On September 17th we’ll craft the measuring tape needed to count the oysters on October 5th! Read on for details to get involved, plus other September events like TaSH Eco Fair on 9/20 and a sustainability tour of DeCicco’s on September 24th:
Join Our Next Monthly Meeting: Monday, October 6th at 7 pm
All are welcome to join in-person at Village Hall (28 Beekman Ave). For those who prefer to join remotely, please use this Zoom Meeting link. (Meeting ID: 886 0983 4663, Passcode: 208060)
Call for volunteers: Join us at TaSH Eco Fair!
The Tarrytown Environmental Advisory Council (TEAC) is hosting its annual Eco Fair on September 20th (rain date 9/27/25) at Patriots Park from 10am to 1pm during the TaSH Farmers Market. Come learn about reducing your carbon footprint, composting, food scraps recycling, home energy savings, healthy lawns, pollinators pathways, native plants, complete streets, local waterways, and more.
Sustainable Sleepy Hollow will run shifts from 8:30-11:00 and then 11:00-1:30. If you have time we would be grateful for volunteers–please contact kirsten.hasemclaughlin@gmail.com.
Applications Open: Sleepy Hollow’s Community Food Garden
Located in Barnhardt Park, the Community Food garden is run by Sleepy Hollow Parks & Recreation Department. The garden is new to our village as of 2025, and was created to give residents who do not otherwise have accessible growing space an opportunity to cultivate fruits and vegetables. Plots are “leased” for each year that a gardener is registered.
To apply and to become a member, download the application and garden rules below or stop by the Galgano Senior Center at 55 Elm Street during regular business hours.
Download English Language Application and Garden Rules HERE
Download Spanish Language Application and Garden Rules HERE
Biking is getting better in Sleepy Hollow
No time like Fall tourist season to get your bike tuned up so you can get where you need to go! Check out these positive updates, courtesy of Bike Tarrytown:
- New bridge open: A new 270-foot-long pedestrian/bicycle bridge over the New York State Thruway near the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown has been completed. The new bridge improves mobility from the bridge’s shared use path by extending its side path one-mile south to Lyndhurst.
- TUFSD Cycling Education: The Public Schools of the Tarrytowns recently adopted the “All Kids Bike” course for every kindergarten student.
- Get $1,000 to Buy an E-Bike: Want to score an ebike, but the cost is freaking you out? Now you can save $1,000 when buying one! Over the coming year, 40 vouchers are being distributed at random to applicants who live or work in the Project MOVER service area (Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Ossining, or Croton) and are moderate or low income (further information on eligibility and other details are here).
Forget Mums. Plant Native Asters!
Just when it seems like the garden is winding down, these native beauties burst into bloom. There are 100+ asters native to North America, in colors from white to blue to purple. Asters are essential for pollinators, offering vital late summer and fall nectar.
- You want late-season color when most flowers are fading.
- You want to feed migrating Monarchs and other pollinators.
- You want a perennial that comes back year after year.
- You want easy-care, no-fuss plants (rainfall usually suffices after the first year).
- You have shade, part shade, or full sun—there’s an aster for every condition.
Native asters are the host plants for many butterflies: New England and New York Asters are host plants to Pearly Crescent spot, Crescent spot, and Silvery Crescent spot butterflies
Avoid using pesticides or herbicides near aster plants, as they can harm the butterflies and pollinators that visit the flowers
Here are 6 native asters, local to the Northeast:
Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Heart-shaped leaves, pale bluish-purple flowers
Grows in sun to shade
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Covered in purple blooms late summer–fall
Tall (up to 5’). Prefers sun to part sun
New York Aster (Symphyotrichum Novae-belgii)
Loads of purple-blue flowers
Prefers moist to wet soil (good for rain gardens)
Flat-topped Aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
Clusters of white blooms atop tall stems
Adaptable to sun or part shade
Smooth American Aster (Symphyotrichum leave)
Lavender -blue flowers
Full sun to part sun
White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata)
An aster for shade!
They are not woody—the name comes from their native habitat in woodland forests
For more info, go to The Plant Native By Em Lessard, founder of The Plant Native
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