Oceanside Kickoff for the LIC’s Seed Library Launch
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…
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…
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…
Join Frank Piccininni, Co-Founder of the Long Island Conservancy and biologist, environmental attorney, and lifelong advocate for ecological restoration, as he leads a field discussion on the identification of weeds…
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.

Join Brittany Champey, Advisory Member of the Long Island Conservancy and an expert in conservation biology and landscape restoration, as she leads a field discussion on meadow management at the…

Once again, Plantstock comes to Hamlet Organic Garden. This biannual event, with Plantstock VI, is now in it's fourth year. The purpose of Plantstock is to build Long Island's community of native plant growers and gardeners. Come meet your fellow native plant enthusiasts. Find the plants you are looking for from such organizations as Long Island Natives, LINPI (The Long Island Native Plant Initiative), Tyska Native Plants, and a number of others to be announced. Learn from Long Island's native plant experts and enjoy the magic of Hamlet Organic Gardens, a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) in Brookhaven Hamlet.
Please visit us at the Sayville Library Sustainability Fair on Saturday May 9, 2026 from 11am-2pm.
When you plant native plants, you support local wildlife. We need a lot of native plants in our yards and our public spaces if we are to continue to experience the presence of local wildlife, in particular birds, butterflies, and bees. So find out what's native and what's non-native, and by all means, what's invasive.

Without native plants, local wildlife disappears. Our bees, butterflies, and birds have all evolved over eons to feed off of particular local plants. Our mission then is to restore native plants to our yards and our communities in order that we will have that wildlife among us for future generations.
Saturday Saturday 19, 2026 at 10am, Marshall Brown, Founder of the Long Island Conversancy, visits to discuss the The Importance of Native Planting on Long Island at the Babylon Public…