Mary Ellen Lemay, director of Landowner Engagement for the Aspetuck Land Trust (Connecticut) and co-founder of Pollinator Pathway, will be presenting at the next monthly meeting of the Boothbay Region Garden Club on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at approximately 1:30 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church (32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor).  Refreshments will be served at 12:30 followed by the members’ business meeting starting at 1. The public is welcome to attend!

Mary Ellen will be presenting “Pollinator Pathways: Improving Biodiversity in our own Yards.” Pollinator Pathways is a landowner engagement strategy that has taken the region by storm in only seven years. By planting natives, avoiding pesticides, and reducing lawn, this very scalable initiative has the potential to create healthy, connected habitats for pollinators and wildlife as they move across the landscape.   

The Pollinator Pathway has all the ingredients to help landowners supercharge biodiversity with simple action steps that can have a big impact. Mary Ellen will show you why our yards are vital stepping stones on the journey to heal our landscapes.   

Mary Ellen hails from Trumbull, Connecticut and is a member of the Connecticut Native Plants Working Group. She received her BS in Biology from Fairfield University and her MBA from Fordham University.  She also has a master’s in environmental management from Yale University School of the Environment. In addition, she was the winner of the Aquarion Connecticut Environmental Champion Award in 2022 and is a board member of the Maine Wild Seed Project.

Please join us for this impactful and informative presentation!  

For more information: https://www.boothbayregiongardenclub.org/ and https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/