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Connections programs convey the Trust's goal to connect people to the land around us. Join us!
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10:00 a.m.
"Apple Picking at
Seven Ponds Orchard"
Back by popular demand! Join us for a morning of fun at Tim and Karen Kraszewski's Seven Ponds Orchard in Water Mill. Haywagon rides, corn maze and wooden sculptures provide fun for the whole family. A quarter peck of apples and a bouquet of you-pick flowers are included in your admission fee.
$10/person.
Rain cancels.
Saturday, October 23
10:00 a.m.
"Secrets of the Stinking Rose"
Most vegetable gardens are planted in spring, when the soil begins to warm and frost is gone. The stinking rose, also known as garlic, is one exception to that rule. Join Denise Markut at Charnews Farm to learn about prepping and planting garlic NOW for next year. $5/person. Reservations requested. Program is rain or shine.
10:00 a.m.
"Putting Your Garden to Bed, Part I"
It's time to prep your garden for a winter rest. Come to Bridge Garden for a workshop with Garden Manager Rick Bogusch focused on the herb garden and the perennial beds. $5/person. Seating is limited and reservations are requested. Rain cancels. A second part of this program, focused on the rose garden, will be offered on November 27. Stay tuned.
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Spotlight: Conservation Programs
Suffolk County, Shelter Island and Trust Partner with Sylvester Manor on Conservation
 | | Trust's Hoot Sherman, Supervisor James Dougherty, County Executive Steve Levy, Sylvester Manor's Bennett Kosnesni, Trust's Sara Gordon |
On September 13, the Peconic Land Trust joined with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, Shelter Island Town Supervisor James Dougherty, and a fifteenth-generation decendent of Sylvester Manor's original owners -- Bennett Konesni, founder and resident executive director of Sylvester Manor Educational Farm, nephew of the current owner, Eben Fiske Ostby -- to announce the conservation of a 26.4 acre farm field at Sylvester Manor that is part of a family-owned, 243-acre educational farm on Shelter Island. The project is expected to close in the next few months.
The County and Town are purchasing the development rights for $2.4 million, with the assistance of a $1.09 million grant received by Suffolk County for this project from the Federal Farm and Ra nchlands Protection Program. "The purchase of development rights at Sylvester Manor is, in effect, the preservation of 358 years of Long Island's history," said Levy. "The agriculture and the educational program at the farm are a blessing to Suffolk and Shelter Island residents and visitors who regularly support the facility, and we are proud to preserve all of this for future generations."
Bennett added: "This collaboration--to preserve 26 acres of our historic fields--reflects what Sylvester Manor Educational Farm is all about: bringing people together to celebrate and explore history, food, culture, and place."
In December 2009, Eben Fiske Ostby donated a conservation easement to the Peconic Land Trust on 22 acres of Sylvester Manor lands along Gardiners Creek; the easement has substantial scenic, wetland habitat, agricultural, cultural and historic value, and contributes to the protection of the Island's vulnerable aquifer.
"Suffolk County and the Town of Shelter Island are playing a key role in this effort, one that represents a wonderful legacy for this family," said Trust President John v.H. Halsey regarding the new conservation effort. "The future of this property, as envisioned by Eben and Bennett, not only preserves the family's rich traditions but also creates an educational program linked to a working farm that sustains our agricultural heritage for future generations." The Trust is continuing to work with the family, the community and municipal partners to facilitate further conservation of Sylvester Manor lands, and to support establishment and growth of the not-for-profit Sylvester Manor Educational Farm.
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Partner event:
Shellfisher Preserve Documentary
to screen at the Hamptons Film Fest
part of Alec Hirschfeld's series "Out Here in the Fields"
Telling the story of the Plock family and the conservation of the historic Shelter Island Oyster Company site, Shellfisher  Preserve offers an intimate look at the conservation and restoration of an important agricultural icon in Southold. Interviews with members of the Plock family, the Trust's Tim Caufield, and Noank Aquaculture Cooperative's Karen Rivara. The film is being screened as part of the Festival's Short Program #4: Real Stories, Real People Showings: October 7 at 4pm: East Hampton United Artists Theater 6 October 8 at 11am: East Hampton United Artists Theater 6 for tickets, visit hamptonsfilmfest.org. For more information about Shellfisher Preserve, visit our website. To purchase the DVD of Out Here in the Fields, which includes the conservation stories of Shellfisher, Quail Hill Farm and the Babinski Farm on Beach Lane in Wainscott, visit our online store.
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Visit the Peconic Land Trust gift shop for all your Fall Harvesting.
Market Bags  Peconic Land Trust
Baseball Caps
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Now you can find the Peconic Land Trust on Facebook.
Join us online.
In addition to our main Facebook page, we now have pages for Quail Hill Farm, Bridge Gardens and Charnews Farm. Keep up with all the programming and events the Trust has to offer all year long.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Peconic Land Trust Conserves Long Island's working farms, natural lands, and heritage for our communities now and in the future.
To learn more, visit us online at www.PeconicLandTrust.org or call 631.283.3195.A copy of the last financial report filed with the New York State Attorney General may be obtained by writing to: New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau, Attn: FOIL Officer, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271 or Peconic Land Trust, PO Box 1776, Southampton, NY 11969.
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