Lesser Celandine, an early spring denizen, is an aggressive invasive plant that smothers native ephemeral flower and plants.
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Book The Long Island Conservancy
Long Island is facing an environmental crisis. What native habitat we have left is rapidly vanishing. We can do something about this.
Native Plants at Meadow Croft
The Long Island Conservancy, with the support of Spadefoot Design and Construction, has been engaged by The Bayport-Bluepoint Heritage Association to restore habitat at Meadow Croft, the historic estate of John Roosevelt, Theodore\’s first cousin. Removing Invasive Plants, Planting Natives With the guidance of The Suffolk County Parks Department and it\’s Director of Historical Services,… Continue reading Native Plants at Meadow Croft
We Must Seed The Future
The young people of Sayville are helping to harvest native wildflower seeds to be planted in beds throughout the community
Saving Turtles: Protecting The Nests
Saving turtles at Meadowcroft will be challenging. The six snapping turtle nests on the lawn were clearly predated by raccoons — not mowed over as some were quick to claim. Getting people to accept this explanation will be half the problem. The other half will be covering the nests well enough that the raccoons can\’t dig the nests out.
Sayville Goes Native!
Bring a little Nature home April 23rd in Sayvlle. Come by, learn about and pick up some native plants, and help Sayville restore precious habitat.
Plant Natives: Create Habitat
We must work to remove invasive plants en masse and plant natives or we will witness the final collapse of our local ecosystems
Winter Is The Time To Confront The Misery Of Wisteria
A truly dreadful invasive plant would be wisteria. Prized for its flowers, this asian import is strangling trees everywhere.
Marina Park Project
On Oct 17th, 2021, Sayville turned out en masse, young and old, to help remove the invasive plants that had taken over Foster Marina Park in Sayville, and to replace those invasive plants with natives — trees such as oak, sassafras, red maple and chestnut, along with a 3000 sq ft wildflower garden