Ardsley Pollinator Pathway

Making significant change, one yard at a time.  

The April Cross Pollination Newsletter, Earth Day Edition - Soil, can be accessed here.


The March Cross Pollination Newsletter, Thrill, Spill and Fill, can be accessed here.


The February Cross Pollination Newsletter, The Delights of a Woodland Garden, can be accessed here.



Why a Pollinator Pathway?

Thanks to Chet Kerr for passing along this wonderful video from the Nyack Pollinator Pathway that so poignantly explains why pollinator pathways are so important and why our backyards and public spaces are vital to saving pollinators.  Click here.  

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Upcoming Events 

ARDSLEY POLLINATOR DAY!  Free native plant giveaway! Sunday, April 6, noon - 4 pm, at the Ardsley Community Center, 18 Center Street, Ardsley.

 Our mission is to make significant change, one yard at a time. We are literally putting our money where our mouth is this year by offering free, tough native plant to attendees while supplies last, asking only that you plant it and care for it to help our pollinators. We'll have over 600 plants/seedlings. We’ll have experts available to help you plan pollinator gardens, choose the best native plants for your yard, support Monarch butterflies, and answer your questions. Happy Earth Month!  No registration required. 

Strategies for Dealing with Deer, Zoom, Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 pm. 

 Do deer consider your landscape to be an all-you-can-eat buffet? These beautiful but ravenous creatures are a problem in many of our gardens. Join Extension Master Gardener Kathie Clements to learn effective strategies for dealing with deer. Deer browsing pressure requires that we think creatively about our home landscapes. Click here to register.


2025 Home Gardening Webinar Series by the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 

Flowering Native Shrubs, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Gardening in Small Spaces, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Shade Gardening, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

For more information click here>

Vine Removal Demo & Spring Seeding, Sunday, April 27, 10 am to 12 pm. The Lyndhurst Carriage House.  Free a tree and sow some seeds!  

Rescheduled due to snow! Learn how to grow native plants from seeds with the Tarrytown TEAC. Soil and native seeds provided. Repurpose and bring your own plastic clamshell container (the containers salads come in). There will also be a vine removal demo. Take home pollinator friendly annual seeds and select natives to jump-start your spring garden! Click here to register - limited space. 

Free Tree and Shrub Sapling Giveaway, Tuesday, April 29, 5 pm - 7:30 pm in the Greenburgh Public Library Multi-purpose Room. 

The Greenburgh Public Library and Ardsley Pollinator Pathway are partnering again to bring you free native trees and shrubs to celebrate Arbor Day. No registration required. For more information, click here. 


Upcoming Native Plant Sales


SAVE THE DATE: April 26, Native Plant Sale at the Native Plant Center, Westchester Community College Campus


  News:






Ardsley is one of a few municipalities in North America in 2024, 2023 and 2022 that earned the Leadership Circle Achievement for the National Wildlife Federation's Mayors Monarch Pledge.  Cities and municipalities in the program commit each year to support endangered monarch butterflies by creating habitat and educating residents on how to make a difference at home or in their community. 

Ardsley is proud to support our beloved monarch butterflies and to have again earned the Leadership Circle honor. Ardsley is now part of an expanding North American network of cities working to create habitat in public parks, public landscaping, vacant lots, roadsides, medians, green roofs, backyard gardens and open spaces throughout the entire community.

For easy steps you can take to help monarch butterflies in your yard see the November Cross Pollination News - The Monarch Edition.


Introducing Our New Mailbox Gardens How-To Guides

You asked for it and we created it - a step- by- step guide to create a pollinator garden. We give you the design, the materials and quantities you'll need, and the list of plants. Four different garden sizes in each guide. You buy the plants, dig them in, and watch them grow. Check them out - it's easy!

Full-Part Sun Pollinator Wildflower Mailbox Gardens

Full to Part Sun Pollinator Grass and Sedge Mailbox Gardens

Part Shade Pollinator Mailbox Gardens

Full to Part Sun Monarch Butterfly Mailbox Garden 


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Our Mission

The Ardsley Pollinator Pathway Project's mission is to raise awareness, educate, and encourage the participation of Ardsley’s residents, businesses, government, and other organizations in the creation and maintenance of healthy pollinator habitats in the Village of Ardsley.

 The world’s community of pollinators is in crisis. 

There are numerous causes for this decline, with habitat loss and pesticide use at the top. 

Conservation techniques work! When homeowners, governmental agencies and private businesses commit to expanding pollinator-friendly, pesticide-free habitats, we will change the future for pollinators and secure our own. We encourage your home to become a node on a path through Ardsley

 No effort is too small! We need your help. They need your help. 

Ardsley Pollinator Pathway Map 

 View our growing pathway that will connect us  with other communities. Add your own pollinator garden to the map. Click on the purple flower pins to learn more about each steppingstone in our pathway.

Visit the Ardsley CAN by 2030! website to learn more about how you can easily reduce your carbon footprint and make small changes to act sustainably.