"Planting native plants while removing the invasive ones is the key to Long Island's environmental future." REGISTER HERE FOR THE MAY 18th 7 PM TALK AT SAYVILLE LIBRARY Marshall Brown, Executive Director, The Long Island Conservancy, will share with us the benefits of using plants native to Long Island in our yards and gardens. Native…
In this first episode of Little Green Shoots, a podcast dedicated to Long Island's environment and its environmentalists, we will be discussing how to effectively and inexpensively manage mosquitos without killing other insects indiscriminately in the process.
The Spotted Lanternfly has only been in the US since 2012, but it has already proven highly destructive. Vineyards on Pennsylvania have been decimated, fruit trees too, and it is heading east into Suffolk County.
Buy native plants at Plantstock! Learn about them, about native meadows, about the invasive plants now threatening Long Island and its native habitats, meet fellow plant people, become part of e GROWING movement!
Bay Shore Beautification, an organization newly formed to bring green practices and native greenery to the community, is hosting a public discussion of how that could be achieved, whether in the community's parks and public spaces or in one's own yard.
Arbor Day: Plant Native Trees and A Lot of Them! Post Arbor Day, on Saturday, April 27th, 10-1, come help The Long Island Conservancy as we plant an American Chestnut orchard at Meadow Croft, the historic John Roosevelt estate resting in a fork in Brown's River between Sayville and Bayport. For The Long Island Conservancy,…
Come out to Meadow Croft on Monday, November 11th, Veteran's Day 10-1, and help tend to our native plants as we approach winter. Learn about them, about The American Chestnut, a tree we are helping to rescue from extinction, about Spotted Lanternflies, and how we can combat them.
April is a great time to plant milkweed seedlings! Come to Hamlet Organic Garden and stock up on three varieties of native milkweed, and help the Monarchs while doing battle against The Spotted Lanternfly!
Celebrate the growing season at our Seed Library launch! Stop by to browse free seeds and get planting tips, perfect for gardeners of all levels. Learn about sustainable gardening, at the Oceanside Public Library. We will be speaking on native plants, invasive plants, and ecosystem services i.e. the importance of biodiversity, food webs, and soil…
Marshall Brown, Co-Founder of the Long Island Conservancy, will be speaking on native plants, invasive plants, and ecosystem services i.e. the importance of biodiversity, food webs, and soil health. March 18th, 2026 6:30pm - 8:45pm HHHC Library - Lecture Hall Visit the Dix Hills Garden Club website for more info on how to join.
Join us for a discussion on Long Island's Ecosystems: Past, Present.... and Future?
On April 16th, 2026, at 7pm, Marshall Brown, President of the Long Island Conservancy, will be talking about Long Island's Ecosystems at the Cold Spring Harbor Library
Long Island needs its native plants. Without them, we lose our local wildlife. Most of what is available for sale, however, are non-native. Non-native plants provide little sustenance for our local creatures. They weren't adapted to feed from them, that's our bees, or birds, or butterflies. Worse, we have to contend with invasive plants, some of which are still for sale here locally. Invasive plants actively destroy native habitat and hasten the departure of our local wildlife.
