President’s Project

Let’s strangle out invasives at their very roots.  Together we can make a difference.
We’re all in this fight together. I’m asking all of you to make a difference. Here’s how:

• Adopt areas in your community that are overrun by invasives by reclaiming them.
• Make it a club project.
• Align with organizations that share the goal of taking back our landscapes.
• Be an evangelist for native plants.
• Speak out about the threat of invasives.
• Create your own Pollinator Pathway.
• Embrace all that pollinators bring us.
• Eliminate fertilizer and pesticide use.
  Buy native. Put pressure on retailers to be more knowledgeable.
• Advocate for stronger laws.

We’re in this acting as one.  Invasives have met their match.  From now on, native plants rule the day.  Invasives be gone!

Let’s plant Connecticut with natives.  It’s on us to make a difference. It begins with one person in one yard with one garden.

It involves proclaiming the “Out with Invasives. In with Natives” initiative in our communities  and towns throughout Connecticut. It’s all about individuals banding together and garden clubs coming together for a common cause – blunting the continued incursion of invasive plants.

We each can do it.  It’s your opportunity to leave a mark.

Natives make a magnitude of difference. This project encompasses so much more than the eradication of invasives. Native plants are a gift that generations benefit from for years. They keep on giving in many different ways. The benefits are boundless:

• Benefits to Pollinators and Birds
• Ecologically Sound
• Healthier Ecosystem
• Enhanced Wildlife Habitat

We must take an active role in returning our native plants to areas where invasive species have been eradicated. Removing invasives without replacing them with natives opens the site for recolonization of the invaders.