Genesee County Park and Forest Walk and Talk

Genesee County Park and Forest 11095 Bethany Center Rd, East Bethany, NY

Join WNY PRISM for our Summer Saturdays Walk and Talk series. This month's location is Genesee County Park and Forest. While we hike, PRISM staff will discuss the invasive species present there, management techniques, and answer any questions attendees may have. Please park in the Nature Center parking lot on Memory Ln. Register here: https://forms.gle/59AyFgZb1edTgYds8

Free

Kenmore Library Plant Swap

Kenmore Library 160 Delaware Rd, Buffalo, NY

Come to the Kenmore Library and participate in our Plant Swap! Bring your extra vegetable plants, flower seedlings, plant divisions, and seeds in disposable/reusable containers (please label each with the name of the plant, light requirements, and growing conditions) and leave with new plant varieties in exchange! Plants and seedlings can be dropped off early […]

Free

Plant for Nature

Western New York Welcome Center 1999 Alvin Rd, Grand Island, New York

This free event will include tabling by environmental organizations, including WNY PRISM, a feature presentation by nationally-renowned author of The Humane Gardener, ecological and gardening experts, and free native plants! Sponsored by the Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment, a Grand Island-based non-profit working for habitat and wildlife protection. Funded through the Tonawanda Community Environmental […]

Free

Phrag Fight

Connetquot State Park 4090 Sunrise Hwy Oakdale, NY 11769 United States Connetquot State Park 4090 Sunrise Hwy, Oakdale, NY

Join Seatuck during the LI Coastal Bioblitz to pull some invasive phragmites at West Brook! The only dam on West Brook, a major tributary of the Connetquot River, failed in 2019 and allowed the artificial pond behind it to drain. For the first time in over 100 years, the brook could once again flow naturally […]

Free

Pollinator Palooza

This event is intended to raise awareness of native pollinators, the grave threats they face, and specific actions that individuals can take to help protect them. Sustainable Saratoga will be offering native plants for sale and providing information on sustainable practices. Our vision encompasses a “full palooza” that starts with native plants as the foundation, […]

Sustainable Saratoga

Invasive Species Workshop

Learn about invasive species in the Mianus River Gorge and Lower Hudson Region in the morning and assist MRG staff with invasive species removal in the afternoon. Meet at the Gorge parking area across from 167 Mianus River Rd., Bedford NY

Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park Wildlife Festival

The festival coincides with the hatching of the first brood of the Karner blue butterflies and the beauty of the wild blue lupine in bloom. The Saratoga Sandplains has so much more to offer than just the endangered Karner blue butterfly, so people are encouraged to get out on the trails and explore the Preserve […]