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pm – 3:00 pm $35 materials fee Do you want to add a splash of color to your garden? Do you need ideas on how to combine unusual flowers and interesting foliage to create an eye-catching patio planter? Then come to the Trust's Stewardship Center and meet Heather Jarski of Landcraft Environments for a fun and creative hands-on workshop! Heather will bring a variety of plant material and fertile potting soil to ensure summer-long beauty to your creation. All you need is your own 18" patio pot, and your enthusiasm! Materials fee of $35/container, program limited to first 25 registrants, so call today! Program co-sponsored by Peconic Land Trust and the Long Island Farm Bureau. In the event of rain, we will move inside the barn.

Sat 6/27 13th Annual Farm Breakfast – Quail Hill Farm, Deep Lane, Amagansett, NY 8:00 am – 9:30 am $10 adult / $5 child Don't miss this annual rite of summer at the farm! The tradition continues with a wonderful breakfast featuring early harvest items made into delicious herbed scrambled eggs, pancakes, strawberry-rhubarb preserve, and other delectable treats. Bring your blanket, and plan to meet your friends and neighbors for a relaxing and enjoyable morning in the orchard! Reservations suggested, call today! Rain date is July 11.

Tues 6/30 The Intersection of Art, Land Conservation and History in Our Community – Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton 4:30 pm Land conservation serves many purposes, but foremost is the preservation of place, the historic quality of a community that would be lost if development were to move forward without proper planning. This capturing of the history of a place can also be found in the work of the "Plein Air Peconic" artists as they visit sites conserved with the help of the Trust, and create works of art "en plein air." Please join us as we explore this interesting topic at a roundtable discussion, to be moderated by the Clinton Academy's Richard Baron, with participation by artists Casey Chalem Anderson, Kathryn Szoka and Eileen Dawn Skretch, and the Trust's John v.H. Halsey. Reception to follow.

SOUTH FORK NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 377 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton 5379735 Reservations are required for all events. Call (631) 537-9735 for reservations and information about meeting places. There is no charge for SoFo members. Non-members are charged $7 per adult, $5 per child (3-12 years of age). Fees include admission to the museum on the day of the program.

Sat 6/6 Salamander Seining and Some Frogs, Too! Walk Leader: Andy Sabin. Many salamanders breed in the water, and here's your chance to see the larval aquatic stage of the endangered Eastern Tiger Salamander before it comes on land to live. You'll also see some of our local frog tadpoles, as Andy Sabin, "Mr. Salamander" and SoFo Board president, using a seining net - a large two-person fishing net with weights at the lower edge and floats at the top - wades into a freshwater pond and brings to the surface the pond-life stages of these young animals, members of the Class Amphibia. Reservations are required for all events. Call 631-537-9735 for reservations and information about meeting places. There is no charge for SoFo members. Non-members are charged $7 per adult, $5 per child ages three to 12, two and under free. Fees include admission to the museum on the day of the program.

Sat 6/13 Moths by the Light of the Moon Program Leader: Hugh McGuinness. This is an unusual opportunity to study night-flying moths found near a salt marsh. Join Hugh McGuinness, a science teacher at the Ross School in East Hampton and consulting entomologist for The Nature Conservancy, as he sets up lights and "sugar" trees to attract and study some of our most interesting Lepidoptera. Children over the age of 12 may attend. Reservations are required for all events. Call 631-537-9735 for reservations and information about meeting places. There is no charge for SoFo members. Nonmembers are charged $7 per adult, $5 per child ages three to 12, two and under free. Fees include admission to the museum on the day of the program.

Sat 6/27 Breeding Warblers Walk Leader: Joe Giunta. Thirteen species of warblers have been recorded as breeders on Long Island; nine are confirmed breeders in one area in Montauk. Joe, experienced birder and delightful teacher, will lead you on a search to find these active small songbirds and with luck you will hear them singing and possibly see them carrying food to their nest. Children over the age of 12 may attend. Reservations are required for all events. Call 631-537-9735 for reservations and information about meeting places. There is no charge for SoFo members. Non-members are charged $7 per adult, $5 per child for ages three to 12, two and under free. Fees include admission to the museum on the day of the program.

EAST HAMPTON TRAILS PRESERVATION SOCIETY Amagansett 329-4227 Contact hike leaders directly for information regarding the scheduled hikes.

Fri 6/5 Attention Nature Lovers: Horseshoe Crab Exploration 7:30 pm During the full and new moons in late spring, horseshoe crabs come ashore to mate. Their activity provides hungry shore birds with abundant food. The horseshoe crabs’ "blue blood" has saved many lives and is a much sort after research subject in medicine. Tentative meeting spot: Sammy's Beach Parking Lot. However; this is subject to change depending on locating mating horseshoe crabs preparing to come ashore. .Please