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Benefits of native plants

SALISBURY — The “Go Native” exhibit at the Salisbury Association’s Academy Building opened Saturday, June 7.

The exhibit is jam-packed with information on subjects such as:

Pollinators in gardens.

Using native trees to provide food and shelter for wildlife.

Using native woody and herbaceous plants to protect water quality.

Reducing the size of lawns in favor of native meadows and grasses.

How to attract birds with native berry plants.

How to attract butterflies with native plants such as Joe-Pye weed.

Handy lists of beneficial insects and native plants, and of invasive plants.

The exhibit is open through the end of July, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Patrick L. Sullivan
Senior Reporter
Patrick Sullivan has been a reporter for The Lakeville Journal since 2004, covering everything from town meetings to local characters and the outdoors. He grew up in Northern Virginia but spent summers on Mount Riga in Salisbury, giving him a lifelong connection to the Northwest Corner. A graduate of Denison University, Patrick is also the author of Tangled Lines, the newspapers’ popular fly-fishing column—making The Lakeville Journal, as far as anyone knows, the only newspaper in Connecticut with a regular fly-fishing columnist. He once received a fan letter from England, which he considers sufficient evidence that his work has achieved international acclaim.

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