RTPI will host Lawn of the Dead! Landscape Design Workshop October 26th
(RTPI) invites you to Lawn of the Dead! on Friday, October 26th, from 10:00am – 2:00pm. It has been said that if you compared the average American lawn to a desert, the desert would win easily with much greater life and species diversity. Keeping up a lawn is both a chore for you and harmful to all flora and fauna in the area. This special landscape design workshop will help you learn how to make your yard a haven for native and migrating wildlife. You will discover how your landscape choices as a homeowner can improve the health of our communities and provide essential pollinator...
Read MoreVolunteers Beautify RTPI
In late July, a large group of volunteers from the Cummins Inc., Jamestown Engine Plant came to RTPI to make improvements to our building and grounds. This enthusiastic and hardworking group tended our flowerbeds, cleaned up our porch and patio, trimmed back the vegetation along our hiking trails, and weeded our walkways and parking areas. We’d like to express our gratitude for the efforts of this dedicated crew – they certainly left the place looking lovely just in time for our big summer events!
Read MoreWildLife Guards Planting & Removing
The Bridgeport WildLife Guards do even more than educate beachgoers about the wildlife around us or conduct avian surveys on the shore as they, like the Project Wild America Youth Ambassadors, get hands-on with our local habitats. The Guards recently came to Stratford Point for the day in order to help enhance and maintain the increasingly spectacular site as upland habitats are completely overhauled with a focus on benefiting migratory songbirds and various pollinator species. They planted everything from butterfly weed to serviceberry while removing non-native invasive species such as...
Read MoreSmell the Flowers
You should stop and smell whatever flowers you can find this weekend as glorious spring has sprouted up all around us. Take your dog for a walk, your friends for a hike, your kids for a day of birding, your partner for some gardening – whatever takes you outdoors for some time exploring. The first of those infamous spring warblers have returned, and many more are on the way, so don’t forget your Peterson Field Guide and keep your ears open, too. Let us know what you see!
Read MoreKen Parker – Eco-logic: Using Native Plants in the Landscape
Tonight! Monday February 22 at 6pm at RTPI Ken Parker will be presenting Eco-logic: Using Native Plants in the Landscape. Ken will be discussing the importance of using native plants in landscaping as opposed to non-natives, as well as the Seneca Nation Native Plant Policy that went into effect last year. Ken Parker is a passionate indigenous horticulturalist with strong ties to Mother Earth and Native cultures. A New York State Certified Nursery Landscape Professional (CNLP), Ken has spent decades devoted to growing, installing, teaching and promoting indigenous plants of North America to...
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