This year, every Sunday afternoon from May 1 – October 31 (rain or shine) homeowners will open their yards to share their journeys to inspire you to create more nature-friendly landscapes. Some have reduced their lawns in favor of wildlife-friendly habitat, creating meadows or pollinator gardens, others have enhanced their woodlands, some have simply installed small mailbox pollinator gardens: these gardens all illustrate some steps we can take in our landscapes to offer habitat for butterflies and birds. We look forward to seeing you—don’t forget to bring a friend or neighbor! Kids are welcome too. Sorry, dogs have to stay home.
Open Gardens Sunday August 16th, 1 – 4 pm
“Adrienne’s Native Garden”
328 Cherry Street, Bedford Hills
Carved out paths wind through hundreds of native perennials, shrubs, grasses, ferns, and trees. Thriving native pollinator gardens with varying amounts of sun and shade.
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“The Goldleaf Nature Sanctuary”
58 Willow Street, Pleasantville
We are converting our 0.8-acre property into a nature sanctuary with native pollinator gardens; keystone, large, and understory trees; and shrubs. A small, man-made pond that attracts frogs, birds, small rodents. The insect population has increased so much that we have a fireworks display every summer evening from the fireflies and we have to dodge the swarms of gnats that appear seemingly out of nowhere. At the far back we are creating a “secret fairy garden,” growing mostly everything from plugs and seedlings with the intention that the shrubs and trees will naturally enclose the garden. It is a woodland garden with paths and little fairy houses surrounded by understory trees, spring ephemerals, ferns, and shade-loving native perennials.
COMING UP
For an overview of the upcoming open garden days , click here >
For questions and to learn how to participate as a homeowner contact: info@healthyyards.org
To visit the Healthy Yards Website click here >