opportunities. And we will respond to specific questions.
To purchase the 6″ or 12″ Pollinator Pathway medallion for display at your pollinator patch, email us. The medallions are available with a $10 donation for 6″, $20 for 12″: cash, or check only: check to the Lyme Land Trust, write “Lyme Pollinator Pathway” in the memo.
You may be wondering…Is my garden located along the Pollinator Pathway in Lyme? The entire town of Lyme is part of the pathway, so if your patch qualifies as pollinator-friendly, you can sign up.
How do you know if your patch qualifies as pollinator-friendly? Check out the great information on the Pollinator Pathway Northeast website. And if it does fulfill the requirements, register your garden while you are on the website.
Download the Lyme Pollinator Pathway flyer.
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Lyme Pollinator Pathway Committee
Wendolyn Hill – Co-chair – Town of Lyme and Lyme Land Trust Liaison
Diana Fiske – Co-chair – Event coordinator, Email monitor, Friends of Whalebone Cove Liaison
Jim Arrigoni – Lyme Land Trust Liaison
Rochelle Davis – Grassy Hill Preserve Meadow Steward
Sue Hessel – Gardener advice–Lyme Garden Club Liaison
Rich Melchreit – Native Plant Trust Liason
Caitlin Vickers – Gardener advice–Lyme Garden Club Liaison
Tink Willauer – Outreach–Land-owner Liaison
Partnership Organizations
- Town of Lyme
- SustainableCT
- Lyme Garden Club
- Lyme Land Trust
- Lyme Public Library
- UCONN Master Gardeners Program
- Friends of Whalebone Cove
- The Lymes Senior Center
- Ballek’s Garden Center
- New England Pollinator Gardens
- Long Table Farm
