 Saturday, June 6, 10 am Secrets of Growing a Queen of Show Hybrid Tea Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehamptonn
Have you ever wanted to grow the perfect rose? Join us for this workshop with Peter Bertrand, sponsored by the Southampton Rose Society. Learn how to select, grow and care for your show candidate, including soil care, cultural techniques and pruning. Free. Space is limited. Reservations required.  Saturday, June 6, noon to 4 pm NoFo Spring House and Farm Tour North Fork Locations
Explore the best of the North Fork during this five-stop, self-guided tour featuring some of the most popular bed and breakfasts and local farms paired with restaurants, wineries, and breweries! A portion of ticket sales will be donated to the Peconic Land Trust and the Long Island Farm Bureau. $75/person. For details visit http://www.nofohousetour.com/
 Monday, June 8, 4 pm Photography Workshop with Erika Shank Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton
Interested in practical techniques to enhance your landscape photography skills? Join us for this workshop with landscape photographer Erika Shank, offered in partnership with the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons. All participants must bring a digital camera, fresh batteries and optional tripod -- no IPhones or IPads please. Admission is $5/Premium HAH Member or Bridge Gardens member, $10/general HAH member or $15/non-members. RSVP to HAHMember@optonline.net or visit http://hahgarden.org/
 Saturday, June 13, 10 am
Pests and Diseases of the Lawn and Landscape Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton Are you stymied by problems in your lawn and landscape? Join us for a presentation with Tamson Yeh of Cornell Cooperative Extension to learn about and examine specimens of common landscape and turf pests. $5/person. Free to Bridge Gardens members.  Saturday, June 20, 10 am Part II of the Herb Garden with Heather Cusack Ag Center, 3005 Youngs Avenue, Southold Join us for the second of four programs focused on the herb garden, where we will focus on the beauty and variety of herbs as they start to bloom. All attendees will make a solar infused oil and a flower essence and take home the tincture and flower essence made during the May class. $20/person. Materials included, reservations requested. Did you catch Heather on News 12 Long Island this week? Heather and the herb program were featured on
Mary Mucci's Long Island Naturally segment. Watch NOW!
Saturday, June 27, 10 am to 3 pm  Hen House Tour
with Cornell University Various North Fork Locations Join the folks at Cornell University for a self-guided tour of North Fork hen houses -- the tour is organized to help raise awareness of backyard poultry, to celebrate hometown hen houses, and share the enthusiasm for raising chickens, ducks and poultry. Visitors will be given a map with directions to each of the locations -- you can pick and choose where you visit, with more than 15 locations to choose from. For more information, call 631.727.3595 or email: mpb27@cornell.edu. You can also visit their website for more details at:  Wednesday, July 8, 10 am Lost Ladybug Project Returns Quail Hill Farm, Deep Lane, Amagansett Be a citizen scientist during our annual visit with Dr. Leslie Allee of Cornell University. Quail Hill Farm is the only known location in New York State where the 9-spotted ladybug lives, discovered at our firm during one of our explorations. Program is co-sponsored by South Fork Natural History Museum. Free!  Thursday, July 9, 11 am Shoreline Exploration at Widow's Hole Preserve 4th Street, Greenport Bring the kids and join us as we explore sea life with Ron Gelardi and his team from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Learn about the marine animals found in our bays, and how to use a seine net -- all of the creatures will be safely returned to the sea. Wear water shoes to protect feet and be prepared to get wet! Free! All ages welcome. Rain cancels.  Friday, July 10, 10 am Part III of the Herb Garden with Heather: From Flower to Seed Ag Center, 3005 Youngs Avenue, Southold Join us for the third of four programs focused on the herb garden, where we will focus on the beauty and variety of herbs as they move from flower to seed. Learn the basics of using herbs for beneficial salves, tinctures and teas. $20/person. Materials included. Reservations requested.  Saturday, July 11, 3 pm Connecting Art and Conservation A Panel Discussion at Market Art + Design Fairview Farm, Horse Mill Lane, Bridgehampton Peconic Land Trust, in partnership with Market Art + Design, is hosting an afternoon conversation on the "en plein air" style of painting. Join the Trust and artists of Plein Air Peconic -- Gordon Matheson, Casey Anderson and Kathryn Szoka, and moderator Pat Rogers, Publisher of Hamptons Art Hub. Call the Trust to RSVP and for a FREE pass to Market Art + Design for Saturday, July 11, which includes access to the panel presentation.  Tuesday, July 14, 10 am Seed Saving Workshop Quail Hill Farm, Deep Lane, Amagansett Are you interested in saving seeds but don't know how to get started? Matthew Goldfarb and Petra Page-Mann of Fruition Seeds, growers of certified organic, open pollinated and regionally-adapted seed in the heart of NY's Finger Lakes, will lead us in a workshop. $10/person, $5/Quail Hill Farm members. Light refreshments will be provided. Reservations requested.  Friday, July 17, 6 pm to dusk Music Night at Bridge Gardens with Charles Certain & Friends, 6 pm to dusk It's summer time! Join us for a beautiful early evening at Bridge Gardens and enjoy the eclectic sounds of Charles Certain and Friends. Bring family and friends, a picnic, blankets and chairs for a special evening in the gardens. For more information on Connections programs, visit our website or call 631.283.3195 or email to Events@PeconicLandTrust.org.
also for budding and experienced artists . . .
 Watercolor at the Gardens with
Lois Bender at Bridge GardensFridays in June, July and August
Artist/educator Lois Bender returns to Bridge Gardens with her series of watercolor classes all summer long. For more information and to register, visit Lois website at www.GardenSpiritsNY.com. and . . . 
Animation Workshop: "The Legends of the Magic Garden" with award-winning animation filmmaker, illustrator and artist Cynthia Wells. Wednesdays: July 22 & 29, August 5 & 12 For ages 10 and up! Join Cynthia for this four part series and learn how to make your own cartoon characters come to life. Discover and develop your own garden-themed character, drawing them in different poses and then moving the character using animation time to ultimately create a flip book that will be re-purposed into a YouTube video. $100/4-class series, plus $10 material fee payable at the first class. Space is limited. Prepaid reservation required. Rain or shine. | 
As many of your know, the Trust has been working with the Town of Southampton on a special exception variance to operate Bridge Gardens officially as a public garden within a residential neighborhood. As part of the application process, the Town requires the Trust to upgrade the entrance and landscaping along Mitchell Lane, which will also allow for better signage at the gardens entrance! 
Paul Wagner of Treewise Organics and Soil FoodWeb New York
Market Art + Design VIP Preview Party at Fairview Farm, Mecox 
