Protecting Biodiversity

Mission Statement

We promote, encourage and support planting natives to increase biodiversity and restore habitat to protect our ecosystems. Ecosystems depend on a rich biodiversity to function. And biodiversity is dependent on native plants that feed insects.

Join us to make a significant contribution to help prevent bird and insect decline, habitat loss, and global ecosystem collapse. Gardeners of all levels of experience are welcome. Anyone can contribute, even if you live in an apartment. Contact us at [email protected] to learn more or just talk natives!

Information on Mosquito Spraying

Find out about the dangers of mosquito spraying, how ineffective it is at getting rid of mosquitoes but how very effective it is at killing bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects.

Basic information for homeowners
Information on natural mosquito control
How to report pesticide drift from spraying in the neighborhood

BIODIVERSITY GROUP LIBRARY

Our extensive Resource Library contains everything you need to know about starting and maintaining a native plant garden, what to buy, and where to buy native plants. It also contains links to books, videos, webinars, Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park, and our meeting minutes. To access our library, click here.

Our Brochure

RESOURCE LINKS

Impact Highlights

Worked on ending mosquito spraying, using many different strategies

Worked with Media Borough to become a Bee City and a Bird Town

Raised awareness on the need for a Rights of Nature law in PA

Collaborated with the Green Wagon project

Presented at Media Upper Providence library on biodiversity issues, created an educational display at the library

Blogged monthly on biodiversity subjects, which are published on many FB pages, NextDoor, Patch, and TTGM’s website

Tabled at Media Borough Farmers Market, Dining Under the Stars, Media Garden Tour, and Ecofest

Presented to the Swarthmore Rotary Club

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Contact

Marion Yaglinski

Protecting Biodiversity Group Lead and TTGM Founder

biodiversity@ttgmPA.org

Facebook Group

TTGM Initiatives

Circle of Aunts & Uncles

Community Resilience

Cool Blocks/Cool Cities

Fire Circles

Foraging

Green Wagon Project

Inner Transformation

Local Food

Media FreeStore

Protecting Biodiversity

Tree Lovers Collective

Tree Tenders

Zero Waste

TTGM Partnerships

Bee City

Composting

Native Seed Library

Recent Blog Posts

Trees: Our Planet’s Lifeline

It seems the treehuggers had it right. There is a lot to love about trees. Allow me to elaborate. Trees offer multiple benefits. Here are a few: Essential for our climate-regulating ecosystems Absorb CO2 and produce oxygen. Improve air quality by absorbing dust and pollutants. Provide habitat, food and shelter for birds, insects and animals. Roots stabilize the soil, prevent →

Store CO2 in Your Garden!

Can you store CO2 in your garden? Yes! Carbon gardening, a natural climate solution, is the latest trend in gardening. We can manage our properties to store CO2 by choosing native plants and trees that store the most carbon, instead of planting “alien” ornamentals like Bradford Pear trees and Butterfly Bush shrubs. Bonus: carbon gardening conserves and restores ecosystems. Tulip →

EcoFest 2024!

Join us for the Second Annual Media EcoFest! Food, Music, Activities for Kids & AdultsGreat resources from more than 30 local environmental and community groups Altair EcoVillage • Another Sky Vintage • Campbell AME Church • CRC Watersheds • Community Choice Aggregation • Delco Conservation District • Delco Office of Sustainability • Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) • →

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TTGM Initiatives