ARDEN BOO G K 2016
Rare Orchid Emergency Squad
Yard + Garden = Yarden
Intimate Secrets of a Wide-Open Landscape
Fensterer: The Secret Gardener
Bloomsday: Garden Tours
A Calendar for Gardeners and Nature Lovers plus
The House That Jack Built
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The Rare Orchid Emergency Squad Making sure plantanthera ciliaris blooms again BY IRENE SILVERMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY DURELL GODFREY Somewhere in East Hampton Town, in a patch of woods just off a residential road, the last blooming yellow-fringed orchid in New York State emerged last summer from a tangle of dead leaves and fallen branches. Growing near this survivor of a oncethriving colony, where 120 orchids flourished as recently as 25 years ago, were 20 “sterile” leaves, not producing flowers yet but building and storing energy, so that this year or next, with a lot of loving care and a little luck, they too may bloom. In 1991, the sterile leaves were innumerable. The care providers, members of the Garden Club of East Hampton working with a cadre of botanists, naturalists, and conservationists, were out in force one day in late March, armed with hand rakes, trowels, and clippers, clearing brush from the site to let the spring sun in. There was a distinct whiff of DEET in the air, just in case ticks were waking early — and they were; someone pulled a nymph off her pants after just half an hour on the job. Miniature flags marked the location of the plants, and a close-up look revealed Lilliputian cages, protection against deer and hikers, surrounding each little leaf, almost impossible to see if you didn’t know they were there. Gingerly, pausing before every step, the group moved among the cages. Eric and Mary Laura Lamont, president and education chairwoman respectively of the Long Island Botanical Society, arrived a little late after a long trip from their home in Northville and got right down to business. “You don’t want to disturb the soil,” Dr. Lamont cautioned two workers from iGreen Landscape Design, who were there with their supervisor, Curtis Eaves, to do necessary overhead tree work and cart away bundles of brush. “Remove all the branches, but be careful not to disturb the soil,” he repeated — not all that easy for big boots clomping around in a small space. The conservation site here, established last summer along with one in Quogue where other rare orchids were found, is part of an ambitious East Hampton Garden Club project to monitor and conserve what remains of the native orchids of the South Fork. All kinds of permissions were needed before the work could begin — the organizers, Julie Sakellariadis and Leslie Clarke of the Garden Club, probably learned more than they will ever again need to know about navigating through red tape. Cases in point: The town owns the right-of-way to the road; an adjacent eightfoot strip belongs to a homeowners’ association, the Nature Conservancy is the strip’s
neighbor, and don’t even mention the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, which had to grant permits before remediation could start. Finally came an appeal (granted) to the East Hampton Town Highway Department to coordinate its schedule with the project, lest the nascent colony be mowed before setting seed.
“A former highway superintendent mowed down 200 plants,” Ms. Sakellariadis said, frowning. “He was worried about ticks, not wildflowers.” At the time, she said, residents of the area didn’t realize what was trying to grow almost by their doorsteps; now they do. “We may have been too secretive. It might have been helpful if the neighbors had
Employees of iGreen Environmental Landscape Design handled the heavy work. “Remove the branches, but be careful not to disturb the soil,” a botanist warned them.
Small cages guard emerging plants from unwary hikers and hungry deer.
known and said something to the Highway Department, but now I think the word has spread. Steve Lynch is really good about roadside wildflowers.” Mr. Lynch, the current highway superintendent, “is totally on board with this,” she said. The naturalist Mike Bottini, overhearing, stopped in the middle of clearing a patch of brush to recall that the former highway boss “was mowing right in the middle of summer when they were flowering.” And as if that were not enough, he added with exasperation, “in the last 15 years — deer!” By now, about a dozen more people had arrived, Paul d’Andrea of the Nature Conservancy among them. “All this area, we’re going to clear out,” he announced, wading into the layer of brown autumn leaves. “It’s now a coordinated effort.” The pile of dead leaves was maybe a foot deep, which posed a bit of a problem. “If the leaf layer gets too thick, it’s not good for the plants,” Ms. Sakellariadis told an onlooker. At the same time, Mr. d’Andrea was telling everybody to “leave the leaf litter to insulate the ground. We may get some frost.” “Do each one individually! Don’t pull the roots up!” Dr. Lamont urged. Native orchids can almost never be moved successfully from where they grow, even with large chunks of the surrounding soil clinging to them, even by duplicating their habitats as nearly as possible in terms of light conditions and water availability, Ms. Sakellariadis explained. “Orchids have a very complicated relationship with the fungi in the soil so when they’re moved, there’s no way they’ll survive, even with a huge chunk of soil around them. Something about sunlight,” she said. “People don’t understand that these do not transplant,” Ms. Clarke said sadly. “Someone came last year and dug up a ladyslipper on Lazy Point. It’s heartbreaking. Part of this project is to educate people.” “People should not ever dig up the ladyslipper,” Ms. Sakellariadis agreed. “They sell them in nursery catalogues, and it almost never works. I got curious and tried growing an orchid from a nursery catalog, and it died within two weeks.” With the iGreen crew doing the heavy work overhead, it took about three hours for the team to remove all or most of the woody vegetation shading the four patches of ground where the little leaves and the last Platanthera ciliari had been found. Sure enough, the sun was now hitting the forest floor. k
Leslie Clarke, standing, and Julie Sakellariadis, kneeling, members of the Garden Club of East Hampton, are working to save what is left of our rare local orchids.
Botanists, conservationists, and naturalists helped clear branches and leaves.
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Intimate Spaces in a Wide-Open Landscape A peaceful atmosphere where less is more BY ABBY JANE BRODY What could be more romantic than sitting on a patio on a summer’s evening basking in the perfume of flowers, listening to the distant sound of the ocean, and looking out toward Wainscott Pond on the horizon as white flowers fade into the dusk? This is the picture, and the feeling, of Toni Ross's garden. The old farmhouse she and her husband, the late Jeff Salaway, bought in Wainscott for themselves and their young family in the 1990s gave way early in the new millennium to a vernacular farmhouse designed with the architect Lee Skolnick and, more recently, to an expanded studio for Ms. Ross, a prolific artist whose work includes drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture. The garden, too, evolved, balancing sentimental family memories with
functionality and aesthetics. Groves of white birches grow by the entrance to the house because Mr. Salaway (the Nick of Nick & Toni's), who died in an accident 15 years ago, admired them. A home was made for a pair of weeping eastern white pines, inherited from a favorite aunt and uncle. A large weeping katsura tree was moved, not an easy feat, when the studio was expanded because their daughter remembers playing under it as a child. A swing suspended from a huge sycamore maple, original to the property, tempts those of all ages, as does a trampoline, which is also popular with adults as well as children, Ms. Ross said. Over the years, Ms. Ross, who is not a gardener herself, formed a fruitful collaboration with Tony Piazza of Southampton's Piazza Horticultural Group. The result is a
personal garden that rings with authenticity. Anyone familiar with Ms. Ross's art, shown at the Drawing Room in East Hampton as well as in New York City, will immediately recognize a consistent sensibility running through the house, studio, and garden. There is a Japanese aesthetic hint, and with it, a taste for warm materials and texture. Between the studio and the house, the property is broken into what Ms. Ross thinks of as a series of rooms -- for swimming, recreation, socializing, conversation, and relaxing. They are sharply defined, not with conventional hedges but low barriers. Ms. Ross and Mr. Piazza agreed the spaces should be defined, not cut off. A long, dry-stacked stone wall, handsome and low, runs from the studio toward the north façade of the
house and then turns northward, enclosing the pool area. Narrow horizontal stones are interspersed with larger uprights, a Central American device, Mr. Piazza explained. When the pool went in, natural wooden pickets were added to bring the wall to the height required by code. A low hedge of Japanese holly divides the studio from the pool. Separating the slightly sunken grass area at the northern face of the house from a large patio to its west is a curved garden bed with bushes of dwarf clethra, the native summersweet, and Rosa rugosa Blanc Double de Coubert, both of which have highly fragrant white flowers and intermingle. The jewel in the crown, at least for me, is the grassy area to the north of the house. That side of the house is
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Calming white flowers fill beds by the house, where a glass wall reflects the landscape.
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nearly all glass, with a narrow porch and two shallow bluestone steps between the porch and the grass. Moss-covered boulders densely planted with a rich mosaic of alchemilla, nepeta, Japanese painted fern, and sedum are tucked into niches on either side of the steps. The stone wall, on the right, zigzags toward the north. Two very large upright boulders are in the low wall by the porch. They look like sculptural elements, but in fact are shim, put there to fill in the wall to meet pool safety requirements. One is covered with a luxuriant purple clematis, while the wall sports two fragrant Hall’s honeysuckle vines, favored by Ms. Ross’s daughter. Further to the north on the wall are climbing hydrangeas. Enclosing the space at the far end is a stone bench, mimicking the wall. It is also well-detailed and heavily planted. A hawthorn and crab apple, both on the property when the land was purchased, were transplanted to cast shade on the bench. A grass opening to the west leads to an unplanted area, looking over the field toward Wainscott Pond in the distance. Closing the space as you return to the house is the curved bed of rugosa roses and summersweet. Most of the flowering plants near the house are white. “Color doesn’t work well in this kind of landscape,” Mr. Piazza said. White also has a calming effect, and they wanted to create a peaceful atmosphere. Under a young shade tree by the patio is a mass of one of my favorite "grass" plants, snowy
wood rush, Luzula nivea. It has soft white flowers that persist for a long period and graceful hairy soft green blades that glitter when hit by the sun. Widely used in England and Europe in shady spots, Luzula nivea deserves to be more widely used here, as well. Color is largely reserved for containers. Ms. Ross’s favorite colors for containers are purple, blue, a maroon-like red, and orange. One year the large pots on the porch were filled with the vivid orange/red of Begonia boliviensis, while last summer they were nearly black with ornamental millet for height and the rex begonia vine as a skirt. The parts of the garden that most engage Ms. Ross are a large vegetable garden — the only part fenced to keep deer out — and the beehives. She began growing vegetables in containers and, she said, they “kept growing. The kids like it.” But I suspect that even without the kids, Ms. Ross would covet the vegetable garden. This will be her fourth season caring for bees, and last year 230 pounds of honey was harvested. One year Marilee Foster, a neighbor, grew millet in a field nearby, which made the honey particularly memorable. Every property has its own challenges and this one is no different. The water table is very high and drainage was a problem. Mr. Piazza explained that a layer of sand was placed above the water table and below the topsoil. The drainage moves horizontally through the sand, seeping into the water table, a technique he calls horizontal wicking. “This is what sets up the success of everything you see,” he said.
A stone bench and well-detailed boulder plantings, shown in a side view above, echo the adjacent wall.
In a refrain often heard from gardeners with maturing gardens, “We tend not to put in many plants any more,” Ms. Ross said. “During the last five years we mostly have taken things out. Less is more.”
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I go on every garden tour on the South Fork, whether put on by Guild Hall, the Parrish Art Museum, the Animal Rescue Fund, St. Ann’s or St. Luke’s Episcopal Churches, the Madoo Conservancy, and other organizations and historical societies. From terraces and follies to porches and ponds, pools that look like pools and some that look like ponds, ponds that are so shallow they would be puddles if they weren’t so big . . . I’ve seen gates and pergolas, trellises and fountains, bosky dells, meadows, woodlands, raised beds and sunken gardens, bridges over streams and bridges over streams of nothing but pebbles. Cabbage roses, putting greens, croquet courts, and hydrangeas from white to green to baby-blue. Rustic seats and stone benches, Adirondack chairs, wind chimes and birdhouses, flagpoles and kinetic sculpture, ornamental grasses, trees pleached and pollarded, copper beeches and tree peonies, succulents on the ground and on the roof, buddhas large and small, gardens separated from houses by moats, and hedges and hedges and hedges. Here are some photos of a few of my favorites.
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ARDEN BOO G 2016K YARDEN OF EDEN The Star’s hunter-gatherer, Durell Godfrey, has a garden that’s sort of a yard and a yard that's sort of a garden. Here are some favorite adornments.
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the weather. But it senses motion to let you know with a wolf whistle when the cat walks by or the kids come home. Batteryoperated, put it in a surprising spot for a party. $24.99. KITES OF THE HARBOR, 75 Main Street, Sag Harbor. SQUIRREL-PROOF: Feed your feathered friends not the furry ones. Adorable feeder hinges closed if a squirrel lands on it, and lid comes off for filling and cleaning. $39.99. LYNCH’S GARDEN CENTER, 175 North Sea Road, Southampton. TWEETS: Our hunter-gatherer loves birds. If you give them water, they will come, and if they show up, you will be happy. Ceramic bird bath, $39. SAG HARBOR GARDEN CENTER, 11 Spring Street, Sag Harbor. TWIGGY: Looks like twigs but it’s last-forever metal. Stylish and casual for picnics by the pool or brunch in the conservatory. Other colors available. $875. ENGLISH COUNTRY ANTIQUES, 26 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton. MODERNIST: Based on stylized illustrations by Charley Harper, this swell little sculpture works well in a midcentury house or a
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Watchcase studio. $74. ROMANY KRAMORIS GALLERY, 41 Main Street, Sag Harbor. WHAT'S WHAT?: Field guides to wildflowers, trees, birds, butterflies. They fit in your pocket for garden strolls or nature trail hikes. Great for families. $7.95 each. WILDBIRD CROSSING, Bridgehampton Commons. WHO: You may love birds but don’t want them to perch. If so, this realistic owl will do the trick. Its head bobs and turns to spook the unwanteds away. Fill it with sand for stability. $29.99. AGWAY COUNTRY GARDENS, 125 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton. AAAWWW!: Cute pillow for your Amagansett garden room, your wicker rocker in Wainscott, or window seat looking at the Highline. It’s 18-inches square. $58. SALTY HOME, Bridgehampton Commons. FANCY: Enameled pitcher can water your plants, serve lemonade, or be a centerpiece at a backyard barbecue. Fill with your own or farm-stand zinnias or splurge on it as a hostess gift. $80. MACKENZIE-CHILDS AT LONDON JEWELERS, 2 Main Street, East Hampton.
10. NAMES: Stick ‘em in your garden so you know what’s planted
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where. The letters are perforated, stencil style. Give with seed packets as a gift when you’re invited to a garden party. $4.50 each. WITTENDALE’S FLORIST AND GREENHOUSE, 89 Newtown Lane, East Hampton. CONVERTIBLE: Gizmo for the yarden. Hand spray turns into a sprinkler when the little legs are spread out. Kids will love running through the water. Lots of colors. $24.99. C. WHITMORE GARDENS, 26 Montauk Highway, Amagansett. DRAMATIC: Fabulous as well as fierce, this is perfect for a stone wall or fence. Large, but easy to hang. Makes a bold, classical statement. $179. EAST HAMPTON GARDENS, 16 Gingerbread Lane, East Hampton. VEGGIES: You grew it, now cook it. Useful for the bounty from your garden or the farm stands. Vegan and gluten-free recipes, too. $29.95. SOUTHAMPTON BOOKS, 16 Hampton Road, Southampton. BOUNTY-FULL: Harvest your squash, cukes, and tomatoes. Made in America basket can hold kindling or knitting, kittens or
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A romantic pergola was enlarged and a swimming pool and new plantings and walkways put in beyond it.
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The Secret Gardener Sunken garden, circa 1910, with a reflecting pool, Italianate pergola, and crape myrtle-lined allées BY ISABEL CARMICHAEL
Ms. Fensterer added a third. and highbush blueberries, white crape myrtle ictoria Fensterer has been reimagining By breaking through the wall behind one trees, and white Tardiva hydrangeas at one end East Hampton gardens for a long time. of the pergolas, Ms. Fensterer was able to unite of the allées, as well as white wisteria on top of She came to attention here when she brought the garden with the rest of the property. She the enlarged pergola. Hinoki cypress and fastithe grounds at the infamous estate known as redesigned and enlarged the pergola so that it giate English yews frame it. Grey Gardens back to their former glory, and straddles the wall, extending from both sides, Ms. Fensterer expanded the brick terraces she has been focusing on secret gardens, from using cast-cement columns and large beams to of the existing pergolas outward toward the opAmagansett to Quogue, ever since. posite ends of the pool and re-laid “She designs her garthe brick walkways in a herringdens as if she were an bone pattern, using whatever origImpressionist painter,” inal bricks were still good and remarked Richard connecting the walkways to each Barons, the director of other. Arborvitae are planted at the East Hampton Hisintervals along the pathways, givtorical Society. Although ing them a columnar Italian feel. the gardens she designs As a more rustic, playful are integral to their counterpoint to the slightly forlandscape, she relies on mal feeling of the garden, the spontaneity to allow garthird pergola has an attached dens to have sculptural, bench, with natural cedar and launatural, and even wild rel branches, and with climbing spaces. Autumn Sunset roses and lavender One of Ms. Fensterer’s clematis davidii. In the lawn befavorite recent projects was tween the pool and the new perpart of what was a sunken gola she planted two gnarly old and walled Italian garden crabapple trees that frame the built by Frank Wiborg in area. The original garden cottage 1910 on the East Hampcomplete with fireplace is intact. ton ocean bluffs. One of Ms. Fensterer’s aims is Where there had been Victoria Fensterer is seen in her element. Durell Godfrey to take nature into the garden. It a fountain, Ms. Fensterer is almost as if within a delineated created an old-fashioned, area she works to produce a microclimate with fabricate an Italianate neo-Classical structure. rectangular reflecting pool with generously its own habitats and niches. “I really feel like Four of the original columns were intact, and wide travertine marble coping to enhance the I’m creating a symphony with these gorgeous she obtained four more that match. She planteffect of a sunken garden. Part of the original notes,” she said. k walls were still there, as were two pergolas, and ed two allées of eight 30-foot-high cryptomeria
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A Calendar For Gardeners and Nature Lovers FRIDAY, APRIL 22 FULL MOON HIKE Part of Earth Day celebration, South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton, 8:30 p.m.
LECTURE Learn how much water and what soil conditions plants need: “Irrigation, or Learning to Love Your Irrigation Clock” at Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 23 EARTH DAY CELEBRATION South Fork Natural History Museum beach cleanup, Long Beach, Noyac, 8 a.m.; SoFo Open House, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; nature paddle with Mike Bottini on Big Fresh Pond in Southampton, 10 a.m. – noon. Price, $40 to $60. Reserve by calling 537-9735; Talk on native plants from Native American perspective, 10:30 a.m.; Jungle Bob and his Live Animal Extravaganza, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton, 2 p.m. PRUNING AND PLANTING Workshop, Southampton Rose Society Garden, Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton, 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 24 BIRDING Walk with Joe Giunta, instructor. South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton, 8 a.m. Also June 14.
RITES OF SPRING The “Rites of Spring” season opening at LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton, 2 to 5 p.m. $10. BOTANY AND BIRDS A walk and talk through Big Reed Park in Montauk with Vicki Bustamante. Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, members only, 9 a.m.
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FRIDAY, MAY 6 MADOO CONSERVANCY Robert Dash public garden in Sagaponack, opening day. Fridays and Saturdays through Sept. 15 and by appointment. Celebrate National Public Gardens day with a free tour, sponsored by Peconic Land Trust, 1 p.m. 618 Sagg Main Street. Call 283-3195 to register. TOURS To celebrate National Public Gardens Day enjoy free one-hour guided tours, sponsored by Peconic Land Trust, Bridge Gardens at 10:30 a.m., Madoo Conservancy at 1 p.m., and LongHouse Reserve at 3 p.m. Reservations required. Call 283-3195 to register. Prix fixe dinner for participants will be offered at the Living Room restaurant c/o the Maidstone hotel, East Hampton. CHILDREN’S ROSE & ART PROGRAM Hands-on demonstration for 5 to 10-year-olds. Miniplant gifts and refreshments. Southampton Rose Society. Morris Room at Rogers Memorial Library, 4 p.m. Reservations required.
SUNDAY, MAY 8 LECTURE Conversation and tips about roses. Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton.10 a.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 7 FAMILY DAY Seventh annual Peconic Family Fun Day and free children’s environmental carnival, co-sponsored by Children’s Museum of the East End, South Fork Natural History Museum, Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, East End Community Organic Farm, Group for the East End, Peconic Land Trust, Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Southampton Animal Shelter, and more. Presentation on nocturanal insects, monarch butterflies, and milkweed. CMEE, 10 a.m. – noon; nature walks at SoFo, 10:30 and 11:15 a.m. FAMILY DAY Guided tours on the half-hour at LongHouse Reserve, “Hand-in-Hand,” a child-friendly pictorial guide available. Also, interactive treasure hunt, pop-up performances by East End students, and food. 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. OPEN GARDENS Sponsored by the Garden Conservancy. $7 per garden. Gardens of Abby Jane Brody, 44 Glade Road, Springs, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Marshall Watson, 253 King’s Point Road, Springs, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Edwina von Gal, 962 Springs-Fireplace Road, Springs, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Biercuk and Luckey, 18 Sayre’s Path, Wainscott, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Dianne Benson, 86 David’s Lane, East Hampton, noon–4 p.m.
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WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS Classes with Lois Bender, Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton, Saturdays, May 7, 14, 21, and June 4, 11, 18, and 25, 12 to 3 p.m. with some variations. $50 prepaid reservations required. To reserve visit GardenSpiritsNY.com.
FRIDAY, MAY 13 PREVIEW PARTY Horticultural Alliance benefit preceding garden fair. Celebrating 30 years of the H.A.H., Bridgehampton Museum grounds, 6 – 8 p.m., $50 in advance, $60 at the door.
SATURDAY, MAY 14 ORGANIC GARDEN “Steps to a Toxin-Free Garden and Landscape” at Bridge Gardens, 10—11:30 a.m. Rick Bogusch, garden manager at Bridge Gardens, Sean O’Neill of Perfect Earth Project, and Paul Wagner of Greener Pastures Organic Property Care discuss healthy lawns and gardens without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. Free for members, others $5. Reservations required, 283-3195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org.
PLANT SALE Horticultural Alliance benefit. Plants, garden ornaments, and planted containers, plus lots of free gardening advice. Bridgehampton Museum grounds, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. BIRDING Walk with Frank Quevedo, executive director, at South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 BridgehamptonSag Harbor Turnpike. Reserve early, $5 per person, 9 a.m. Also May 21.
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SUNDAY, MAY 22 LECTURE Learn how to choose the best cutting garden plants, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
OYSTER GARDEN FUND-RAISER Learn how to become an oyster gardener at reception and fund-raiser for the East Hampton Shellfish Education and Enhancement Directive program. Bay Kitchen Bar restaurant, Gann Road, Springs, 4-6 p.m. Suggested donation at door.
SUNDAY, MAY 15 LECTURE Discussion of how to attract and support wildlife pollinators on your property, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 28
PHENOLOGY TRAIL Introduction to the study of periodic plant and animal life-cycles and how they are influenced by seasonal and climate changes, South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, 2 p.m. Advance registration is required. Free for members, others $10.
SPRING BIRD MIGRATION Family walk with Frank Quevedo, executive director, South Fork Natural History Museum. Meet at Long Pond Greenbelt, 1061 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, 10 a.m. Advance registration is required. Free for members, others $10. Also June 19.
FRIDAY, MAY 27 PREVIEW PARTY Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, and plant sale preview. Garden Club of East Hampton, Mulford Farm, East Hampton, $50, 6-8 p.m.
PLANT SALE Annuals, perennials, geraniums, unusual herbs, exotic orchids from Hawaii. Garden Club of East Hampton, Mulford Farm, East Hampton. Free admission. 9 a.m. – noon. FLOWER ARRANGING Anastasia Casale will teach flower arranging basics, take home two bouquets. Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street, Sagaponack, 11 a.m. Members $100, others $125. ART SHOW AND SALE Pop-up art show and sale of artwork by Lois Bender and students. Light refreshments. Portion of proceeds donated to Peconic Land Trust. 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Also Sunday, May 29. ART EXHIBITION Plein Air Peconic artist Casey Chalem Anderson’s landscape paintings, “Hamptons Ocean and Flower Fields,” May 24 to May 30, with 10 percent of May 28 sales to benefit Peconic Land Trust. Eileen Fisher, 26 Newtown Lane, East Hampton. Reception, 4-7 p.m.
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A Calendar For Gardeners and Nature Lovers SATURDAY, JUNE 4
SUNDAY, JUNE 12
BIRDING Two-hour walk with Eric Salzman, South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, 8 a.m. Advance registration required. Free for members, others $10. BOTANICAL LATIN Learn basics of botanical Latin with John McAlanon, Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street, 11 a.m. HOUSE TOUR The seventh annual Southampton house tour to benefit Southampton Historical Museum. Tickets can be picked up or purchased as early as 10:30 a.m. at the Thomas Halsey House, 249 South Main Street, Southampton. Tour, 1 - 4 p.m. Champagne reception, Rogers Mansion, 4:30-6 p.m. Tickets, $95 in advance, $110 on day of tour.
SUNDAY, JUNE 5 LECTURE Demonstration and discussion on perfect mixed planters with annuals, succulents, tropical, herbs, or other plants, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11 ROSE SHOW The Southampton Rose Society’s 40th annual rose show, Rogers Memorial Library, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. LANDSCAPE PLEASURES Dedicated to the memory of Jack deLashmet. Symposium with Andrea Cochran, Charles Birnbaum, and Darrel Morrison, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, 9 a.m. Self-guided tour of Hamptons properties, Sunday, June 12, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tickets start at $175 for museum members. LECTURE Tamson Yeh of Cornell Cooperative Extension will explain how to use vegetative buffers to protect water quality, enhance and support pollinating insects and wildlife, and provide an alternative to turf grass, Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free for members, others $10. Reservations required, 283-3195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org. GARDEN IN A BOWL Family workshop on planting contained salad gardens. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Pelletreau Silver Shop, 80 Main Street, Southampton. Two classes, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. $10 adults, free for children. Reserve by calling Southampton Historical Museum by June 9. OPEN GARDENS Sponsored by the Garden Conservancy. $7 per garden. Gardens of Previti/Gumpel, 230 Old Stone Highway, Springs, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Glade Garden, Abby Jane Brody, 44 Glade Road, Springs, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Arlene Bujese, 40 Whooping Hollow Road, East Hampton, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Enwood Garden, 100 Chase Court, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Dianne Benson, 86 David’s Lane, East Hampton, noon – 4 p.m.
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LECTURE A conversation on how to create a garden that doesn’t take a ton of time or care, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m. LECTURE New American herbal, talk by Stephen Orr for the Horticultural Alliance. Bridgehampton Community House, 2 p.m. Free for members, others $10.
TUESDAY, JUNE 14 STUDENT SHOW Student Annual IX, group exhibition focused on inspiration found at LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton, 4-6 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17 PARTY & PREVIEW “Much Ado About Madoo,” party and garden market preview, celebrating 50 years at Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street, Sagaponack, 6 to 8 p.m. Members $150, others, $200.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 GARDEN MARKET “Much Ado About Madoo,” plants, home and garden accessories, and treats, Madoo Conservancy, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free for members, others $20. Talk in the garden at noon. Members $125, others $150. “Once Upon a Time at Madoo,” storytelling and music, 3 to 7 p.m. 618 Sagg Main Street. Families of four, $100, $25 individuals. LECTURE “Permaculture — Ecological Practices for Today and Tomorrow,” Peconic Land Trust permaculture practitioners, Katrina Siladi and Juliana Duryea. In the orchard at Quail Hill Farm, Deep Lane, Amagansett. Free. Bring a blanket or folding chair. Reservations, 283-3195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org. GARDEN TOUR The 30th annual self-guided tour of six gardens in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack to benefit the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons. Cocktail party on Friday, June 17, 5 to 7 p.m., at home of Barbara Slifka, Sagaponack. Tour, $85. Tour and party, $175. Reservations at jean@arfhamptons.org or 537-0400, ext. 219. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 19
OPEN GARDENS Sponsored by the Garden Conservancy. $7 per garden. Gardens of Susan and Louis Meisel, 81 Wilkes Lane, Sagaponack, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Richard Kahn and Elaine Peterson, 224 West Lake Drive, Montauk, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Stanley and Susan Reifer, 5 Paumanok Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Ngaere Macray and David Seeler, 50 Montauk Highway, Amagansett, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Carol Mercer, 33 Ocean Avenue, East Hampton, 10 a.m .- 4 p.m. EXHIBIT OF PLANTERS Juried invitational, “Planters: On + Off the Ground,” also plant and container auction, LongHouse Squash Court, 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton, 4:30 p.m. Members $10, others, $20. (Prices subject to change.)
SUNDAY, JUNE 26 LECTURE A conversation about the benefits of native plants in the garden and how to create more sustainable ones, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
FRIDAY, JULY 8 HOUSE TOUR Friends of the John Jermain Memorial Library offer five houses on North Haven, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 725-0049 for tickets.
SATURDAY, JULY 9 PAINTING CLASSES Eric Dever will lead six-session painting class in the gardens and interiors of Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street, Sagaponack, Saturdays, July 9 to Aug. 20, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Members $300, others $350.
SUNDAY, JULY 10 LECTURE A walking tour and discussion about summer flowering trees and shrubs, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
LECTURE A conversation about how to address shade in the garden, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 24 FRIDAYS AT FOUR Monthly series of guided Bridge Gardens tours, with local beverage tasting, 4 to 5:30 p.m. 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. Members $10, others $20. Reservations required, 283-3195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org. Also, July 29, Aug. 26, and Sept. 30.
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LADYBUGS Peconic Land Trust and South Fork Natural History Museum team up with scientists from Cornell University to search for “lost ladybugs,” Quail Hill Farm, Deep Lane, Amagansett, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Raindate: July 13. Reservations required, 283-3195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org.
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SUNDAY, JULY 17 LECTURE A discussion and Q&A on hydrangeas, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m. Also Aug. 7.
TUESDAY, JULY 19 SECRET LIFE OF BEES MARY WOLTZ, A BEEKEEPER, TELLS ALL. Quail Hill Farm, Deep Lane, Amagansett, 10 -11:30 a.m. Members free, $5 for adults, free for children under 16 with adult. More information at 283-3195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org.
SATURDAY, JULY 23 BENEFIT “Serious Moonlight,” summer gala at LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton, 6 -11 p.m. Tickets start at $500.
SUNDAY, JULY 24 LECTURE Everything you wanted to know about managing deer in your yard, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY, JULY 30 PLANT SALE East Hampton Village Ladies Village Improvement Society, during annual fair. L.V.I.S. grounds, Main Street, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SUNDAY, JULY 31 LECTURE A walking tour and discussion about all the needled evergreens and how to use them in the landscape. 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m. ART EXHIBIT Ralph Carpentier: East End Landscapes, East Hampton Town Marine Museum, 301 Bluff Road, Amagansett. Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. On view through Aug. 28.
LECTURE Dr. Mark Bridgen, director of Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, will talk about the dos and don’ts of propagation. Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m. Free for Bridge Gardens and Horticultural Alliance members, others $15. Reservations required, 283-3195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
ESPIRIT DE CORPS Garden Club of East Hampton flower show, with floral design and horticulture classes and conservation exhibit, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, East Hampton, 2 – 4 p.m.
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MUSIC IN THE GARDEN Jazz by Charles Certain and Friends. Bring picnic, chairs, and blanket. Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. 6 p.m. Information at 283-3195 ext. 19 or Events@PeconicLandTrust.org. Free for members, others $15.
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CONCERT FOR DOGS Laurie Anderson, multimedia artist, LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton, Call for ticket prices, 5-7 p.m. Dogs welcomed.
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A Calendar For Gardeners and Nature Lovers FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
OPERA Opera al Fresco at LongHouse Reserve with Laurie Anderson and Friends, LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton. Call for ticket prices, 5-7 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 LECTURE A discussion on organic gardening with or without a compost pile, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 MUSIC IN THE GARDEN Joe Hampton and King Pinsat at Bridge Gardens. Bring picnic, blanket, or chair. 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. 6 p.m. Free for members, others $15.
LECTURE Scott Howe will speak to the Horticultural Alliance about the Parrish Art Museum landscape. Bridgehampton Community House, 2 p.m. Free members, others $10. SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN “As You Like It� presented by Britain’s historic Castle Theatre Company, at Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street, Sagaponack, 4 p.m. Members $30, others $40. Also Sept. 12 at 4 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Flower arranging tips and techniques using flowers that have been grown in the garden at Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 EDIBLE GARDENS Snack on dishes from staff gardens and share recipes, tips, and techniques, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 VOLES Everything you need to know for combating voles and moles. Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 SEMINAR Elizabeth Lear and Brian Mahoney of Lear + Mahoney Landscape Associates will lead a tour of private gardens for the Horticultural Alliance. Registration required by visiting HAHgarden.org.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
LECTURE A demonstration on how to use silk and dried flowers for arrangements and wreaths, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 COCKTAIL PARTY Party and preview of the gifts for the holiday market, Madoo Conservancy, 618 Sagg Main Street, Sagaponack, 5-7 p.m. Free for members, others $40.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 MEMBERS MEETING Southampton Rose annual members meeting, Meadow Club, 11 a.m., followed by lunch and lecture at noon.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30
A walking discussion on ways to find deals and bargains at plant sales, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
The difference between dirt and compost, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 Learn about fall lawn care, fall pruning, and putting your garden to bed, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 BULBS Don Tyson of Netherland Bulbs will speak about fall favorites and how to add color and interest to your spring garden, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m. LECTURE “All the Presidents’ Gardens,� with Marta McDowell. Horticultural Alliance, Bridgehampton Community House, 2 p.m. Free for members, others $10.
ROUNDTABLE Horticultural Alliance discussion on various topics, moderated by Pamela Harwood, lower level of the Bridgehampton Community House. Free. 10 a.m. Also Nov. 18 and Dec. 17.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 GARDEN BOOKS Three readers will present a book on horticultural, garden, or plant topics. Horticultural Alliance, Bridgehampton Community House. Free. 11 a.m.
WREATH MAKING Peconic Land Trust’s annual holiday wreath making workshop, Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton, 2 to 4 p.m. $35. Reservations required, 2833195 ext. 19 or email Events@PeconicLandTrust.org.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
A walking discussion on the best plants for fall, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
SMALL TREES Bruce Crawford lecture for Horticultural Alliance, Bridgehampton Community House, 2 p.m. Free for members, others $10.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
CACTUS Tips and techniques for using and enjoying cactus and succulents in the house, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
A demonstration on how to use branches, boughs, and other materials from your own yard to decorate for the holidays, Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton, 10 a.m.
LECTURE AND HOLIDAY PARTY Dennis Schrader lecture for Horticultural Alliance, Bridgehampton Community House. 2 p.m. Free for members, others $10. Holiday party follows at 3 p.m.
Open and Community Gardens- 2016 AMBER WAVES FARM 375 Main Street, Amagansett, behind the Amagansett Farmers Market. amberwavesfarm.org
Catherine Baldwin and Amanda Merrow started Amber Waves as a community-supported agriculture farm in 2009. It offers “you-pick� options as well as boxes selected by the farmers either at the farm or at off-site locations in Sag Harbor and Montauk. In addition to vegetables, which are listed for pickup each week on the farm’s website, members can visit the farm daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to pick flowers and herbs and visit the animals. The season runs from late May to Columbus Day. Full season shares are $875 for 20 weeks; a 15-week share is $750. Add-on options for additional fees include Carissa’s Breads, Briermere Farms fruit, and local cheeses. (The fruit is not organic but is minimally sprayed.) BALSAM FARMS Town Lane, Amagansett. Balsamfarms.com
Balsam Farms harvests produce for its members. Pickup at the Town Lane farm stand will start on May 27 with the season going to November 20, depending on whether a 15, 19, 23, or 26-week share is purchased. Shares range from $500 to $860, with extra fees for add-ons such as Carissa’s Breads, Briermere or Milk Pail fruit, Villa mozzarella, and flowers. Vegetables are grown at several South Fork fields approved for organic production, with the exception of corn, which is not genetically modified but is grown separately. BRIDGE GARDENS 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. 537-7440, 283-3195 peconiclandtrust.org/bridge_gardens
Bridge Gardens features five acres of woodland, rose, and knot gardens, walkways and lawns, gazing pool, ivy maze, and expansive vegetable and herb gardens, and is a stewardship project of the Peconic Land Trust. Concealed walk between double privet hedges leads to outer garden. • Admission $10, $20 for family of four; seasonal memberships $50 or $75 for families. Bridge Gardens has a full program of workshops, lectures, Fridays at Four tours, and Fridays at Six music on July 16 and August 19. (Bring blankets and picnics.) FOOD PANTRY FARM P.O. Box 181, East Hampton. foodpantryfarm.org
Food Pantry Farm was founded six years ago to provide fresh, organic produce to the pantries in Amagansett, Springs, East Hampton, and Sag Harbor, in addition to entities such as senior centers that serve the public. A nonprofit organization, it plants five acres at EECO Farm on Long Lane in East Hampton, where it also has greenhouses, which extend the season, and a farm stand. GARDEN CLUB OF EAST HAMPTON The Garden Club of East Hampton, founded in 1914, aims “to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and civic improvements.� With funds from the annual plant sale, the Garden Club has created and maintains: the Mimi Meehan Native Plant Garden, Rachel’s (historic) Garden at Mulford Farm, the Grace Lee Roberts Terrace Garden at the East Hampton Library, and Millstone Park Garden. And, in collaboration with several community organizations: the East Hampton Railroad Station, the East Hampton Post Office renovation, and the Nature Trail and Wildlife Sanctuary. GARDEN CONSERVANCY OPEN DAYS
From April 4 through May 21: Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, noon- 5 p.m. May 22 through September 7: Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-dusk. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, noon-5 p.m. September 8 through October 31: Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, noon- 5 p.m.
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The Conservancy’s headquarters is in Garrison, N.Y. 888-842-2442, opendaysprogram.org.
The Garden Conservancy is a national organization that preserves exceptional private gardens and sponsors visits to them for education and enjoyment. It has sponsored the Open Days program for more than 20 years. No reservations are necessary and the cost is $7 per garden, with children 12 and under free. Six-garden tickets available at the website or the toll-free phone number. The gardens in this area are listed in our calendar of events, and are open rain or shine. This year’s open days are May 7 and June 11 and 25. HORTICULTURAL ALLIANCE OF THE HAMPTONS Bridgehampton Community House, Main Street. 537-2223, hahgarden.com
Alliance membership is open to anyone, amateur or professional, who has a serious interest in horticulture. It sponsors lectures by experts, informal study groups, workshops, plant and seed exchanges, garden tours, bus trips
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to renowned gardens, and an annual fair. Its horticultural library is Long Island’s largest. Annual membership dues are $45 for individuals; $75 for families or partners, and $10 for students. LONGHOUSE RESERVE 133 Hand’s Creek Road, East Hampton. 329-3568, longhouse.org
Wednesday and Saturday, 2-5 p.m., from April 30 through October 8. In July and August, Wednesday through Saturday, 2-5 p.m. No reservations required. General admission $10, seniors $8, members free. Visit the LongHouse gift store, INstore, during regular open hours or by appointment. Through its gallery, arboretum, sculpture gardens, and programs, LongHouse Reserve brings together art and nature, aesthetics and spirit, based on the conviction that the arts are central to living wholly and creatively. LongHouse encompasses nearly 16 acres. Each year it presents exhibits in its gardens and pavilion. There are now some 80 sculptures on the grounds, including works by Dale Chihuly, Lynda Benglis, Willem de Kooning. Eric Fischl, Kiki Smith, and Yoko Ono. “Fly’s Eye Dome,� by Buckminster Fuller and a site-specific work by Sol Lewitt add scale and dimension. New sculpture this season is by Larry Rivers, Neil Noland, George Rickey, and others. The annual “Rites of Spring� opening is on April 30 and the annual benefit on July 23. Twilight tours by reservation, Mondays, 68 p.m, July 4, August 1, 8, 15, 22. $30 per person, $55 for two, members $5 discount per person. Sound Meditation 8 a.m. Saturdays in July and August and Sept. 3. Beginning classes in July; Advanced classes in August. No reservation required, $20 per session, $18 for members. MADOO CONSERVANCY 618 Sagg Main Street, Sagaponack. 537-8200, www.madoo.org
Starting in 1967 on untilled farmland in Sagaponack, the late artist and writer Robert Dash created Madoo (meaning “My Dove� in Old Scot) as an experimental organic garden. Now a nonprofit public garden, it is managed by Alejandro Saralegui. Its two acres are reinvented frequently, and it contains a water garden, knot, woodland, and court gardens, rose and laburnum walks, fastigiated gingkos, and box hedges. It will be open this season from May 6 to Sept. 17, Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. Much Ado About Madoo, a cocktail party, is an annual benefit, this year on June 17, with a market and other activities continuing on Saturday, June 18. MIMI MEEHAN’S NATIVE PLANT GARDEN Behind Clinton Academy, Main Street, East Hampton.
This garden of indigenous plants is open without charge as a gift to the community from the Garden Club of East Hampton. It has a bench that is inviting for those who want to eat lunch there or just stop for a while. Plants are well labeled so you can take home some ideas. MONTAUK COMMUNITY GARDEN On grounds of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish Center, South Etna Avenue and South Edison Street, Montauk.
In 2009, a group of Montauk residents started growing vegetables for a farm stand. They have added flowers and now sell on Saturdays from 10 a.m.1 p.m. All proceeds over expenses go to the Montauk Food Pantry. PECONIC LAND TRUST 283-3195, 646-284-8028, PeconicLandTrust.org
Peconic Land Trust conserves Long Island’s working farms, natural lands, and heritage. The trust, which operates Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett and Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton, is now in its 32nd year. It has community gardens at the Agricultural Center at Charnews Farm in Southold and at Bridge Gardens. Memberships range from $65 to $140, depending on plot size. QUAIL HILL FARM Deep Lane, Amagansett. 283-3195, peconiclandtrust.org/quail_hill_farm
One of the original community-supported agriculture farms in the United States, Quail Hill is a stewardship project of the Peconic Land Trust under the direction of Scott Chaskey. It was established in 1990 and now has 250 families as members and 35 acres in cultivation, using organic and ecological practices. Quail Hill hopes its shareholders will pick their own vegetables, flowers, and herbs, with harvest days from June through October. Members also can purchase fresh eggs and a few dairy products from a barn on site. Summer shares are $925 for families and $465 for individuals. New this year are “box shares� for those who cannot pick their own. They cost $700 for families and $350 for individuals, but do not include flowers or herbs. Winter shares also offered from November through March. Quail Hill signs the “Farmer’s Pledge� of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York each year. SOUTHAMPTON ROSE SOCIETY Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Cooper’s Farm Road, Southampton. 740-4732, southamptonrose.org Conveniently located at: 1411 North Sea Road Southampton, NY 11968 Š2014
The Southampton Rose Society is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the American Rose Society. It maintains a garden at the Rogers Memorial Library as a gift to the people of Southampton. It is open seven days a week and admission is free. The society sponsors annual events such as one on planting roses for kids, a pruning workshop, and an annual rose show at the Rogers Memorial Library, this year on June 11.
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