Healthy gardening: good for people, good for the environment

Welcome! We are gardeners in New Rochelle (in Westchester county, NY) devoted to creating yards that are free of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers that harm our environment. We see gardening as a means to create a beautiful and healthy environment for humans, plants, insects and wildlife.

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Meet us and learn more at one of our events:

NATIVE PLANT WINTER SOWING WORKSHOP

Learn how to grow native plants from seed! Bring a milk jug to bring your own wildflowers home or help sow wildflowers for the New Rochelle Community!

Join us Saturday February 28th 11:30-12:30pm
at The New Rochelle Girl Scout House,
971 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801

Questions? Email us at healthyyardsNR@gmail.com

Want some help?

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Check out our Native Garden Guide

If you're wondering where to start, take a look at the Native Garden Guide for suggestions, tips, and links to helpful how-to resources online.

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Get a Garden Buddy

If you're getting started, or just want to get another point of view on your garden, we can connect you with a Healthy Yards gardener in your area who can advise and assist you with healhy approaches and native plant gardening.

Email us at healthyyardsnr@gmail.com and let us know that you'd like a garden buddy, and what neighborhood you live in.

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Helpful Organizations

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Stay in Touch
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Join our email list

Send an email to healthyyardsnr@gmail.com and let us know that you'd like to receive our newsletter. Volume of this email list is low: a monthly newsletter and occasional announcements.

About Us

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About Healthy Yards New Rochelle

At Healthy Yards New Rochelle we work to restore our natural environment around our homes while still enjoying a beautiful yard. Learn how to invite pollinators, avoid pesticides, love leaves, use better equipment, plant wisely, go native, have a healthier lawn, and how to discuss healthy practices with your landscaper.

  • JOIN our monthly meetings and yard tours, meet knowledgeable people
  • LEARN how native plants support pollinators and local fauna
  • SUPPORT our local nursery and get a discount at the Annual Native Plant Sale

Contact us by email at healthyyardsnr@gmail.com.

The Healthy Yards Project
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Healthy Yards was founded in 2010 based on the Great Healthy Yards Project started by Diane Lewis, M.D.

Started by some members of the Bedford2030 Water and Land Use Task Force, Healthy Yards has grown as a grass-roots organization to include several towns in Westchester county in New York State.

To learn more about what we mean by a "healthy yard" as well as practices and actions you can take, visit our parent website healthyyards.org