BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Long Island Conservancy - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Long Island Conservancy X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://longislandconservancy.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Long Island Conservancy REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Dubai BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 TZNAME:+04 DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T190000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20260210T075929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T181537Z UID:9203-1770908400-1770922800@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Babylon Sustainability Fair DESCRIPTION:Join us for presentations\, workshops\, networking and open discussions on waste reduction\, composting and native gardens. \nVisit a wide variety of tables offering resources to help Long Islanders save money\, reduce energy use\, join community solar programs\, compare electric vehicle models\, and learn about local laws that protect nature’s rights and environmental health. Discover opportunities to integrate vertical gardening into classrooms and workplace wellness programs\, access nutrition education\, explore volunteer opportunities at local farms and food drives\, receive SNAP eligibility assistance\, and much more. \n• Learn from NYS-DEC what happens to your trash after it’s picked up from the curb and where it gets processed\, including how Reworld safely converts it into electricity at the local waste-to-energy facility. \n• Explore easy and practical ways from LI Organics Initiative on how to recycle and compost in your backyard\, including how to purchase discounted composting equipment and get coached to turn food scraps into nutrient-rich soil. \n• Get inspired from ReWild on the benefits of native gardens and how you can support local pollinators\, conserve water\, and help restore Long Island’s endangered ecosystems right in your own homes. Take packets of seeds to start growing indoors now and get landscape design recommendations for your yard. URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/babylon-sustainability-fair/ LOCATION:Babylon Town Hall\, 200 East Sunrise Hwy\, Lindenhurst\, NY\, 11757\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250510T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250510T140000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20250204T161443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T225930Z UID:5436-1746871200-1746885600@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Mother Nature Day DESCRIPTION:“Mother Nature Day” At The Science Museum of Long Island! \nOn 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. \nHow do you replant a forest? \n\nTour this “work in progress” and see what is possible in habitat restoration. \nWe will be selling an assortment of native plants to celebrate Mother’s Day as a celebration of Nature. \nGolden Alexander\, Wild Geranium\, Threaded Goldenrod\, Foxglove Beardtongue\nAt 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? \nHere\, 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. \n \nCome 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! \n\n \n \n \n \n Pink moss phlox (Phlox subulata) McDaniel’s Cushion bloom in a garden in May\n \n \n \n \n \n Closeup of Columbine flower (Aquilegia Canadensis) Little Lanterns. Pink flowers with soft focus brown background.\n \n \n \n \n \n Sweet Birch\n \n \n \n \n \n Hackberry\n \n \n \n \n \n smooth sumac\n \n \n \n \n \n An Assortment of Natives\n \n \n \n \n \n Beautiful purple flowers of Geranium \n \n \n \n \n \n Euthamia graminifolia – Grass-leaved Goldenrod Native North American Wildflower\n \n \n \n \n \n Hibiscus \n \n \n \n \n \n Prickly Pear\n \n \n \n \n \n eastern black swallowtail butterfly on golden alexanders flowers\n \n \n \n \n \n Pale purple and white penstemon\, also known as foxglove beardtongue ‘Alice Hindley’ in flower.\n \n \n\nLearn why it is so important to plant native plants.  In short\, our local wildlife depends on us.  We must take care of Mother Earth. \n \nSMLI is the premiere center for environmental education for Nassau County families.  Click here to learn more about their extensive programs. \n\nThe 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. \n \n  \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/mother-nature-day/ LOCATION:Science Museum of Long Island\, 1526 North Plandome Road\, Manhasset\, NY\, 11030\, United States CATEGORIES:American Chestnut,Gathering,Invasive Removal,Plant Sale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/planting-a-forest-for-the-scienc.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250503T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250503T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20250204T190921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T153949Z UID:5464-1746266400-1746277200@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Exploring The Life Underground: The Fungus Among Us DESCRIPTION:Curious about the life underground?   Join us for a tour of the subterranean at West Hills County Park!   Trees and plants grow from soil of course\, but what is soil in fact?  It is not merely dirt\, but a thriving ecosystem.   There are billions of microbes in just a teaspoon of healthy soil\, and those microbes are what make all that grows from that possible. \n \nFrank Piccininni\, Co-Founder of The Long Island Conservancy\, will guide us through the forest of West Hills County Park and share his insights into how fungal networks within the soil interplay with the tree and plant populations within the forest. \n  \nFungal networks\nWhat sorts of soil do oaks\, beeches and other native trees prefer?  What happens to soil when it is disturbed by construction\, or by invasive plants or insects?  How can restoring soil health aid us in combating invasive plants\, pathogens and invasive insects?   We are just scratching the surface! \nThe Long Island Conservancy is exploring these connections\, leading us to a better understanding of the life underground\, and “laying the groundwork” for the future of forest management.   Nature works holistically.  Our approach is habitat restoration “from the ground up.” \nThere are a number of scholarly articles on mycorrhizal networks in soils.  Here one such article that is often cited: Dual mycorrhizal networks: their ecology and relevance. URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/life-underground-fungus-among-us/ LOCATION:West Hills County Park\, Ridge Drive and Overhill Road\, Melville\, NY\, 11747\, United States CATEGORIES:Forest Ecology,Invasive Removal,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/forest-networks.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250427T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250427T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20250306T234713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T184442Z UID:5732-1745748000-1745758800@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Arbor Day After NOW Sunday\, April 27th 10-1 at Meadow Croft DUE TO RAIN SATURDAY DESCRIPTION:As we perhaps know\, Arbor Day is Friday\, April 25th\, 2025.  But as with Earth Day\, we have to ask\, well what about the remaining 364 days?  Can’t every day be Arbor Day?  [EXCEPT SATURDAY.  RAIN FORECAST. SUNDAY\, HOWEVER….] \nTrees work 24X7X365 to filter and oxygenate our air\, and filter our groundwater with their roots.  They feed countless species.  Arbor Day After asks\, “How do I act every day so that we will have our trees at all?” \nThe trees at Meadow Croft\, aka “The Roosevelt Estate“\, are under grave threat\, like so many others on Long Island.  They are being choked out by a host of invasive vines as you can see in these photographs. \n\n \n \n \n \n Clear Vines Out By Carriage House\n \n \n \n \n \n Weed Native Plant Garden (New Fencing Coming via a Scout Project)\n \n \n \n \n \n Lots of Vines Covering Farm Implements \n \n \n \n \n \n Tangle of Invasive Vines\n \n \n \n \n \n Forest Floor Being Choked Out\n \n \n \n \n \n More Invasive Overgrowth\n \n \n \n \n \n The Understory Has Been Mostly Taken Over\n \n \n \n \n \n Time To Clear Some Brush\n \n \n \n \n \n We Will Be Expanding The American Chestnut Grove\n \n \n \n \n \n Lots of English Ivy To Take Out\n \n \n \n \n \n All These Trees Will Die …Unless!\n \n \n\nThere is about every noxious invasive plant here:  Mugwort\, Oriental Bittersweet\, English Ivy\, Honeysuckle\, Multiflora Rose\, Wisteria\, Tree of Heaven\, and maybe Japanese Knotweed (but we hope not!). \nBring gloves and lopers.  Wear a good pair of boots and a pair of pants that will protect from thorns.  We can make great strides in saving this forest\, but it will take a small army.   Let’s see what we can do.  We have of course been there before several times to help out.  Last Veteran’s Day\, for instance\, when we had 50 volunteers. \nMeadow Croft is located on Brown’s River between Bayport and Sayville\, at 299 Middle Road\, Sayville on the north side\, as you turn onto a long dirt road with water on either side.  We will be busy removing vines\, weeding the native plant garden\, and planting American Chestnut saplings between 10-1 PM Sunday\, April 27th. \nHere is some more information about last years event at Meadow Croft and our work there\, work you will be continuing this year.  Please indicate using the contact form below that you will be seeking volunteer hours. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/arbor-day-after-saturday-april-26/ LOCATION:Meadow Croft\, 299 Middle Road\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:American Chestnut,Invasive Removal,Meadow Croft ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Meadow-Croft.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250419T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250419T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20250118T222509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T190900Z UID:5116-1745056800-1745067600@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:We Must Plant Some Milkweed This Spring! Come To Plantstock V! Purchase Your Native Plants Online From LINPI! DESCRIPTION:For Plantstock V\, we are very excited to announce that not only will we be selling varieties of milkweed\, but also offering a variety of Native Plants through a Native Plant Exchange.  LINPI (The Long Island Native Plant Initiative) approached us to ask how they could participate this year at Plantstock.   As they are set up for online sales of the many plants they have overwintered\, we offered to help them get the word out.  The whole reason we established Plantstock in the first place was to make it easy for people to source quality native plants\, ones that actually are from Long Island. \nSo here it is:  The link to LINPI’s native plant ordering page! \nNote that we are also looking for local boutique growers to promote so that we can offer the native planting community on Long Island the broadest\, most biodiverse selection possible.   Email us at info@longislandconservancy.org or phone us at (516)778-9719 to discuss how you can join the Native Plant Exchange. \n \nThe Long Island Conservancy will otherwise be selling milkweed.  Here is what milkweed can do:  Less than a year after converting an old driveway to a meadow\, we had 40 monarchs come visit one day.  You can help create the same magic in your yard this year! \nJoin us at Plantstock V\, a semi-annual event! The Long Island Conservancy is pleased to offer for sale three varieties of milkweed native to Long Island. These locally grown perennials are essential for supporting the local butterfly population. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to help protect our environment by planting milkweed in your garden. \nLong Island’s Three Native Milkweeds\nWe will have Common Milkweed (great if you have an open field)\, Butterfly Milkweed (for dry sunny areas) and Swamp Milkweed (for where of course it gets wet). \n\n \n \n \n \n Asclepias syriaca. Green flower buds of a common milkweed.\n \n \n \n \n \n Monarch caterpillar eating a common milkweed leaf.\n \n \n \n \n \n Common name: Common milkweed\, scientific name: Asclepias syriaca\n \n \n \n \n \n Monarch butterfly on common milkweed plant\n \n \n \n \n \n Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) blooming in the garden\n \n \n \n \n \n Monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed\n \n \n \n \n \n Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly weed \n \n \n \n \n \n Monarch Feeding On Swamp Milkweed\n \n \n \n \n \n A colorful Monarch Butterfly pollinates rose milkweed plants in a meadow.\n \n \n \n \n \n Pink Asclepias incarnata\, the swamp milkweed\, rose milkweed or rose milkflower\n \n \n\nThe Milkweeds Are Locally Sourced From Long Island Natives\nThe Long Island Conservancy seeks to restore native habitat throughout Long Island.  We will not be offering ‘cultivars\,’ that is plants produced through selective breeding such as would be sold in garden stores\, but ‘ecotypes\,’ that is plants that are locally sourced and grown from local seeds. \nDo you want to see more native plants in your yard and have a landscaping service?  We will have cards available to give to your landscaping company so that they know to source at Long Island Natives. \nBe A Part of the Solution:  Plant Native Everywhere You Can\nDon’t have a landscaper? Or do you have one that is unfamiliar with native plants? Make sure you get a landscaper who knows their plants and how to care for them.  Do you want to support native plantings as a business?  Be a part of Long Island and plant what belongs here! \nIs your park or public space in need of some TLC?  You can help Long Island look like Long Island should look like by planting what belongs here rather than whatever is being sold otherwise.  Plants from elsewhere — from Asia\, Europe\, South America\, etc — do nothing for local wildlife.   Choose native and build local habitats for our pollinators\, and thus for our birds and the rest of the local food web. \nMilkweed Kills Spotted Lanternflies and Their Nymphs\nAs an extra added bonus\, milkweed it turns out kills Spotted Lanternflies. Our native insects “know” not to feed off of milkweed sap.  Spotted Lanternflies\, according to new research just published by The Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station\, lack the ability to recognize that milkweed is poisonous to most insects. \nThey have also affirmed that milkweed is toxic to the Spotted Lanternfly.  This accords with our field operations.  We are finding piles of dead Spotted Lanternflies around our milkweed plantings.  Please read “The Spotted Lanternflies Are Here\, We Must Prepare!” for more information on this noxious\, destructive pest. \nAs we are reckoning with a infestation of these insects as they make their way east\, it is good to know that we have this weapon in our arsenal. \n \nHamlet Organic Garden Is Where Plantstock Happens\nSo come to Plantstock V\, meet up with fellow plant people\, stock up on our three native milkweeds\, make your yard beautiful\, help the endangered Monarchs\, battle the invasive Spotted Lanternfly\, and enjoy the magic ambiance of Hamlet Organic Garden\, aka The Hog Farm. \nThey are a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. There will be live music\, fresh made food and beverages for sale. A discussion of milkweed and how to tend it would be part of the programming.   The HOG farm\, in addition\, has a variety of programming throughout the year that supports local musicians and artisans\, native plantings\, and the community of Brookhaven Hamlet in particular.   Check them out! \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/plantstock-v-milkweed-planting/ LOCATION:Hamlet Organic Garden\, 319 Beaver Dam Road\, Brookhaven\, NY\, 11719\, United States CATEGORIES:Discussion,Gathering,Plantstock ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/HOG.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241111T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241111T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20241024T175616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T181610Z UID:4500-1731319200-1731330000@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Volunteer Day At Meadow Croft: Caring For Our Native Plants DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, November 11th from 10-1\, The Long Island Conservancy will be hosting a volunteer day at Meadow Croft.  Over the past several years\, The Long Island Conservancy has been reintroducing native plants at this iconic former estate of John Roosevelt while also removing invasive plants. \nMeadow Croft\nWe’ve planted Red Maples along the edge of the meadow\, established a native wildflower garden\, and planted American Chestnut saplings as part of our breeding program.  Native plants are crucial for our native wildlife. \nRed Maples — Crucial Plants\nNative Wildflower Garden Freshly Planted With Native Plants\nA Chestnut Sapling Ready To Plant\nAs winter approaches\, we need to prepare. Of greatest concern are the invasive plants that threaten the grounds. This time of year is the perfect time to tackle the problem\, and many hands make light work! \nThere are lots of reasons to volunteer: \n \n\nMany schools have volunteer requirements.  Monday\, Veteran’s Day\, is a holiday.\nEncounter Nature.  Meadow Croft is beautifully situated at a fork in Brown’s River.\nLearn about this historic estate\, once owned by Theodore Roosevelt’s cousin John.\nLearn about native and invasive plants.\nHear the story of The American Chestnut\, and about our efforts to bring it back.\nLearn how we can combat The Spotted Lanternfly.   What can we each do?\nGet some native wildflower seeds to start your own pollinator garden or meadow.\nAll volunteers will receive a Long Island Conservancy hoodie to be sent to you once we have your size.\n\nLet us know if you plan to be a part of our restoration effort to return native plants to Meadow Croft!   The Long Island Conservancy promotes local stewardship in communities across Long Island.  Where else can we help out? \nMeadow Croft is located at 299 Middle Country Road\, Sayville.   It’s on the north side.  Turn onto the gravel road\, drive through the reeds\, and the estate will be right before you.\nUseful links:\nWe Will Restore The American Chestnut\nAmerican chestnut tree seeing revival on Long Island in effort to stop extinction\nJoin the necessary fight against spotted lanternflies\nThe Spotted Lanternfly Can Be Defeated With Your Help \nIf you run into any snags or have any questions\, call (516) 778-9719 \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/volunteer-for-our-native-plants/ LOCATION:Meadow Croft\, 299 Middle Road\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:American Chestnut,Discussion,Invasive Removal ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Virtual-Tour-Theodore-Roosevelt-2-e1729775990712.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241012T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241012T140000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20241006T222455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T222455Z UID:4431-1728730800-1728741600@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Plantstock IV -- Learn About Native Gardening DESCRIPTION:  \nLearn Native Gardening at Plantstock! \n \n\n\nNative Gardening: A Community Effort\nPlantstock is a gathering at Hamlet Organic Garden in Brookhaven Hamlet centered around native gardening. It’s aim is to bring together native plant lovers and environmental advocates from all over Long Island so that we together can continue to build a movement centered around habitat restoration and local stewardship in every community. \nLearn Native Gardening at HOG Farm\nThis would be Plantstock IV. “HOG Farm\,” as it’s called\, is a 20 acre farm in Brookhaven Hamlet (319 Beaver Dam Road) that is in it’s 27th year of operation. It is a “CSA\,” which stands for “Community Supported Agriculture.” The produce grown at The HOG Farm provides CSA members with their fruits and vegetables\, and so indirectly contributes to the health of the community. Here is a USDA directory of CSAs across the country so that you can find the CSAs near you. \nHamlet Organic Garden: A Community Hub\nHOG Farm not only provides the community with healthy produce\, but also is the site of countless gatherings that support our local music scene (Check out Farm Jam\, below)\, as well as rolling events to support local artists and restaurants. It radiates a spirit of community. It was for this reason that we chose HOG Farm for Plantstock. It was a place we could “grow with.” \n\nCommunity Native Gardening: Replanting Together\nFrom it’s outset\, the intent of Plantstock has been to help the native planting communities on Long Island to coalesce into a movement around native gardening. We know we are going against the grain when we plant native in our yards\, and indeed we are concerned as to what the neighbors will say. But meeting people who are also going native\, or shall we say “rewilding\,” we feel we are no longer laboring alone\, but that we have found our community\, our tribe. \nSourcing Our Native Plants\nAs more and more adopt native gardening\, the issue of how we can all source them seems to grow. We don’t want to be sourcing our plants from the big box stores. Even when they have native plants\, they are unlikely to have the local ecotypes. The garden stores\, similarly\, generally sell what most people seem to buy\, that is non-native ones — ornamentals\, trees and bushes from China and Japan. \nThe Consequences of Not Practicing Native Gardening\nAnd so it has been for 150 years — as gardening went global\, people wanted exotics on their estates\, then in their yards. For our nurseries and landscapers\, and for the consumer\, such plants are cheap to import\, and insects won’t bother them. Can we stop doing that at last? \nNot practicing native gardening but instead planting native and planting lawn and introducing such invasive garden escapees as Porcelainberry\, Japanese Knotweed\, Japanese Honeysuckle\, English Ivy\, Lesser Celandine\, etc has triggered an ecological disaster that few are even noticing here on Long Island. It all looks green after all. \nNative Gardening Means Building Habitat\nIt is part of Plantstock’s mission to educate Long Islanders as to how to make the right plant choices for their yard and their community. It is our mission to heal Long Island’s habitats by returning our native plants\, community by community\, yard by yard\, so that the future of Long Island will include it’s wildlife. \nSome here may be familiar with the work of Professor Douglas Tallamy\, author most recently of Nature’s Best Hope (It can be borrowed from a number of local libraries as an ebook or as an audio book). Below is one of his presentations. He is tireless in advocating for Nature and for our local plants\, our insects\, birds\, and for local wildlife generally. The presentation below will change how you think of Nature and the role you and your yard can play in habitat restoration by practicing native gardening: \nNature’s Best Hope Presentation Download\nAdvocating For Natives: Doug Tallamy\nProfessor Tallamy\, an entomologist at The University of Delaware\, argues that we must replant with natives everywhere we can\, especially in our yards\, if we are to create enough habitats for our local wildlife. The imported plants we have in our suburban yards are ecologically nearly useless. Our insects here are not adapted to feed from these foreign plants. \nThe nursery and landscaping industry has yet to understand or address the issues caused when we don’t practice native gardening but instead plant and sell non-native plants. Have you heard of the phrase “Two Thirds For the Birds?” Scientists (yeah\, those guys and gals) have determined we need to have 70% native plants (and in variety) if we are to have enough food sources for local wildlife. Suburban Long Island is clocking in according to some informal surveying at 25%. A lot of that is lawn. \nOur Yards Are Now Practically Lifeless. Native Gardening Changes That\nKentucky Blue Grass is Eurasian. Insects leave it alone. That’s great for the lawn\, but not much else. It is in fact considered an invasive in the High Plains as it drives out our native grasses. A second “Silent Spring” has resulted. On summer nights\, what are you seeing and hearing? Where are the fireflies and the cicadas? Mostly dead in the soil from our fetish with lawn\, and the herbicides\, pesticides and fertilizers that come with it. \nIt takes a world of effort to keep alive and thriving a plant that doesn’t belong here. Native meadows are what we need. Even planting a 10’X 10′ plot will make a difference\, both for Nature and for you. When you reintroduce Nature\, wonder returns. \nPlantstock: Planning Native Gardening At Scale\nPlantstock is where we organize and plan our ‘rewildings\,’ building on a local movement that is also national. What are best practices for native gardening? What plants\, and what plants go where\, and for what ecological purpose? Prof. Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park\, a 501(c)3 non-profit that aims to scale this to a national movement where yard by yard people “go native” or “re-wild” if you will\, mapping their plantings while sharing their native planting knowledge. \nThe site’s tagline is “Plant Native — Regenerate Biodiversity.” The native species we have growing\, the more complex the local food web becomes. What we have now is a dangerous game of Jenga\, where as we lose species locally\, the local ecosystem moves inevitably to a collapse. What we need\, and what Plantstock offers\, is a common effort towards a restoration of our degraded local biome\, with as broad a palette of natives as we can find and grow. \nPlantstock: Meeting Local Needs\nConcretely it’s about creating a source of native plants for groups such as Bellport’s Thousand Yards Campaign\, and now Brookhaven Hamlet’s Thousand More Yards Campaign. We assemble at Plantstock so we can begin to address such questions as “What are the staple native plants for our yards?” More particularly\, what do we intend to plant for the coming spring? “What makes sense to grow?” “What are best practices for growing them?” “How can we make it easier for people on Long Island to plant native? \nNative Gardening: What Will The Neighbors Say!\nA recent New York Times article was about how a suburban couple in the Bay Area went about replacing their lawn with a meadow: Can You Get Rid of Your Lawn Without Offending Your Neighbors. It’s a catchy title\, but the article is really about the various methods the couple employed to create their native meadow and what they learned along the way. Anyone contemplating this conversion would do well to read the article. \nWe should be working to learn from all these disparate efforts\, locally\, nationally\, and globally. Species collapse is a global phenomenon driven by habitat destruction\, that is the loss of the native biome. The undoing of this starts yard by yard. \n\nGo Native\, and Plant Our Environmental Future\nThe Post-Morrow Foundation: A Champion For Plantstock and for Native Gardening\nHere is where I offer the Big Reveal: The Post-Morrow Foundation\, a Land Trust that has supported HOG Farm’s efforts while also acquiring and stewarding properties around Brookhaven Hamlet\, is offering up some acreage along Edgar Avenue a short distance from the farm. \n29-edgar-avenue-brookhaven-nyDownload\nThe Meadow: Let’s Learn Native Gardening Together\nPost-Morrow has some five properties along this road that would be converted to meadow. Here\, working with other native plant growers\, we intend to plant these grounds with the plants we will need not only for our yards\, plants that together will constitute a meadow. In this\, we will be relying on our collective expertise. Owen Williams\, who founded Native Meadows in Brookhaven Hamlet\, and who grew up there\, is very eager to create this community resource. \nAn American Chestnut Orchard: Native Gardening Can Rescue A Species\nAside from planting the meadow (with all your help!)\, The Long Island Conservancy will be planting an American Chestnut Orchard as part of our continuing mission to return this tree to our forests and to our cuisine. In 1904\, it is estimated that 1 of 4 trees\, or 3-4 billion trees on the Eastern Seaboard with American Chestnuts. It was the major forest feeder for the wildlife\, standing often 100 feet tall\, and 10 feet around. \nA sick Chinese Chestnut was imported from China\, and within two decades\, the airborne fungus had all but wiped them out. This is sadly only one incident where the nursery and landscaping business brought disease to us. As Prof. Tallamy has pointed out\, it is almost impossible to screen all this imported plant material for pathogens\, and that is wreaking havoc on our environment. \nSo the Edgar Avenue meadow will be part of a historic effort to restore this magnificent forest giant. The meadow will be also a place where we can grow not just the most common native plants\, but some of the more uncommon ones. There are some marvelous plant experts in our community. Imagine what could be grown! \nRelearning Native Gardening With The Shinnecock\nWe’ve been in dialog with The Shinnecock Nation about the plants that grow on their land. There are some rare ones\, certainly. We need to cultivate the rarer ones\, or we lose the creatures that feed from them. The food web needs restoration. Their goal is to plant the vegetables\, fruits\, trees\, and grains that constituted their traditional diet. They are led by trained ethnobotanists. Here is the land they plan to plant: \n\nThe Shinnecock Nation Native Garden and Restaurant\nThis is part of a ten acre plot that was cleared to build a gas station / plaza in Hampton Bays along The Sunrise Highway. Here would be the site of The Shinnecock Nation Native Garden and Restaurant. The tribe is committed to restoring native habitat here\, and with the involvement of the tribe’s youth. Nothing creates a bond to Nature like getting some dirt under one’s fingernails. \nBut how does one grow Paw-Paw or Persimmon\, or the many other native foods? We need to figure that out. We are all seeking to recover lost knowledge. The meadow then would be a testing ground for growing our native foods so that HOG Farm could start to carry this produce and grow some as well. \nNative Gardening: The Show Must Go On. Nature is Counting On Us.\nThere is a scant six days until Plantstock. I was ready to cancel due to a health issue. Julia Villacara\, HOG’s Event Manager and overall dynamo (she’s extraordinary\, trust me here) wasn’t having it. The fact of the matter is that now above all we need to stand for the environment\, and the community needs native plants! \nGood afternoon\, \nI am Julia Villacara\, the events coordinator for HOG Farm. I and the farm would like to welcome you all back to Plantstock\, our native plant sale and environmental fair. \nMarshall Brown has taken the lead on organizing our past two Plantstocks over the last year. He is unable to do so this October. He’ll be back for the Spring edition. The HOG and I would like to move forward with an offering for October 12. It won’t be as grand or certainly as fun without Marshall but we will hold him in spirit and in our thoughts. Marshall is organizing the most important aspect of all environmental work; the doing. He is organizing a community native planting with the Post-Morrow Foundation in Brookhaven Hamlet. I look forward to the beauty and benefits of the project. Thank you\, Marshall and Post-Morrow. \nPlantstock has been scheduled for October 12 11am-2pm. It’s important to keep the environment at the forefront of people’s minds as we move towards Election day. Plantstock is an opportunity to engage our kids and communities in sign painting with environmental messaging as well as take this opportunity to educate folks about the Clean Water Proposition on the ballot. Sheila\, we invite the Clean Water Council to host a table with information\, if possible. It’s also a great weekend to get people to buy native with a three day weekend. \nI hope to see many of our plant sellers there along with our community organizations. \nPlease let me know if you are able to participate. \n\n\nWith gratitude\, Julia Villacara\, H.O.G Events Coordinator gather@thehogfarm.org https://thehogfarm.org/events Good food. Good People. Good music. It’s all growing at the H.O.G Farm! \n\n\nLet’s Keep Planting\n\n\nNeedless to say it is tough to be sidelined for this\, but I am buoyed by everyone’s energy and support. This isn’t a “one-off\,” but a persistent effort\, a generational effort to create a commons that would benefit all. We will constantly adding (and subtracting) from the meadow\, planting and sowing\, learning how communities can become nutritionally self-sufficient while healing local nature. \nPlease reach out to Julia. Terribly short notice\, but one could say we don’t have a lot of time left. Let’s plant our way out of this and leave a revitalized Long Island for our children and theirs. \n\n\n\n\nPublishedOctober 6\, 2024EditLearn Native Gardening at Plantstock!\nCategorized asEvents\, Local Stewardship\, Planting Natives\, Yards\n\n\n\n\nLeave a comment\n\nLogged in as marshall. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * \nComment * \nNotify me of follow-up comments by email. \nNotify me of new posts by email. \n \n\n\n\n\nPost navigation\n\n\n\n\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/plantstock-native-gardening/ LOCATION:Hamlet Organic Garden\, 319 Beaver Dam Road\, Brookhaven\, NY\, 11719\, United States CATEGORIES:Fall Planting Day,Gathering,Plantstock ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PLANTSTOCK.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240511T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240511T120000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20240221T230718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T000210Z UID:3842-1715421600-1715428800@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Phragmites Removal at McGill Pond DESCRIPTION:Phragmites Removal \n[VIEW POST IN LANDSCAPE IF IMAGES GET SCRUNCHED ON MOBILE] \nThe Blue Point Civic Association\, with the support of The Long Island Conservancy and Councilman Neil Foley\, will be removing one of our least favorite of our “Dirty Dozen” invasive plants from McGill Pond in Blue Point\, Phragmites. \n \nPhragmites — It’s EVERYWHERE!\nAND because it is everywhere\, people believe it has always been here.  For most everyone\, it is a part of the scenery.  They will say that since it has been here so long\, it has adapted\, or that since it’s thriving\, it belongs here.   For the most part\, invasive or non-native plants have no local insect enemies to speak of.   It takes eons for an insect to evolve to where it can feed productively off a given plant.  It must develop evolutionarily the means to get past the plant’s defenses and then to digest the material so that it would be nutritious to the insect. \nPhragmites then creates ecological dead zones by drives out our native species and destroys habitat.  Everything starts with plants that support local insect populations.  There is little to eat in the reeds.  Our amphibian\, reptile\, fish\, and bird populations crash along with the insect population.  This is why Phragmites removal is so important:  It will take over a marsh\, and will spread as far as the wind and tides can carry\, so we must remove it\, no matter how daunting the task seems at first.  We have written on this before in Defeating Phragmites. \nVolunteer For Phragmites Removal \nHelp remove this scourge from McGill Pond in Blue Point.  It’s on Blue Point Avenue east side just north of #55 where Rogers Street meets Blue Point Avenue.   Here is a link to the property lot map. Here is a PDF of the area  \nWe want to be able to see McGill again from the shore\, and we want wildlife back to this place!  Phragmites removal is the first step.  Then come the native trees The Long Island Conservancy is donating to be planted where the Phragmites was!    That’s for another day though. \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/phragmites-removal-at-mcgill-pond/ LOCATION:McGill Pond\, Intersection of Rogers Street and Blue Point Avenue\, Blue Point\, NY\, 11715\, United States CATEGORIES:Gathering,Invasive Removal ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/0221Artboard-17@4x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240427T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240427T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20240404T183503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T005411Z UID:4020-1714212000-1714222800@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Help Plant An American Chestnut Orchard For Arbor Day (Well\, Technically The Next Day -- Saturday 4-27 10-1) DESCRIPTION:Arbor Day:  Plant Native Trees and A Lot of Them!\nPost 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. \n \nFor The Long Island Conservancy\, Arbor Day is not just a day or week\, but is year round. The Long Island Conservancy is engaged in an ongoing effort to plant native at Meadow Croft\, and to remove invasive ones.  We are also spearheading the effort to return this majestic tree to our forests.    A hundred years ago\, there were an estimated 3-4 billion of these forest giants up and down the Eastern Seaboard. \nAmerican Chestnuts For Arbor Day\nA Chinese Chestnut Tree\, imported by the New York Zoological Society\, now The Bronx Zoo\, carried with it a fungal blight that our chestnuts had no immunity against.  Thus within a couple of decades\, we lost what were our keystone ‘forest feeders\,’ with the oaks now performing that task in our forests.   The vanishing of the American Chestnut\, though\, changed our forest ecology\, and in ways we are still discovering. \n  \n  \nAmerican Chestnut\nArbor Day:  Hope From Above\nThe Long Island Conservancy\, with the assistance of Nico Nantsis\, an intrepid soul you can see in this film\, gather the remnant chestnuts.  They are then hand-pollinated. There are too few American Chestnuts left for windblown pollen. \n \nFrom there\, the chestnuts are hand pollinated\, then grown into saplings\, that are then planted in clusters of eight (orchards) around various strategic locations throughout Long Island.  Do you have a candidate place for an orchard?  Let us know below!  You can also read about our restoration efforts here. \nArbor Day: Bring Back Our Ancient Trees\nHere at Meadow Croft\, we plan to revive this important foundational species by planting an orchard.  After we hand pollinate their chestnuts in turn\, using a pollen that will confer blight resistance\, to the half that will be female\,  it will be their offspring will be chestnut blight resistant\, and will be a local ecotype or strain of the American Chestnut.  Long Island had an estimated 100000 American Chestnuts.  It’s a local goal to shoot for.   Let’s get back to roasting those chestnuts by an open fire\, or imagine that they are in our Thanksgiving stuffing. \nMeadow Croft\, Where We Are Planting\nAmerican Chestnuts For Arbor Day:  Volunteer!\nWe invite volunteers for “American Chestnuts For Arbor Day.”  Come to learn and to take part in the generational effort to return this forest giant to Long Island and beyond!    \nThe True Meaning of Arbor Day\nWhere ever you find yourself on Arbor Day\, plant native\, and plant in numbers.   Let us remember on Arbor Day what in fact an arbor is: It is a stand of TREES\, an canopy retreat beneath.  For Arbor Day\, then\, plant an actual arbor.  Nothing exotic.  Something that belongs there\, a slice of native forest\, a bit of canopy and understory\, a stand. \n  \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/american-chestnut-for-arbor-day/ LOCATION:Meadow Croft\, 299 Middle Road\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:American Chestnut,Discussion,Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3957-scaled-e1697464326287.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240420T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240420T140000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20240318T193500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T180837Z UID:3835-1713610800-1713621600@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Spring Planting Time at Plantstock II! DESCRIPTION:Ready For Spring Planting?  Are You Ready For ….\nPlantstock II!\nPlantstock II 11 AM -2 PM April 20th at  H.O.G.\, is a gathering of native plant growers and non-profits dedicated to restoring native habitat in their respective communities.   There will be native plants for sale as well as art and apparel inspired by local nature.  Hear from and meet \nFor 25 years\, H.O.G. has served as a local farm/coop\, and a community gathering place.   We are delighted that with them we are bringing together the plant people together with the vegetable people. \nBuy Native Plants\nAt Plantstock: \n\nLearn about The Dirty Dozen \nHear about The Thousand Yards Campaign in Bellport\nThen there is The Thousand More Yards Campaign in Brookhaven\nHear from local environmental stewards speak on their plantings\nDiscuss how we can work to extend the message of habitat restoration to LI’s 13 towns\nBecome a part of our effort to restore The American Chestnut.\n\nSchedule\n \n11:00 – 11:15 Intro: Why We Are All Here Today\n11:30 – 12:30 Music From Karin Wagner and Eric Semo\n11:15 – 12:30 Mingling and Plant Purchases\n12:30 – 1:00 Keynote: Native versus Invasive: Saving LI\n1:00 – 1:20 The Dirty Dozen: LI’s Worst Invasive Plants\n1:20 – 1:40 Thousands of Yards – Bellport\, Brookhaven\n1:45 – 2:00 Bringing Back The American Chestnut \nThe La Toxica Taqueria truck will be on hand. \nDon’t forget to buy your produce at HOG www.thehogfarm.org \nCheck out our Arbor Day American Chestnut Planting event 10–1 April 27th at Meadow Croft! \n \nThere is so much that needs to be done on Long Island.  We must preserve what habitats we have\, and restore what we can\, and in every community.   Our local wildlife is depending upon us to plant native\, and that can start with your spring planting. \nLet us leave a living legacy here on Long Island for future generations. \nAnd let’s have some fun while we’re at it! URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/spring-planting/ LOCATION:Hamlet Organic Garden\, 319 Beaver Dam Road\, Brookhaven\, NY\, 11719\, United States CATEGORIES:Gathering,Plantstock,The Dirty Dozen ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/planstock420_20240330_1110horizontal-article-email-fb-post-copy-3@2x_website.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240320T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240320T203000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20240219T022539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T180713Z UID:3818-1710961200-1710966600@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Beautification in Bay Shore: Talking Native Plants DESCRIPTION:Bay Shore Beautification \nhas invited The Long Island Conservancy to speak before them at The Bayshore – Brightwaters Library 7 PM Wednesday the 20th to discuss the ways in which they can bring green practices and native greenery to the community.   We will discuss  plants — native\, non-native and invasive.   What belongs in your yard\, and what is trouble?   Do you want to plant a  native meadow\, create a bioswale?   How do you create  habitat for local wildlife? \nHow does Bay Shore Beautification “bring Nature home?” \n\n \n\nLeading the discussion will be Marshall Brown.   A long time advocate for Long Island’s environment\, starting with Save The Great South Bay\, and since 2022 with The Long Island Conservancy.\n\nThe goal of the Long Island Conservancy is to support local stewards\, and so we are delighted to be speaking before this venerable organization.  We very much look forward to assisting in Bay Shore / Brightwater’s beautification. \nThe LIC works with municipalities\, land trusts\, and homeowners to clear invasive plants and plant native\, to help rebuild\, community by community\, Long Island’s native habitats.  Let’s turn sumps into bird sanctuaries.  Let’s clear our woods and yards of English Ivy\, and save a million trees! \n  \nMarshall will be joined by Suzanne Ruggles\, aka The Barefoot Gardener. \n \n\nFor twenty years now\, Suzanne has been preaching the virtues of native plantings.   Her ‘enchanted acre’ in West Hampton\, bordering The Pine Barrens\, is alive with local nature\, and serves as an inspiration to all those that visit. \n\n \nTo learn more about the importance of planting native\, we’ve made a little film (Little Green Shoot) on the topic: \n \n\nYou can also learn about “The Dirty Dozen” Campaign\, which lists out Long Island’s worst invasive plants. ones we are sure can be found in most yards. The Long Island Conservancy seeks to educate the public on invasive species generally\, and there is no better place to start than The NYSDEC’s Emmy Award Winning Film for 2023\, Uninvited.\n \n \n\nWhether or not you can attend the talk on Wednesday\, understand that we are really invested in creating an ongoing public discussion about what is happening in each of our communities\, and what we can do about it.  Long Island has such natural beauty.  It is really up to us to protect\, preserve and restore it where we can for future generations\, and in honor of those who came before us here. \n\n\n\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/bay-shore-beautification/ LOCATION:Bay Shore / Brightwaters Public Library\, 1 South Country Road\, Brightwaters\, 11718\, United States CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bayshore-Beautification.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Sullivan":MAILTO:sullivan219@yahoo.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231009T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231009T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20230822T053430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230822T060029Z UID:3028-1696845600-1696856400@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Fall Planting Day Oct 9th At Meadow Croft DESCRIPTION:Fall Planting Day takes place on the second Monday of October\, Columbus Day for some\, Indigenous Peoples Day for others.  For The Long Island Conservancy\, it is Indigenous Plants Day.   It is at this time of year before the first frost when we plant for the spring.   Not everything can be planted in the fall\, but there will be a lot we will want to get into the ground before winter. \nPlanting A Row of Red Maples aka Swamp Maples at Meadow Croft\nWith Fall Planting Day\, students and whole schools can log service time planting natives that day right in their community under the guidance of Long Island Conservancy volunteers.  You could be harvesting native wildflower seeds\, or constructing a bioswale\, or planting rare American Chestnut saplings.  Tell us what you would like to be doing in your community on Fall Planting Day by contacting us below. \nAt The Long Island Conservancy\, it is our mission to teach communities how to create native habitat\, how to restore local nature. Our local species are depending on us.  Let us know if you’d like to help plant natives at Meadow Croft Monday Oct 9th between 10-1 by letting us know below as well.  Thank you!  Meadow Croft\, a “Roosevelt Estate” is a jewel\, as you will see! \nNative Wildflower Garden at Meadow Croft\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/fall-planting-day-at-meadow-croft/ LOCATION:Meadow Croft\, 299 Middle Road\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:Fall Planting Day ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3927-scaled-e1692669611618.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231008T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231008T170000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20230918T220628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T012904Z UID:3144-1696773600-1696784400@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Plantstock! Buy Native Plants For Your Fall Plantings. Learn About Them Too! DESCRIPTION:Buy Your Organic Local Produce Here! On October 8th 2-5\, Buy Native Plants Here Too at Plantstock!\n \nWE ARE DOING THE RAIN DATE!     SEE YOU ON SUNDAY THE 8TH\, WHERE WE ARE EXPECTING SOME ACTUAL SUN!!! \nFall is a great time to plant\, and to buy native plants! They’ve had a summer to grow and are starting to “wind down” for the winter.  Give your native plants a head start for spring!   Come to Plantstock at Hamlet Organic Garden\, a working all natural farm and a community fixture for over 24 years!   We love H.O.G.  So will you! \nIt’s as magical as it looks!\nBuy native plants from the following organizations: The Long Island Conservancy and  Rewild Long Island.   What native plants would you want to see there?  Make your requests below and we will look to accommodate! \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ \n\nIn addition\, the following organizations will be on hand to talk plants\, native and invasive\, along with best practices for growing and tending: \nOwen Williams of Native Meadows will speak about …. Native meadows!    More and more\, people are choosing a native meadow over a traditional (pollutive\, invasive\, wasteful) lawn.   We will even be interviewing our plants so they can tell us a little bit about themselves!\n \n                                                     What Do I Have To Tell You? \nOwen will find his audience with the following organizations: \nPost-Morrow Foundation \nBrookhaven Village Association \nBellport Environmental Committee \n1\,000 Yards Campaign \nCEED  (The Center for Environmental Education and Discovery) \nKMS NATIVE PLANTS\n \nREWILD LONG ISLAND \nLONG ISLAND NATIVE PLANT INITIATIVE \nNORTHPORT NATIVE GARDEN INITIATIVE \nTyska Natives\n \nWomen In Nature \nThe Long Island Conservancy’s goal is to facilitate a growing movement to go native.  This goes way beyond a matter of simple aesthetics.   For local wildlife\, it is a matter of survival.  Without native plants\, there is no habitat.  We are seeing the results of that. \nWe can reverse that.  So please come to H.O.G. on Oct 8th 2-5.  Buy native plants.   Get to meet them.  Meet the humans too.  Plant people\, that’s us. \nThe Long Island Conservancy will also be discussing the threat posed by invasive plants as part of The Dirty Dozen Campaign\, which showcases the worst invasive plants on Long Island. \nLet’s Get These Out Of Our Yards and Parks!\nThere will be live music\, and of course healthy food at Hamlet Organic Garden!   There always is! URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/plantstock-buy-native-plants/ LOCATION:Hamlet Organic Garden\, 319 Beaver Dam Road\, Brookhaven\, NY\, 11719\, United States CATEGORIES:Discussion,Fall Planting Day,Lecture,Plantraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Plantstock-Orange-Wide-All-Logos.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230907T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230907T120000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20230831T165756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T185323Z UID:3069-1694084400-1694088000@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Kill The Spotted Lanternfly and The Tree of Heaven -- An Online Forum DESCRIPTION:The Spotted Lanternfly is now making it’s way east\, following the highways and the train lines\, clustering on trees\, with the worst yet to come.  The Spotted Lanternfly was only recently introduced here in 2012 as a ‘stowaway’: \nSpotted lanternfly (SLF)\, Lycorma delicatula\, an invasive planthopper native to China\, is thought to have arrived as egg masses on a stone shipment in 2012. That first infestation was found in Berks County\, Pennsylvania\, in 2014 in a wooded area of Ailanthus altissima\, or Tree of Heaven.” \nCornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences \nThe Tree of Heaven by contrast\, was introduced here in the 1700’s as an exotic from China.  Like any non-native plant\, it is invisible to native insects\, and therefore has been a landscaper’s favorite.   They call such plants exotics or ornamentals.   You will hardly ever find an insect bite on them UNLESS that insect is also non-native\, and is adapted to feed off that plant. \nFor The Spotted Lanternfly\, The Tree Heaven is “home cooking.”   They will spread to where there is Tree of Heaven growing.  And the problem is\, it is now growing about everywhere\, along our highways\, trainlines\, and in our public parks and forests and The Spotted Lanternfly is right there with them. \nIn this public discussion of the tree and the fly\, we will discuss how to identify and kill the Tree of Heaven\,  as well as how we may defend our farms and properties from the spotted lanternfly. \nTree of heaven – Latin name – Ailanthus altissima\nREGISTER HERE TO BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSION THURSDAY SEPT 7TH 11-12. \nPlease visit our Library to view our previous videos. URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/spotted-lanternfly/ LOCATION:Little Green Shoots Studio\, 275 Candee Ave\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:Discussion,Little Green Shoots,The Dirty Dozen ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Spotted-Lantern-Fly.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230829T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230829T113000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080800 CREATED:20230826T174635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230826T174635Z UID:3044-1693306800-1693308600@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Little Green Shoots -- Mosquitoes And How to Kill Them Responsibly DESCRIPTION:In our inaugural episode of Little Green Shoots\, a podcast dedicated to Long Island’s environmentalists and their work\, we will be joined by Kim Simmen of Rewild Long Island and KMS Native Plants\, and by YOU\, the audience! \nTo join us and participate live on Tuesday August 29th at 11:00 AM\, please REGISTER HERE. \nMosquito Dunks URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/little-green-shoots-mosquitoes/ LOCATION:Little Green Shoots Studio\, 275 Candee Ave\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:Discussion,Little Green Shoots ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mosquitoes.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Long Island Conservancy":MAILTO:info@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230805T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20230805T180000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080801 CREATED:20230729T003136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T001238Z UID:2713-1691229600-1691258400@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:We Are Selling Native Plants at Summerfest! DESCRIPTION:We are selling native plants on Main Street Sayville at Summerfest Saturday\, August 5th!\nCouldn’t make it to our “Plant Raiser” for Sayville’s parks at South Shore Dive Thursday? \nSayville High School selling their plants \nSugar Maple\nShowy Aster\n  \n\nSee you here! \nSummerfest\n \nSummerfest\nCome Meet Our Plants\nPlants For Sale\n\nWe be selling native plants and talking about them with you from 10AM-6PM\nWe will be offering a variety of native plants and trees\, and will be listing what plants we will be selling in the coming days as we inventory them.   By selling these native plants (while advising on their care and feeding)\, we can help Sayville go native! \nThe money we will raise will go to two of our local endeavors:  At Meadow Croft\, aka The Roosevelt Estate\, which is situated in a fork in Brown’s River\, we are raising money for “ecotypes” or highly local native species\, and seeking volunteers\, ideally local school groups\, who would be good stewards for these plantings.   We have already done some significant plantings:  11 Red Maples\, the Roosevelt Native Garden\, and coming soon\, an American Chestnut Mother Orchard. \nAmerican Chestnuts\nInvasive Plant Removal\nNative Garden at Meadow Croft\n  \n  \n  \n  \nPlanting Natives At The Chamber House\nIn addition to selling native plants\, we will be signing up volunteers and putting together a native planting for The Greater Sayville Chamber of Commerce. \n  \nChamber House (and Santa’s Workshop)\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nContact Us Here!\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ \n\nDONATE TO OUR LOCAL EFFORTS HERE \n[wpedon id=”2522″] URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/summerfest-selling-native-plants/ LOCATION:Summerfest\, Main Street\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:Street Fair ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_3291-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Marshall Brown":MAILTO:marshall@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230518T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230518T203000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080801 CREATED:20230515T024813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T041301Z UID:1994-1684436400-1684441800@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:Going Native -- The Many Benefits Of Creating Habitat In Our Yards DESCRIPTION:“Planting native plants while removing the invasive ones is the key to Long Island’s environmental future.” \nREGISTER HERE FOR THE MAY 18th 7 PM TALK AT SAYVILLE LIBRARY \nMarshall 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 plants can help with increased water absorption which means less flooding. They help filter water as it travels from land to the bay\, creating a cleaner bay\, and they also help to bring back the birds and insects we need to re-balance our natural Long Island habitats. Come find out more and how easy it is to make a difference in your own yard and in your community! \nThanks to Ryan Sweezey for this award winning photograph\n“A haven for all flora and fauna native to Long Island\, Marshall Brown’s property in Sayville is a testament to imaginative\, imperative\, and inspiring ecologically sound lawns.”  — Suffolk County News\, 8-18-2022\, Sean Desmond\nBlue Wild Indigo and Swamp Milkweed\nSeaside Goldenrod\nPurple Cone Flower\nYou can register for the talk here at the library’s site. \nWe will begin by discussing what is now growing in our yards and in our public spaces — non-natives and invasive plants like \nPorcelain Berry\nOriental. Bittersweet\nGarlic Mustard\nJapanese Knotweed in Sayville\nFrom there we will talk of what the environmental implications are for having so few native plants\, and so many invasive ones\, including English Ivy and privet hedge.  How does that effect local wildlife populations?  What happens to our birds\, insects\, reptiles\, fish and amphibians when there is little native vegetation? \nWe will round out our discussion by suggesting what each of us can do in our own yards to make a difference.   Planting native in our yards and in our open spaces will aid local wildlife\, bring natural beauty to your property.   It won’t need all the water\, fertilizer\, and pesticides that non-natives do. \nKentucky Blue Grass is actually of Eurasian origin and is considered an invasive in the Great Plains where it is driving out native grasses.  Think of what it takes in terms of water\, fertilizer\, and various fungicides and herbicides to keep that lawn glowing green.   And since the lawn is invasive\, you are guaranteed all sorts of weeds that you have to battle constantly and at some cost to your wallet and the environment. \nWe recommend in particular reading Nature’s Best Hope\, or becoming familiar with Prof Tallamy’s central thesis\, which is that is essential that we each everywhere seek to rebuild local habitat for our wildlife\, beginning in our yards.   The future for our local critters is in the balance\, as we are effectively crowding them out\, along with invasive plants and animals. \nPlanting natives at the scale we need to is an enormous task.   We need 70% of our yards native to sustain local wildlife\, and particularly in suburbs and in cities we are nowhere near that.   There are a million species set to vanish globally in this Sixth Great Extinction.   Let’s build ours “homes” by restoring native habitat everywhere we can\, in our yards\, public spaces\, green rooftops.   We will need to change how we plant and landscape\, how we treat our soil\, and do so quickly. \nThe Long Island Conservancy will be offering native wildflower seeds for your future pollinator garden! \nGathering Wildflower Seeds\nIf you would like for us to speak at your library or before your civic group\, please use this contact form here: \n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nName(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nEmail(required)\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nWebsite\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nMessage\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Submit \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/going-native-the-many-benefits/ LOCATION:Sayville Library\, 88 Greene Ave\, Sayville\, NY\, 11782\, United States CATEGORIES:Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_3189-1-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Jonthan Pryer":MAILTO:jpryer@sayvillelibrary.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230408T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230408T160000 DTSTAMP:20260417T080801 CREATED:20230331T211134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T000938Z UID:1739-1680951600-1680969600@longislandconservancy.org SUMMARY:For Science Speaker Series: Going Native on Long Island DESCRIPTION:Going Native\n “Going Native on Long Island.“\nDestination Unknown Brewery‘s For Science Speaker Series  continues this Saturday April 8th between 1-4 with “Going Native on Long Island.”   Join us as Marshall Brown\, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Long Island Conservancy\, and Frank Piccininni\, CEO of Spadefoot Design and Construction discuss native and invasive plants\, and how each of us  can create habitat for our local wildlife\, even in our own yards.   The hour long talk will be filmed and will be available as a podcast for those unable to attend. \nThis event is perfect for anyone who is going native\, who cares about the environment and wants to learn how they can restore nature in their communities.  Come for the conversation\, stay for the beer\, and leave with new knowledge and inspiration! URL:https://longislandconservancy.org/event/going-native-on-long-island/ LOCATION:Destination Unknown Brewery\, 1 South Chicago Avenue\, Bayshore\, NY\, 11706\, United States CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://longislandconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bioswale-August-22nd-2022-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Marshall Brown":MAILTO:marshall@longislandconservancy.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR