Collage of photos from Ernest Skinner's garden. Pollinator and South Midwood neighbor Alexandra Baltarzuk put together a record-setting...

It's spring, and many a person's thoughts turn to buying plants! If the rising temperatures and sunshine have you thinking about...

Yikes, there’s a new plant disease in South Midwood!  Fortunately the fix is pretty easy in this case. Aster Yellows is a plant  disease...

As required by New York State, the South Midwood Pollinators held its annual meeting on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Several major items...

In a city like New York, no one garden can probably do everything needed to support wildlife.   But each one of us CAN do something and,...

On Sunday, 2/26, more than 20 Pollinators met at the Flatbush Y for our third annual meeting to discuss projects and programs for the...

Municipal metal tree guards cost over $1,000 but one skilled Pollinator, Gary Powell, figured out how to build one in an hour for less...

Weeks of preparation. A beautiful autumn Saturday. A determined corps of eco-driven volunteers. Tools, bulbs, plants, mulch, and energy....

Here in the Northeast, we are blessed with a bounty of deciduous trees but that does mean piles of fallen leaves come October and...

Why Natives? Many of us have only recently come to understand the importance of growing native plants. Natives provide food and habitat...

Native to North and South America, the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) was once found wherever milkweed grew. But milkweed...