Welcome to Northeast Pollinator Plants

Andrea Luchini, Horticulturalist for Hildene, and I have been exchanging delightful emails and chance meetings to discuss their efforts to enhance pollinator habitat in the extensive landscapes of The Lincoln Family Home in Manchester, Vermont.  Here is an excerpt and photo from a recent exchange: "We purchased plants from you 2 years ago for a specific pollinator bed and that was really nice this summer, so we are going to extend that with mostly the same plants.  (I’ve attached a photo of it)...  We loved the Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, which was a new one for me.  It was pretty and always...

We are gearing up to add native ground cover plants to our Northeast Pollinator Plants catalog this spring.  Adding ground covers to your planting can eliminate the need to manage weeds with mulching and can provide even more nesting opportunities and host plants for our beloved pollinators.  We hope to have these items added to our listings soon! Native ground covers will include: Grasses:   Carex pensylvanica, Pennsylvania Sedge Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed Deschampsia cespitosa, Tufted Hair Grass Perennials: Chamaecrista fasciculata, Partridge Pea Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry Geranium maculatum, Cranesbill Oligoneuron album, Upland White Aster Packera aurea, Golden Groundsel Prunella vulgaris, Self Heal Sanguinarea canadensis, Blood-root Sisyrinchium...

Many states across the country are preparing Pollinator Protection Plans in response President Obama's memorandum in June 2014 requesting an interagency Task Force to create a "Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators".  I am honored to be selected to serve on the Vermont Pollinator Protection Committee that was formed this September, 2016, as representing vegetable farmers along with our close friend, John Hayden of The Farm Between, representing tree fruit farmers. For those interested in following our work:   http://agriculture.vermont.gov/food_safety_consumer_protection/apiary/pollinator-protection The following outlines our tasks. 1)      Evaluate the status in Vermont of the U.S. Department...

Learn about creating pollinator habitat in your landscape, be it homestead or farm, Thursday, August 11, River Berry Farm, Fairfax, VT.  Register on line through NOFA VT or the Vermont Land Trust. http://nofavt.org/events/pollinator-plants-and-buffers-northeast http://www.vlt.org/events/552-pollinator-workshop    

“Hello,   The plants I ordered arrived last Friday. They were well prepared for shipping and arrived healthy, green, and just beautiful. I added them to a butterfly garden I started last year.  Attached is my niece, in the garden just after we finished planting.   We are excited for the butterflies! Thank you so much.”