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Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Program Year

2026

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Borough of Glen Ridge

Glen Ridge, NJ

Debbie Mans

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The Borough of Glen Ridge is located in Northern New Jersey. Numerous organizations, schools, and individuals in Glen Ridge have launched projects to support monarchs and pollinators, including planting pollinator gardens at Clay and Benson Street parks and our schools, selling smooth blue aster native plants at our 2026 Arts and EcoFair, and registering properties to be part of Glen Ridge's "Pollinator Pathway" program.

Community Spotlight

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Clay Field Garden

Native plants at Clay Field Garden

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Clay Field

Native plants at Clay Field.

Action Items Committed for 2026

Communications and Convening

  • Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
  • 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.)
  • Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
  • Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
  • Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.