Watch for the Monarch butterflies on Roosevelt Island! Thanks to collaborative efforts in recent years, our Island has added several sites committed to native plantings and pollinator habitats. These are very important for late summer and autumn nectar supplies. The Monarch Butterfly Corridor Project sponsored by iDig2Learn in collaboration with many other Island groups got us all started two years ago in October 2015. Roosevelt Island Garden Club now has quite a few committed pollinator and native plant gardeners. Our club is also including important native and pollinator plants in landscape beds. P.S. 217 has pollinator habitat beds. RIOC, RIHS Kiosk garden, Cornell Tech and some of our housing companies have also planted natives and late season pollinator nectar sources like Red Cardinal Flower, Blue Cardinal Flower, New England Asters, and Goldenrods. Can Roosevelt Island truly become and remain a Monarch Way Station? At the same time we could become an urban Bird Friendly Community.
It actually looks like all this might be a real possibility. At RIGarden Club dozens and dozens of monarchs and many types of bees are filling up on nectar this week and visiting only the native and heirloom plantings. Enjoy these photos courtesy of Jenna Longo. Imagine the possibilities as we continue to surround our Island with healthy soil, plants, and pollinator habitat gardening!
It actually looks like all this might be a real possibility. At RIGarden Club dozens and dozens of monarchs and many types of bees are filling up on nectar this week and visiting only the native and heirloom plantings. Enjoy these photos courtesy of Jenna Longo. Imagine the possibilities as we continue to surround our Island with healthy soil, plants, and pollinator habitat gardening!
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