Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Program Year
2022
Achievement
2022
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Community Spotlight
Pallet Garden
Members of the Scouts and Congregational Church preparing a pollinator pallet garden for empty hillside. They successfully grew flowers, herbs and vegetables to supplement the offerings of the community cupboard that serves families from four towns.
Filling the Pallets
Scouts at work preparing the pallets for seedlings.
Herbs and flowers
Some of the initial results
Flowers in bloom
These annuals bordered the church parking lot and attracted bees and butterflies.
Invasives--Wanted Posters
Through the efforts of the Conservation Commission-posters developed for posting at various town-owned woodland/trail properties as an educational initiative. These were also on display at the annual town picnic event in August.
Colorful Butterflies
Students from the elementary school participated in this coloring event and this art was displayed at Celebrate Southampton, the town's annual picnic and activity event in the local park.
Action Items Committed for 2022
- Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
- Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
- Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select Board Chair Christine Fowles | 2024 | 3/30/2024 | View Pledge | |
| Select Board Chair Christine Fowles | 2023 | 3/3/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Select Board Chair Christine Fowles | 2022 | 4/6/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Chair, Selectboard Maureen Groden | 2021 | 4/18/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |
