Conservation
Native Plant Gardens
Blue Darter Dragonfly on Liatris spicata photo: Joy Cirigliano
Our native plant habitat gardens raise awareness of the importance of native plants to attract birds and pollinators. Members of our chapter volunteer to install and maintain the gardens along with youth groups, such as the Nature Initiative from Avalon Nature Preserve. The gardens are paid for with a combination of grants, chapter funds and donations.
Four Harbors Audubon Society (4HAS) has installed native plant gardens at the Sweetbriar Nature Center and at various schools, libraries and parks within our chapter area (see map)
Commack Library Habitat Garden photo: Joy Cirigliano
Front lawn converted to native plant meadow photo: Sue Avery
Audubon’s Plants for Birds program is designed to enable anyone to have a positive impact by planting for birds, right where they live. Visit the native plants database to create a customized list of plants native and native plant nurseries and help us get 1 million plants in the ground for birds.
Frank Melville Pollinator Garden
Please contact Sue Avery at fourharborsaudubonsociety@gmail.com
Sweetbriar Nature Center photo: Joy Cirigliano
Smithtown Library Habitat Garden photo: Joy Cirigliano
By selecting native plants for our yards, we can restore vital habitat for birds. Members and Board Directors have been adding natives or converting their gardens to plants native to Long Island.
Kings Park Library photo: Joy Cirigliano
We are open to consider partnering with communities to install gardens in public spaces within our chapter district.
Kings Park Library Habitat Garden photo: Joy Cirigliano