Lenny Librizzi
The Native Plant Society of Staten Island is collaborating with St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Castleton Avenue and Davis Avenue in West Brighton to create a new 600 square foot Native Plant Garden. Work has already begun with a group of a dozen volunteers from NPSSI and St. Mary’s digging up the existing grass on the 40 ft by 15 foot oval shaped garden. We also received a donation of wood chip mulch from Brooke Tree Service.
Thanks to a donation from the North Shore Rotary Club of Staten Island 11 flats of native perennials were purchased and will be planted during a volunteer event on June 7th. The plants include Blue Lobelia, Red Columbine, Yellow Wild Indigo, Purple Coneflower, Sneezeweed, Dense Blazing Star, Wild Bergamot, Slender Mountain Mint, Gray Goldenrod, Common Yarrow and Eastern Swamp Milkweed. These plants will provide nectar, pollen and habitat for pollinator insects including Monarch Butterflies from Spring through Fall.
The garden will further the mission of the NPSSI to educate the public about native plants and the mission of the Episcopal Church, Creation Care to protect earth’s natural resources.
Volunteers are invited to help with the planting on June 7th from 10 am to 2pm at 347 Davis Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10310.
Lenny Librizzi is an experienced environmentalist and community garden expert. More of his work can be found on his blog, Community Gardening, and his podcast, And Now a Word From Our Environment.
