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Adirondack Pollinator Festival & Native Plant Sale

We’re celebrating our 7th Annual Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Sale with a Pollinator Festival on June 1st, 9AM – 3PM at the scenic Uihlein Farm Greenhouse at 281 Bear Cub Road in Lake Placid. Pre-order your plants below to pick up at the festival!

 

What else can I do at the festival?
Enjoy a stunning view of the high peaks from a historic greenhouse. Picnicking encouraged!

Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions about planting and caring for your pollinator habitat.

Kids can take home free wildflower seed packets, participate in activity stations to learn about pollination, and get their faces painted with flowers, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.

Join in a guided Grasslands Walk with local experts. 

Learn about composting to restore Adirondack soils, and how to use compost in your pollinator garden. 

This year, the Adirondack Pollinator Festival is teaming up with the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration hosted by our project partners Paul Smith’s VIC in conjunction with Heaven Hill and Uihlein Farm. ‘Bee’ sure to check out the birding events happening all weekend!

Thank You to Our Pollinator Festival Sponsors

Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Sale

Thank you for supporting pollinator conservation efforts in the Adirondacks!

We are offering 15 varieties of native flowering plants, grown right here in the Adirondacks, to benefit pollinators that live here. These species are selected based on their presence in NY State, habitat value, and nutrition they offer to pollinators throughout the year.  Each plant has been carefully sourced or grown from seed to ensure that they have never come in contact with neonicotinoids (a class of insecticides that are harmful to pollinators). 

Preordered plants are to be picked up at Uihlein Farm Greenhouse, 281 Bear Cub Road, Lake Placid, NY on Saturday, June 1st between 9am - 3pm unless you make alternate arrangements with AdkAction.

Can a friend pick up my plants for me? Yes! We’ll send a reminder email prior to our plant pick-up day, including instructions for if you will have someone else picking up your plants. 

Can I pick up my plants at a different time? Contact [email protected] for times that someone will be at the greenhouse (near the date of the plant sale) to to assist you with your pre-order pickup.

Can I buy more plants when picking up my order? If we haven’t sold out, you will have the opportunity to buy more during our pollinator fest at the greenhouse on June 1st.

Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower

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Echinacea purpurea

Water: Dry to medium
Ideal Light: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-drained, sandy or richer soils.
Height: 2 - 5 feet
Bloom time: Summer

Pollinator Benefits: A wide range of bees including honey bees, native bees, and leafcutter bees collect nectar and pollen from purple coneflowers. Many different species of butterflies including monarchs, tiger swallowtails, skippers, American ladies, red admirals, and fritillaries will also feed on the nectar.
Care: Divide clumps when they become overcrowded (about every 4 years). Plants usually rebloom without deadheading, however prompt removal of spent flowers improves general appearance. Freely self-seeds if at least some of the seed heads are left in place.
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*Please note: all plants available through this sale are grown naturally and are not treated with pesticides. As a result, they may have some insect damage, which is expected since these plants are safe for pollinators. Depending on growing conditions, we reserve the right to substitute similar plants or offer a refund at the time of pick-up to account for losses or other unforeseen issues. *

All proceeds will support the Adirondack Pollinator Project, a project of AdkAction in partnership with The Wild CenterPaul Smith’s College, and Northern New York Audubon. 

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