Your Yard Can Make A Difference
Each Chickadee on our Green Corridor Partners Map represents a privately owned green space stewarded by a citizen like you. You can be a part of our movement too!
The Land Trust can’t protect all the land alone; that’s why your yard is important for saving plants and wildlife! Over 77% of land in Aspetuck Land Trust’s Green Corridor is privately owned so homeowners must be part of the solution. But don’t worry if you don’t live in Aspetuck Land Trust’s Fairfield County, Connecticut, Green Corridor. You still live on the planet Earth which is a big beautiful Green Corridor. You can make a difference by following the simple steps we lay out below, and make your own yard similar to the preserves you love to visit. Thanks for saving our planet one yard at a time. We can do this!
Even a small change in your yard can provide a stopover habitat for birds, pollinators, and facilitate wildlife movement across green spaces. There are many different ways to go about converting your lawn to the natural areas you love (and nature will love you for!). Any step, however small, can make a big difference!
Take the Pledge to become a Green Corridor Partner and Build A Native Backyard Pollinators and Wildlife will Love
Plant Native plants
The loss of native plants has a direct impact on the declining populations of our native wildlife and insects, including pollinators. You can reverse this trend by planting native plants!
rethink your lawn
Traditional lawns are biological deserts, providing no resources for nature and, when laden with chemicals, become a graveyard for biodiversity. You can take some simple steps to make a big difference.
Rethink Your Lawn Factsheet
avoid pesticides
Pesticides are a major factor in the “insect apocalypse” because they kill beneficial insects like pollinators, contaminate the soil, and end up in our water systems
Help to get you started:
Click to engage!
CT Companies offering green landscape design and maintenance.
Learn about and participate in our bi-annual plant sale.
Take the Green Corridor Pledge!
Plant Native, Avoid Pesticides and Herbicides, and Rethink your lawn!
Visit our native demonstration gardens!
To learn more about the challenges and what we can do, click here to hear Dr. Doug Tallamy share the importance of Backyard Habitats and how we can make a difference.
Do you have photos from your backyard habitat to share? Head to the Green Corridor Map to submit property photos.