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Adopted by the Hastings Vine Squad in 2021
Adopted by the Hastings Vine Squad in 2021
Northeast Corner of Zinsser Commuter Lot
September, 2020: This picture shows the area overgrown with porcelain berry. Nothing else can live underneath it, except some early-showing invasive plants. It looked a mess!
September, 2020
May, 2025: Packera aurea, catmint, echinacea and others are taking root, along with native geranium, which draws bumblebees. See more pics below!
May, 2025
January, 2021: The Vine Squad cut back the vines that were imperiling the trees, dug up lots of viney roots and cleared the site of trash.
April, 2021: We were greeted by a carpet of that local nemesis: lesser celandine, which we dug up. (And continue to dig up!)
June, 2021: We planted bare-root seedlings from DEC: native witch hazel, dogwood and ninebark, tubing the witch hazel and dogwood from deer, and added some sturdy native flowers, such as violets, asters, echinacea & goldenrod plus a catmint (not native). All were donated from gardens in Hastings.
August, 2021: Many thanks to volunteers, who watered the garden in the intense summer heat 2021-2024
October, 2021: Purple asters in bloom.
July, 2022: Echinacea flowers and ninebark shrub
October, 2022: purple asters in bloom.
April, 2023: Some help from Vine Squad volunteers
May: Planted wild geranium
...and golden ragwort
September, 2023: The goldenrod is about to pop
We had to water the new plants often over the summer
August, 2024
Summer flowers
How we do it: we fill up big jugs @home and lug them!
May, 2025: Native geranium in flower
If you build it, they will come!
Packera aurea in flower, with healthy plants and lots of mulch!
For more information on this Spot, or to join the fun!, email vinesquad@hohny.gov.
Pictured: Liz Gabay, Haven Colgate & Susan Harris
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