Teach your family about environmental stewardship with these fun and simple activities! From celebrating the importance of pollinators and biodiversity to finding ways to reduce food waste by cooking with carrot peels and radish tops, we can all contribute to protecting our planet on Earth Day.
Learn from industry experts about the innovative methods and techniques being used to protect pollinators, plant native, establish sustainable gardens, and prevent invasive species from affecting our climate. Together we can restore wild habitat and encourage resilience in the natural world and in our own communities.
Learn about our Partners and Contributors
Penn Marchael
Founder, Pennington GreyPenn is a Landscape contractor aspiring to train a new generation of land managers that will lead the landscape industry away from traditional practices and towards a more sustainable and dynamic approach. Penn was part of the team that designed, installed, and maintained the native meadows at Grace Farms, and is a contributing panelist to our Planting with Purpose conversation.
Frank Mantlik
Master BirderAn avid birder and naturalist, Frank is active in many bird and nature organizations in New England and has served as president of the Connecticut Ornithological Association. An accomplished photographer, he has led birdwatching tours at Grace Farms for several years and contributed his birding expertise to our Go for a Spring Bird Walk page.
Lauren Elliott
Garden Manager, Grace FarmsA Master Gardener and Manager of Grace Farms' Community Garden, Lauren has contributed her expertise to create a vegan, sustainable garden at Grace Farms. Discover some of the techniques she uses to keep our garden productive and healthy on our Create a Sustainable Garden page.
David DePalma
Facilities, Grace FarmsA longtime member of Grace Farms' Facilities team, David is also an incredible artist. He has contributed drawings for our annual Gifting for Good program and developed several coloring pages to send to our food relief recipients, which are also featured on our Celebrate Biodiversity page.
Lea Ann Miller
Events Specialist, Grace FarmsLea Ann works as an Events Specialist at Grace Farms and has played an important role in our food relief efforts, planning and executing special gifts and activities for our food relief recipients. Lea Ann contributed activities for our Feed the Birds and Plant for Pollinators pages.