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We partner with landowners, neighbors, and local groups to provide education and create healthier landscapes for people and wildlife. We’re always open to collaboration, volunteering, and creative ideas!

Click on the images, below, to learn more about our projects and community involvement.

Tree Planting at Houghton Park We volunteered with the Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust (BNRLT) to plant trees at Houghton Park alongside other community members, helping expand and restore native habitat. Photo credit: Lucy Rauker.	Botany in the Blueberry Bog Tall Meadow Rue observed during a bog survey with the Buffalo Botanical Society. Volunteering with the society provided an opportunity to document and learn about the unique plant community found within the bog.	Japanese Honeysuckle Removal Removing Japanese honeysuckle from an established prairie using manual methods to protect native prairie plants and restore space for native vegetation.	Planting a Native Shade Garden This garden is being prepared for a diverse native shade planting featuring woodland sunflower and native ferns, creating habitat and seasonal interest while supporting local pollinators and wildlife.
Getting Ready for Native Plants! This previously unmaintained garden was dominated by invasive and aggressive species, including tree-of-heaven, mugwort, burning bush, and Canadian thistle. We cleared the overgrowth and treated the invasive plants to begin restoring the space. In the spring of 2027, the garden will be replanted with a diverse selection of native species, transforming an unmanaged garden into a living habitat for local wildlife.	Invasive Species Awareness! We volunteered with the Village of Hamburg and community members to create an educational display at the Hamburg Public Library, raising awareness about invasive species and their impacts on local ecosystems.	English Ivy Removal We removed English ivy from the ground and climbed trees to carefully free them from the vines, all without herbicides. After monitoring and repeated removal throughout the growing season, we smothered remaining ivy with cardboard and mulch. The area will be restored with native plants to support pollinators and wildlife.	Lesser Celandine on the Loose Lesser celandine is an aggressive invasive plant that displaces lawns and native plants. We are working with these homeowners to replace the lesser celandine in their front yard with native violets that will provide an early food source for pollinators coming out of their winter hibernation.
Multi-Year Management Managing Japanese knotweed across two neighboring properties, working with both property owners on coordinated, long-term removal and monitoring to prevent further spread.

Our Projects

Tree Planting at Houghton Park

We volunteered with the Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust (BNRLT) to plant trees at Houghton Park alongside other community members, helping expand and restore native habitat. Photo credit: Lucy Rauker.

Botany in the Blueberry Bog

Tall Meadow Rue observed during a bog survey with the Buffalo Botanical Society. Volunteering with the society provided an opportunity to document and learn about the unique plant community found within the bog.

Japanese Honeysuckle Removal

Removing Japanese honeysuckle from an established prairie using manual methods to protect native prairie plants and restore space for native vegetation.

Planting a Native Shade Garden

This garden is being prepared for a diverse native shade planting featuring woodland sunflower and native ferns, creating habitat and seasonal interest while supporting local pollinators and wildlife.

Getting Ready for Native Plants!

Invasive Species Awareness!

We volunteered with the Village of Hamburg and community members to create an educational display at the Hamburg Public Library, raising awareness about invasive species and their impacts on local ecosystems.

English Ivy Removal

Lesser Celandine on the Loose

Lesser celandine is an aggressive invasive plant that displaces lawns and native plants. We are working with these homeowners to replace the lesser celandine in their front yard with native violets that will provide an early food source for pollinators coming out of their winter hibernation.

Multi-Year Management

Managing Japanese knotweed across two neighboring properties, working with both property owners on coordinated, long-term removal and monitoring to prevent further spread.

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