We are seeking your comments! Sourland Conservancy and the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum are applying to the State of New Jersey Green Acres Program for a grant to help fund the acquisition of the True Farmstead, at 183 Hollow Road, Skillman, NJ, as a historical, natural, and recreational resource. We want to hear your comments about this project! Please click the link below and complete a very brief survey.

Stewardshops

Stewardshops are a novel learning experience designed to involve participants in stewardship and ecological restoration at a practical level.

Since about ⅓ of the Sourland region is privately owned, backyard stewardship is essential to support the ecosystem. We work to encourage private landowners to engage in backyard stewardship – planting native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants to help support the Sourland forest’s plants and animals – many threatened and endangered.

One of the educational tools we provide is an informal gathering on a member’s property to answer participants’ questions, and share our group’s experiences of what has worked – and what hasn’t – on our own property to help the landowner achieve his or her goals.

Stewardship means caring for something like our natural resources.

It’s important for humans to care for the meadows, wetland and forest because it takes care of us in so many ways. In addition to providing clean water and air – and sequestering carbon, the forest provides important habitat for migrating birds, amphibians and other animals that perform important ecosystem services like insect control.

Chris Berry stewardshop session

Learn more about sowing native seeds.

Learn more below on how to sow native seeds. Thank you for your support of the Sourlands!

Wild Bergamot

(Monarda fistulosa)

 

Thank you Pinelands Nursery for the planting information, learn more by visiting their website here.

Did you receive our spring mailing? Learn more about the seeds sent out. 

Wetland Indicator Status: UPL
Zone: 
3-8
Species Type: 
Native
Growth Habit: 
Forb
Classification: 
Perennial
Plant Height: 
2-3′
Spread: 
3′
Growth Rate: 
Medium
Bloom Period: 
July-September
Bloom Color: 
Lavender
Pollinator Value:
 High
Drought Tolerance: 
Moderate
Deer Resistance: High 

Ash Crisis Team: Biodiversity Kit & Design Sale 

Stewardshop videos