Bird Friendly Westerville - Project
Schedule
Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 09:00 am
UTC-04:00Location
Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market | Westerville, OH
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Bird-Friendly Westerville – Grant Received from Columbus AudubonWhat started as a “Passion Project” has turned into a successful grant proposal
and a new initiative for Sustainable Westerville! Kristen Bourdage and Susan
Stauffer proposed that Sustainable Westerville apply for a Columbus Audubon
Conservation Grant in December and it was successful! They were joined by Lois
Szudy and Bethany Vosburg-Bluem to form a committee to make this project a
reality. This proposal seeks to promote bird conservation and increase awareness
of bird-friendly habitat practices in the City of Westerville and its surrounding
communities of Northeast Columbus, Ohio (e.g., Blendon Township). The
proposed project, Bird-Friendly Westerville: Building Backyard Bird Sanctuaries
with Education builds on the existing strengths of a community characterized by
mostly single-family homes with backyard spaces while leveraging the visibility,
credibility, and community reach of Sustainable Westerville (SW). The
overarching goal of the project is to engage residents in creating and enhancing
backyard habitats that support local and migratory bird populations.
Our objectives are:
• Enhance backyard habitats that support local and migratory bird populations with food bearing
shrubs and flowers
• Promote bird conservation
• Influence birding hobbies
We are in the process of purchasing approximately 125 native shrubs from Patty Shipley at Leaves for Wildlife in Sunbury. These plants will be given away to people who visit the Westerville Farmers Market on May 16, 23, 30, and June 6.
Bird-Friendly Westerville Needs Your Help!
We hope you will join us in continuing the native plant give-away that started last year with the
Westerville Pollinator Pathway. While these shrubs were chosen for their ability to support birds, they also help other pollinators. We need your assistance to make this project a success.
• Would you like to help give away plants at the Farmers Market, talk with visitors to our booth
about birds, and help kids with the birding activities? Sign up at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ABAC2DA7FBCF8-62927836-sustainable#/ (may need to copy and paste link)
• Would you like to assist people plant a native shrub in their yard? You can by joining the Plant
Crew: sign-up for the plant crew. Or use:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7qbrWZdloXQScpBXNUOVNoY75qKQdE9vc4O6TRhkNoI7-fA/viewform
(may need to copy and paste link)
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Where is it happening?
Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market, 62 N State St,Westerville,OH,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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