by Megan Meyer June was a busy month for our work on the south side of Shadow Pines.  On Wednesday evening, June 4 we led residents through parts of the property to explain the project and share our goals on this multi-year collaborative effort between our town of Penfield and our Healthy Yards Penfield campaign .  We identified invasive plants we plan to remove and natives that are currently on the property. June 17 was planting day for a small number of native plants that i

Lou Anne DaRin Tues, 4/22 4:30-6:00pm Grades 1-6,  Free Activity # 113210-01 Penfield Community Center 1985 Baird Rd Children who like to perform are invited to join us to put on a play for Earth Day. The play is adapted from the book,  Mrs. Green Loves the Earth , written by Lou Anne DaRin, former Cobbles teacher and board member of Color Penfield Green, who will be working with the  children. The rehearsal and performance will be on the same night. We’ll provide a healthy,

by Victoria Zelin & Jonathan Cloud, Possible Rochester / Possible Planet A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization serving NY & NJ, members of Color Brighton Green 3/14/22 At the tail end of winter, it’s tempting to imagine the possibility of a new wave of gardening catching on this spring. Can we imagine streets and communities full of native plants and flowers, sunshine, butterflies and bees? More than almost any other action that individuals can take, gardening has multiple benef

by Linda Foster Healthy Yards Monroe County, Color Brighton Green, and Color Penfield Green Research confirms the strong relationship between our native insects and native plants and both are in decline. Rethinking your landscape and adding native plants will provide for a bio-diverse healthy ecosystem that supports insects, that support birds and toads and on and on it goes…. To US! So, here’s where we come in. Our yards can become part of the solution. Reducing lawn area an