parking lot
Native plant sales/festivals
Community and learning online events
Local garden tours, demos and other "how to" events
See public spaces and home gardens on the pathway.
Add your own pollinator garden to the map!
Earn your Hastings Pollinator Pathway Garden
Here's another quick start guide that you may find helpful:
Choosing a site on your property
Assessing your site's lighting and water conditions
Preparing the site and planting what you've selected
ORGANIC PESTICIDES
FIND INFO re what's in pesticidesWhat are the alternatives: beneficial insects, removing pests by hand (when / if possible)
Touch base w Melissa on what she's found
Doing a tick checks for keeping families safe
I'm worried about attracting bees and my family being safe.
TO DO - Find info on bee culture.
Bees doing their work
Bees are not the only pollinators
HPP Fall Fest!
Sunday, Oct 17, 4m – 6pm, Fulton Park (Hastings Library Park).
Click here for info on how to participate in our community seed and plant swap at our Fall Fest.
Meet the Hastings Pollinator Pathway team, fellow Spot Adopters and Gardeners, and participate in our Seed Swap, seed saving workshop, crafts with vines, and more. All are welcome! Meander to town after our event to grab a bite at Welcome Back’s Outdoor Dining Night.
At the Train Station parking lot, adjacent to the Hastings Farmers' Market. Our Seed Swaps are Free! Take home any seeds you like.
More info ➤
SPRING THING Seed Swap!
Sunday, May 15th, 12pm-4pm
@ Warburton Avenue, in the Green Vendor and Activity Zone
How our free seed swap works:
Everyone is welcome to pick up a few packets of seeds to grow, whether or not they contribute. Every year's seed crop will expand as more people save their seeds to share, and all our gardens will benefit from increased diversity.
To share: Please bring any seeds (natives/vegetables/herbs/flowers) you’ve collected in envelopes to be swapped, and label your envelopes with any of the following information:
Plant name (variety and/or scientific name if you know it), type (native/cultivar), and date collected, plus any other specifics you can share: sun/shade, moist/dry, deer resistant, organically grown at home or otherwise.
You can also bring plants to share, if you’ve got extra and/are thinning out some areas of your garden. Please bring them in containers or plastic bags, labeled.
To receive: pick up any seeds you'd like to take home and plant!
A good article on seed saving to get you started
Questions welcome! Just email!
Join all of Hastings in learning more and celebrating this critical element of our ecosystem. Visit our Pollinator Month webpage to see how businesses in our town are creatively acknowledging Pollinator Month in a fashion that is uniquely Hastings-on-Hudson.
Get inspired and learn all about the Pollinator Pathways in our county with Healthy Yards, a Bedford-based initiative and great resource for all manner of landscape questions. Numerous residents will open up their yards in Westchester to showcase solutions for more sustainable landscapes. Two gardens in Hastings will be on view.
Help NYS' Environment with Your Vote Nov 8th
This November, on the back of your ballot, VOTE YES on Prop 1: the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Bond Act, the first environmental bond act in over 25 years. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fund needed projects to protect our air, water, land and people. More info here (basic) and more detailed info here.
If you are not registered to vote, register now! Want to vote early? Here's how. Click here to vote by mail.
A special collaboration of two of Hastings' finest artists to benefit our pollinator pathway. Show your support, do good, and own a beautiful piece of art!
This is a one-time, limited edition of 30 high-quality, 17”x22” digital prints. Original acrylic artwork by Raine Gifford, photographed by John Maggiotto. Each unframed print is numbered and signed by Raine with the title "Homegrown Tangle."
Each print is $200.
Email us to purchase yours (complimentary hand-delivery within 10706).
