Education: Third Thursday Series

UPCOMING EVENTS

Third Thursday Series Presents: Pollinators and their Native Plants

Thursday, November 17 th , 2022 at 6:30 pm

Best Choices for Native Plants in the Mid-Hudson Valley

What can native plants add to our properties that will sustain the greatest number of pollinators and support wildlife diversity? Pollinators depend on native plants to support their entire life cycles, not just to collect pollen. Many people aren’t aware of the ecological role plants play.

Flowers and shrubs from other continents may look great but serve no purpose in the environment. What plants are native to this area and where can you buy them?

On Thursday, November 17 th , 2022 at 6:30 pm, Native Landscape Designer Maya Goer Palenzuela will show us a wide range of native plants and how they interact with insects and pollinators, so that our gardens can contribute to the planet’s well-being and our own.

Pollinators and their Native Plants is a free, online Zoom talk sponsored by the Third Thursday Series.

To Join Zoom Meeting, Click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83538684901 or send an email to: [email protected]

Maya Goer Palenzuela is a New York Botanical Garden certified Landscape Designer. She designs native landscapes for her business www.harmonyscape.design based in Stanfordville, NY.

Third Thursday Series is a program of free, online events, organized by members of the Gardiner, Marbletown, Rochester and Olive Environmental Conservation Commissions (ECC’s). Each month—every third Thursday—the series will present a free, online program on an environmental topic of general interest to residents of Ulster County. The next Third Thursday Series will be January 19th, 2023.

To join the events, or be included on the mailing list, simply send an email to [email protected] or follow the Rochester ECC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/people/Thursday-Series/100083987044257/

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September 15, 2022, 6:30 pm, (Zoom) - Culverts, Waterways, and Wetlands - Ben Ganon with Ulster County’s  Department of the Environment will discuss the importance of these road stream  crossings, as well as present an online mapping tool for predicting and assessing road  stream crossings, assessment protocols and data. He will also show the impact of  culverts that were built with no regard for aquatic habitat. To join the event, simply send an email to [email protected]. 

RECENT EVENTS

August 18, 2022, 6:30 pm, (Zoom) - Michael D’Arcy, Environmental Outreach Manager for the Ulster County Department of the Environment, will discuss and answer questions about The Ulster County Food Waste Prevention Recovery Act. To join the event, send an email to [email protected]. 

July 21, 2022, 6:30 pm (Zoom) - Love watching birds in your backyard? Concerned that the building boom and loss of habitat in Ulster County is driving birds and other wildlife away? Join ornithologist Dr. Kara Belinsky for a free, online discussion entitled A Birds-eye View of Suburbanization: Building better towns and villages for wildlife and humans. To join the event, send an email to t[email protected].