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SOUTH MIDWOOD POLLINATOR NEWS & EVENTS


2025 Ramble: Good Times Roll!
Collage of photos from Ernest Skinner's garden. Pollinator and South Midwood neighbor Alexandra Baltarzuk put together a record-setting...
Apr 281 min read


New Plant Disease in South Midwood
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...
Mar 92 min read


2025 ANNUAL MEETING REPORT TO MEMBERS
As required by New York State, the South Midwood Pollinators held its annual meeting on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Several major items...
Feb 162 min read


Growing our Own -Could Milk Jug Seed Sowing work for Pollinators?
Growing Natives from seed may be the best way to ensure you can get the species you really want, without pesticides and herbicides AND at...
Feb 21 min read


5 Keys to Plantings for Pollinators
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,...
Feb 12 min read


REPORT BACK: 2025 POLLINATOR PLANNING MEETING
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...
Jan 314 min read


Gary's $75 Sturdy Tree Guard
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...
Jan 193 min read


2025 Pollinator Planning Meeting Sunday, January 26 at Flatbush Y
Our 2025 planning theme is SUSTAINABILITY. Sustainability for pollinators, plants, and people. We'll talk about our 2024 successes and...
Jan 151 min read


Foster Avenue Rescue in Photos
Weeks of preparation. A beautiful autumn Saturday. A determined corps of eco-driven volunteers. Tools, bulbs, plants, mulch, and energy....
Nov 21, 20242 min read


Foster Avenue Rescue!
This November,  the South Midwood  Pollinators, begin an ambitious, multi-year project to GREEN beleaguered Foster Avenue between Ocean...
Oct 30, 20241 min read


Oct 7, 20240 min read


Get Your Leaf Bin Now!
Now is the time to get a leaf bin from the South Midwood Pollinators. Made of 16 gauge, galvanized after welded steel, these Bins last...
Oct 7, 20241 min read


Fall Leaves — Manna or Mess?
Here in the Northeast, we are blessed with a bounty of deciduous trees but that does mean piles of fallen leaves come October and...
Oct 5, 20242 min read


SLF Slaying Opportunity
It's September in Brooklyn and that means Spotted Lanternflies are beginning to create egg nests. Thankfully, this makes these invasive...
Sep 13, 20241 min read


Mix and Mingle
Tuesday, 9/24, 7-9 pm Coffee Mob 1514 Newkirk Avenue Pollinators and SMRA convene at Coffee Mob for a casual mixer. Come out for a...
Sep 13, 20241 min read


4th Annual BENEFIT Sidewalk Sale
Join South Midwood neighbors on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 10am - 2pm and shop to you drop while raising money to help support the...
Sep 12, 20241 min read


SMP PLANT SWAP
Please join us May 19th, 10 – 12, at the backyard driveway of 2104 Glenwood Road (corner of 21st) for the annual SMP Plant Swap. Kindly...
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Flatbush Gets Street Tree Love
Ten forlorn street trees on Flatbush Avenue got some loving care from the South Midwood Pollinators this spring. Working on the west side...
Apr 18, 20241 min read


Spreading Pollinator Tips at BBG
The great news is, interest is high about learning to garden in support of pollinators, as a recent class at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden...
Apr 16, 20241 min read


Flatbush Y Seniors plant with Pollinators
On a chilly March day, Silver Sneakers participants and staff at the Flatbush Y got a jump start on the growing season. Using recycled...
Apr 16, 20241 min read
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