Mother Nature Day

“Mother Nature Day” At The Science Museum of Long Island! 

On the Saturday May 10th between 10-2 PM, The Long Island Conservancy will be hosting “Mother Nature Day” at The Science Museum of Long Island.

How do you replant a forest?

Tour this “work in progress” and see what is possible in habitat restoration.

We will be selling an assortment of native plants to celebrate Mother’s Day as a celebration of Nature.

At Mother Nature Day, we will offer visitors a tour of the grounds so that you can see for yourself the work being done at Leeds Pond Preserve to restore Nature.  What native plants and trees have been planted?  What invasive plants are being removed?

Here, you can learn what we are doing to bring back The American Chestnut on their grounds.   A blight brought in by a Chinese Chestnut tree in 1904 wiped out several billion of these trees within a couple of decades, but through a scientific advance, there is now hope that we can return this majestic forest giant.  That could start right here on Long Island.  The story of the American Chestnut is a tragic one, but we are resolved in our efforts to bring back this forest giant.

Come join us then at The Science Museum of Long Island, located in Leeds Pond Preserve in Port Washington, on Saturday, May 10th from 10 to 2.  Reacquaint yourself with Mother Nature, and bring some Nature home for your mother and for our pollinators!

Learn why it is so important to plant native plants.  In short, our local wildlife depends on us.  We must take care of Mother Earth.

SMLI is the premiere center for environmental education for Nassau County families.  Click here to learn more about their extensive programs.

The Long Island Conservancy has been a long time supporter of SMLI.   In conjunction with Spadefoot Design and Construction, we have been active in invasive plant removal, and in the planting of natives, and in donating to them in support of their programming.