Category: Planting Natives
In Support of Native Planters On Long Island
As more and more become native planters, we see people being cited for local code violations. The lawn is not going without a fight!
Local Stewardship: Going Native in Herricks
Local Stewardship blooms in Herricks! In Herricks Long Island, a community group has emerged that is advocating planting native in yards and in public spaces.
Favorite Native Plants From LINPI At Plantstock
The Long Island Native Plant Initiative will be selling their plants at Plantstock.
Buy Tyska Native Plants At Plantstock!
Buy your native plants from Dan Tyska, especially the obscure ones!
Spring is here! 4 Must Attend Events For Your Spring Saturdays
Plantstock V – April 19th, 2025 Spring is here yet again! And so is Plantstock V! From 10-2 on Saturday, April 19th, at Hamlet Organic Garden in Brookhaven Hamlet, we will gather once more to promote native plants! We will be offering for sale a variety of milkweeds to support our monarch populations, and to…
Invasive Species and Our Natives: Essential Knowledge
It is imperative that we learn the difference between invasive species and native ones if we are to restore habitat on Long Island
Learn Native Gardening at Plantstock!
Plantstock 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.
Can We Stop Importing Invasive Plants and Insects?
Importing Invasive Plants and Species With Our Nursery Stock Can we please stop importing invasive plants and insects in our nursery stock? As we make our way through Invasive Species Awareness Week here in New York, we need to reckon with the fact that it’s been human beings who have been introducing them all along…
Leave The Leaves — Especially The Native Ones!
It’s that time of year when we are told to “leave the leaves.” It seems too that more people are becoming aware of the importance of building local habitat for our insects, birds, amphibians and reptiles, and the role fallen leaves play in this. We shot a couple of PSAs to bring home that message:…
Newsday Op Ed: We Can, And Must Restore Nature On Long Island
Newsday asked Frank and I to write an Op Ed, which came out Oct 10th, 2023: We Can, and Must Restore Nature On Long Island Apologies to all those firewalled from it. I will just editorialize on the editorial then. For me, it’s a matter of this: Now that you know these things, how will…
