Have you ever driven on the Merritt Parkway or one of our other State roads and wondered about how the Department of Transportation decides how to landscape the medians and roadsides? Wouldn’t it be cool if they could plant native plants along our roads? Well, you will be delighted to know that the CT DOT is way ahead of us, they already have an inspirational pollinator habitat project underway all around the state and they want to tell us about it.
Since the Act Concerning Pollinator Health was passed by the state legislature in 2016, our largest landowner, the DOT has embarked on an extensive project to test native plants and grasses for pollinators on our state roads.
Join DOT Transportation Landscape Designer Adam Boone and Kevin Carifa, Assistant Director in the office of Environmental Planning for our “Lunch and Learn” on March 10. You will be inspired by the project going on all over Connecticut roads to help improve pollinator health and biodiversity. Kevin will be sharing what construction has been doing for pollinator habitats on various projects for quite a few years now, including restorations of wetland areas, shoreline areas, and watercourses.
Adam will be sharing what the DOT is doing in Maintenance......reduced mowing practices and replacement plots.
As you know pollinator habitat is all the buzz these days with pathways and corridors…well let’s add roadways to that list and see the great things the DOT is doing for our native habitats.
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As an active member of the state Native Plant Working Group, the Department of Transportation is joining the effort to bring our native Ecotype plants back into the landscape. However, YOU can do that in your OWN YARD by taking the pledge and becoming a Green Corridor Partner and buying some of the Ecotype Native Plants for your garden. Our Aspetuck Native Plant Sale is NOW OPEN!.
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