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      Window for Adirondack Garden Club Fund Grant Applications Now Open

      March 2, 2023 By Adirondack Garden Club Leave a Comment

      Au Sable Forks Elementary used their Adirondack Garden Club grant to purchase a series of books having to do with different aspects of gardening. Pictured left to right are kindergarteners from Ms. Barber's class and Mrs. Richard's class: Evana Adams, Milo Blaney, Kaelyn Mussaw. Photo by Caroline Douglas.

      The window for the Adirondack Garden Club’s 2023 grant applications is now open. The Adirondack Garden Club offers three grants: Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund was established in 2005 to give financial assistance to individuals and not-for-profit organizations, … [Read more...] about Window for Adirondack Garden Club Fund Grant Applications Now Open

      Filed Under: Nature, Philanthropy Tagged With: 1928 AGC Founders Fund, Adirondack Garden Club, Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund, Francesca Paine Irwin Conservation Fund, grant

      Twenty Adirondack Libraries Selected for AdkAction’s Library Buzz Program and Native Plant Sale Launch

      February 22, 2023 By ADKAction Leave a Comment

      AdkAction is announcing two pollinator-focused programs in 2023. In late 2022, AdkAction invited libraries across the Adirondacks to apply to AdkAction Library Buzz Program–a program that offers free Pollinator Resource Kits to local libraries to help them empower both area … [Read more...] about Twenty Adirondack Libraries Selected for AdkAction’s Library Buzz Program and Native Plant Sale Launch

      Filed Under: Nature, News Tagged With: Adirondack Pollinator Project, AdkAction, AdkAction Library Buzz Program, Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Sale

      Library Buzz Program Will Give Pollinator Resources to Libraries in the Adirondack Region

      December 4, 2022 By ADKAction Leave a Comment

      Adirondack Pollinator Project Library Buzz Program

      There are many threats to pollinators in the Adirondacks, including habitat loss and fragmentation, pesticide use, climate change, and disease. AdkAction’s Adirondack Pollinator Project is offering free Pollinator Resource Kits to libraries across the region, to empower both area … [Read more...] about Library Buzz Program Will Give Pollinator Resources to Libraries in the Adirondack Region

      Filed Under: Nature, News Tagged With: Adirondack Pollinator Project, ADK Action, Library Buzz Program

      Adirondack Garden Club hosts “Moth Diversity in Our Landscape” lecture

      June 16, 2022 By Adirondack Garden Club Leave a Comment

      Dr. Janet Mihuc, Professor Biology at Paul Smith’s College, shared part of her moth specimen collection, with attendees at her lecture on “Moth Diversity in Our Landscape,” given to the Adirondack Garden Club meeting on May 31.

      On Planet Earth, there are 5,400 species of animals, 11,000 species of birds, 18,000 species of butterflies—and 160,000 species of moths. That was just one of the many largely unknown facts shared by Paul Smith College’s Professor of Biology Janet Mihuc at the Adirondack Garden … [Read more...] about Adirondack Garden Club hosts “Moth Diversity in Our Landscape” lecture

      Filed Under: Nature, News Tagged With: Adirondack Garden Club, Janet Mihuc, moths

      Adirondack Garden Club Hosts Lecture on “Save the Trees”

      February 16, 2022 By Adirondack Garden Club Leave a Comment

      Emerald ash borer

      With concern growing over the severe and urgent threat to the health of trees in the North Country posed by invasive insects, the Adirondack Garden Club (AGC) invites the general public to “Save the Trees – Adirondack Forest Pests, Prevention, and Early Detection,” a Zoom … [Read more...] about Adirondack Garden Club Hosts Lecture on “Save the Trees”

      Filed Under: Events, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Garden Club, insects, invasive species, lecture, Rebecca Bernacki, trees, virtual event

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