Tag: Meadow Croft
Fighting Invasive Plants At Meadow Croft
The invasive plant problem at Meadow Croft is a generational challenge. AKA “The Roosevelt Estate,” it stands on a fork in Brown’s River, which separates Sayville from Bayport on Long Island’s South Shore. The estate was deeded to Suffolk County, and is now a park, with the house itself in the care of The Bayport…
Arbor Day After NOW Sunday, April 27th 10-1 at Meadow Croft DUE TO RAIN SATURDAY
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….] Trees work 24X7X365 to filter and oxygenate our air, and filter our groundwater with their roots. …
Volunteer Day At Meadow Croft: Caring For Our Native Plants
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.
Help Plant An American Chestnut Orchard For Arbor Day (Well, Technically The Next Day — Saturday 4-27 10-1)
Arbor Day: Plant Native Trees and A Lot of Them! Post Arbor Day, on Saturday, April 27th, 10-1, come help The Long Island Conservation Alliance 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…
Planting A Native Wildflower Garden At “The Roosevelt Estate”
On Monday, October 9th, on Indigenous Planting Day (formerly Columbus Day), The Long Island Conservation Alliance planted a native wildflower garden at The Meadow Croft Estate in Sayville – Bayport. On Indigenous Planting Day, students and parents will have a day out together in nature, to plant in the fall for the following spring. It…
Fall Planting Day Oct 9th At Meadow Croft
At The Long Island Conservation Alliance, Fall Planting Day takes place on Columbus Day (or Indigenous Peoples Day), on the second Monday of October. It is at this time of year when we plant for the spring, planting all that needs to be planted. Because there is no school on that day, it is a…
