Licking County Pollinator Pathway

05/27/2026

Your Saturday is planned! Here's the schedule:
🌿 Native Plant Sale @ Raccoon Valley Park / Farmers Market at 8:30
🍵 Tea ceremony & tour Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks at noon
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Did you know plants like staghorn sumac and purple coneflower are packed with vitamin C?
Join us May 30 at noon, at the Newark Earthworks' Octagon Earthworks for Nature’s Bounty: Teas & Traditions. This guided hike explores how plants have been used for generations, with a focus on Native American knowledge and traditions. You’ll also sample teas made from the plants discussed.

Octagon Earthworks | 125 N. 33rd St., Newark
$15 | Free for Ohio History Connection members
Payment is due the day of the program
Pre-registration required: https://ow.ly/3kGg50YYkqO
Interpretive program only, no medical advice provided.

05/22/2026

Native plants that are good for teas AND bees!? Yes please! Pre-order our Tea Garden plant package for pickup on May 30th! We'll also have other great options at our Native Plant Sale from 8:30 - 12 at Raccoon Valley Park with the Licking Land Trust. See you May 30th! https://www.lickingpollinatorpathway.org/plant-sale

05/19/2026

Pre-order a native plant package & pick it up at the Granville Farmers Market at Raccoon Valley Park on May 30th as part of our NATIVE PLANT SALE with Licking Land Trust Pre order packages at: https://www.lickingpollinatorpathway.org/plant-sale

Special thanks to our gracious hosts at Raccoon Creek Farms for use of their beautiful facility to pot up the plants for the sale.

05/14/2026

We're packing up some goodies to take to Hebron Ohio Farmers Market! Stop by to pick up a free plant or seed packet and talk native plants and pollinators! We'll be there from 4-7 p.m. Thursday May 14th.

05/13/2026

This spring, something special has been growing! Our "worker bee" volunteers have been lovingly tending native plants grown from seed...and they'll soon be ready for your garden and landscape. Bring home the plants that bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds need by pre-ordering a plant package. Quantities limited! 100% of sales support Licking Land Trust and Licking County Pollinator Pathway! Learn more and pre-order plants at:
👉 lickingpollinatorpathway.org/plant-sale

POLLINATOR PATHWAY + LICKING LAND TRUST Native Plant Sale Saturday, May 30, 2026 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon Granville Farmers Market Raccoon Valley Park 1225 River Road | Granville Pre-order plant packages for pickup OR shop for plants on the day of the sale

05/08/2026

A few photos from the Master Gardener Volunteers of Licking County OSUE plant sale last year...where there was some serious competitive shopping in the native plant section! We can't wait to see this year's native plant offerings! PLUS Backyard Conservation Day is happening at the same location! We'll be next to the Meadows for Monarchs Project plot. Come say hello and see what a first year meadow looks like: native flower seedlings + weeds & all! Join us Saturday, May 9 | 8:30 AM - 1 PM | 771 East Main St | Newark near the Licking County Soil & Water Conservation District office!

05/05/2026

We're thrilled to be part of Backyard Conservation Day and Plant Sale, hosted by Licking County Soil & Water Conservation District and Master Gardener Volunteers of Licking County OSUE THIS SATURDAY! Stop by our table to learn more about converting grass into pollinator habitat via the Meadows for Monarchs Project and see what's growing in the first year meadow at the SWCD office!

🌿✨ The countdown is on! We’re just days away from the 6th Annual Backyard Conservation Day hosted by the Licking County Soil & Water Conservation District! Don’t miss the Rain Barrel Workshop from 1:00–3:00 p.m., a great hands-on way to learn how to conserve water at home. 💧🌎

⚠️ RSVP is required and spots are limited!
🔗 https://lickingswcd.com/event/2026/05/09/rain-barrel-workshop-backyard-conservation-day/553928

Bring your family and friends for a fun-filled day celebrating conservation, creativity, and community. We can’t wait to see you there! 💚🌱

05/03/2026

Delighted. Honored. Excited. Pollinator Pathway is part of the Less Lawn More Life weekly challenge to restore nature in our yards...and the effort is being kicked off by none other than Robin Wall Kimmerer! Are you signed up yet?! https://www.lesslawnmorelife.com/

🌿JOIN THE MOVEMENT: LESS LAWN MORE LIFE 🌿

What if your backyard (or balcony!) was full of birds, butterflies, and life, and getting there took just one small action a week?

This spring the Pollinator Pathway is excited to be joining the FREE Less Lawn More Life Challenge, a 12-week program that guides you through turning your outdoor space into a thriving habitat. No experience needed. No lawn required. Balcony gardens, small plots, and rural acres all count.

The kickoff is a free live virtual event on May 7th at 7pm ET featuring a keynote from Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, and one of the most celebrated voices weaving together indigenous wisdom and plant science.

Every participant starts with a free Wildr Score, a 5-minute ecological health assessment of their outdoor space. Take it at the start of the challenge. Take it again at the end. Most people are surprised by how much changes.

Sign up at for the live keynote and the challenge at: https://www.lesslawnmorelife.com/?ref=pollinatorpathways

And share this with someone who's ready to see a little less lawn and a lot more life!

05/02/2026

Pollinator Pathway "Worker Bee" volunteers have been busy potting up plants for the May 3rd Plant Swap at Granville Public Library and our plant sale later this month. We'll be bringing some columbine, blue aster, culver's root, mountain mint and other native plants to the swap. Learn more here: https://granvillelibrary.libnet.info/event/15706617

04/26/2026

It was a very busy Saturday. with volunteers representing Licking County Pollinator Pathway at The Dawes Arboretum Arbor Day Festival AND the Welsh Hills School Dragon Lair Fair. Thanks to everyone who came out to learn about native plants and pollinators and picked up seeds or plants! What a fun way to cap off Arbor Day and Earth Day week!