New Community Pollinator Garden Planned For East Hampton Town Hall

EAST HAMPTON, NY — East Hampton Town is taking its next steps toward a greener tomorrow.

A groundbreaking for a new community pollinator garden at the main entrance to East Hampton Town Hall will take place Thursday at 1 p.m.

East Hampton Town teamed up with ChangeHampton to launch the new, 3,000-square-foot garden.

According to town officials, native gardens attract and sustain pollinator species such as bees, birds and butterflies and are crucial to local ecosystems for the success of food crops and other biodiverse life.

The new garden, a public-private partnership, was proposed and will be created and maintained by ChangeHampton with the help of community volunteers, including local school students, officials said. The garden was designed by Abby Clough Lawless of Farm Landscape Design. Major funding is being provided by community residents, town officials said.

The demonstration garden will feature pollinator-attracting native trees, plants and grasses
centered around a public seating area.

"Designed to be low maintenance and deer resistant, it is meant to inspire and educate visitors on how to incorporate similar eco-friendly plantings into their own landscapes," town officials said.

The new garden will extend a Pollinator Pathway on the Town Hall campus that includes a
mature perennial garden on the southeast side of Town Hall, installed by the East Hampton
Garden Club, and a wildflower meadow-in-progress on the east lawn of the campus adjacent to
Montauk Highway, officials said.

East Hampton Town has focused on demonstrating sustainable landscaping and other “green” practices, including the use of a solar-powered lawn mower at Town Hall, a no-chemical policy for the maintenance of all town lands, the installation of a solar roof at the parks and recreation building, and a town electric vehicle fleet, with EV chargers available to the public at Town Hall and several municipal parking lots, officials said.

Speakers expected at the groundbreaking include East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, representatives of ChangeHampton, and New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele.

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