If you would like to participate in this project, contact us at savingunionvillenatives@gmail.com. The SUN Project is approved by the town of Farmington  and as a  University of Connecticut Master Gardener Community Outreach Project. Our work is strictly voluntary and we rely on grants and donations for supplies, seeds and plants. 

If you would like to receive updates on our progress, events and future opportunities to help, email us at savingunionvillenatives@gmail.com to let us know. We will never share or sell your email address or bombard you with messages. 

Our work involves the following: 

• Identifying native and invasive plants on the trail

• Removal and monitoring of invasive plants

• Tracking the effectiveness of strategies to remove invasives and increase the native plant population 

• Planting native grasses and perennials in areas where invasives were removed

•  Community engagement to educate citizens on how to identify invasive plants on their properties and increase native plantings

• Planting low maintenance native, drought- tolerant pocket gardens around the benches on  this section of the Farmington River Trail

• Sharing photographs from the Farmington River Trail on our iNaturalist project page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/saving-unionville-natives-sun-project

• As former educators, we welcome collaborations with local schools who want to teach students about biodiversity, ecology and community action