Orange Environment

06/01/2026

Come join us at our 4th Annual Pollinator Festival this coming weekend (6/6 & 6/7 1-5pm) at the Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery @ 114 Little York Rd, Warwick, NY 10990. Fun for everyone - live music, great food (including our renowned butterfly tacos) and drinks, artisans, community groups, a raffle, a native plant sale and milkweed giveaway! Start your own pollinator garden and join our pollinator pathway! $5 at door, children under 5 for free! Go to www.orangeenvironment.com and www.wvwinery.com for more info and tickets.

Join us on 6/6 & 6/7 at the 4th Annual Pollinator Festival of the Hudson Valley Pollinator Project - this multi-day fundraising festival features live music, fabulous food and drink, a native plant sale, local vendors, artisans, a raffle and community groups protecting our environment in support of restoring monarch butterflies, pollinating bees and hummingbirds to our communities. It takes place at the Warwick Winery & Distillery (our partner in this endeavor) located at 114 Little York Rd in Warwick, NY. See www.orangeenvironment.com and https://wvwinery.com/ for more info.

05/29/2026

Join us on 6/6 & 6/7 at the 4th Annual Pollinator Festival of the Hudson Valley Pollinator Project - this multi-day fundraising festival features live music, fabulous food and drink, a native plant sale, local vendors, artisans, a raffle and community groups protecting our environment in support of restoring monarch butterflies, pollinating bees and hummingbirds to our communities. It takes place at the Warwick Winery & Distillery (our partner in this endeavor) located at 114 Little York Rd in Warwick, NY. See www.orangeenvironment.com and https://wvwinery.com/ for more info.

05/29/2026

DATA CENTER PROTEST: A proposed expansion of a major data center in Rockland County is facing pushback from residents worried about environmental impacts, rising utility costs and the future of jobs in the age of artificial intelligence.

Full story — in the comments. 👇🏼

05/21/2026

OE's annual plant sale in support of the Hudson Valley Pollinator Projector launches this coming Sunday (5/24 1-5pm) at the Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery (114 Little York Road in Warwick, NY). Come grab some native pollinator plants for your garden before we run out! This year's selection is absolutely gorgeous!

Plant stand opens Sunday 5/24/26 1pm- 5pm at the winery. Featuring Swamp Milkweed, Whorled Milkweed, Anise Hyssop, New England Aster, Northern Blue Flag, Blazing Star, Midnight Masquerade, Spotted Phlox , Goldsturm Black Eyed Susan, Blue Stem Goldenrod, Blue Giant Hyssop, Pow Wow White (Echinacea), Red Ombre (Echinacea Artisan), Pale Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Mariachi Red Sky (Gaillardia SpinTop), Stone Cottage Farm Lavender (English) and more to come!

05/16/2026

🎉A Little Over One Week Away 🎉

🌼The Nature Connection of West Milford is partnering with Midsummer Farm for a private shopping day!

🌺You will get the opportunity to browse thousands of plants and learn more about the work Barbara & Mark Laino do on their family-owned and operated farm. Midsummer Farm is an artisanal farm & plant nursery in Warwick, NY.

🌸They offer holistic workshops and organic plants, and have been guest speakers at many of our educational programs. They are incredible experts in everything from permaculture to herbalism.

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Sat. May 23, 2026
10 am-1 pm
156 E Ridge Rd
Warwick, NY, 10990

04/27/2026

Thanks to all for coming out to our Grow Mushrooms in Your Own Backyard workshop. We had a great crowd who all went home with logs inoculated to provide a great mushroom harvest!

04/22/2026

Orange Environment, Inc. has been working to protect Orange County, New York and promote the sustainability of its communities since 1982.

01/05/2026

Teenage Wasteland
Midtown・Kingston
Opens January 9th

The AV kids turn heroes in this small town documentary. Centered around footage taken for a high school project in the 1990s, and encouraged by their teacher to become activists, these meddling kids uncover real, dirty crime at the national level in their local landfill.