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Long Island Horticultural Society -- Celebrating our 75th year of promoting gardening on Long Island through friendships and education

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Invite a friend to a meeting as your guest; invite a friend to join LIHS.

We need Volunteers!

Two positions are open -- We need 2 people to take over the recruiting of speakers for our meetings. Contact webmaster@lihort.org if you are interested.

NEXT MEETING: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012

All meetings are held at Planting Fields Arborteum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay

1:00pm: Steph Gaylor, of Invincible Summer Farms
TOPIC: Seed saving is as old as agriculture itself and integral to the propagation of heirlooms. This workshop will cover the importance of seed saving, differences in classes of seeds like hybrids, heirlooms and land races, and historical context of well-loved varieties. Additionally, a brief introduction to seed saving techniques will be discussed, including isolation methods, collection and storage of popular crop seeds.

2:00pm: Betsy Gulotta, Conservation Project Mgr for Friends of Hempstead Plains
TOPIC: Hempstead Plains is a tall-grass prairie habitat that once covered 40,000 acres of land in Nassau County, with only tiny remnants left.  The Hempstead Plains shaped Long Island’s history in many ways, including agriculture, horse racing, aviation, housing development, and natural history.  This program touches on the historical significance of the Hempstead Plains and focuses on the importance of the ecological characteristics and education potential of the prairie.

 

Please remember to bring non-perishable food for Long Island Cares.

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"Come and visit me sometime. My flowers would like to meet you."

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TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF LIHS MEMBERSHIP Opportunities to learn from others, to go on wonderful trips, to volunteer your gardening knowledge and muscle to organizations, to meet new friends. Membership dues are a bargain at only $25 per year. Tell your friends about us and encourage them to join our wonderful organization. The membership form can be found on the website at www.lihort.org/membership/membership.pdf