Past Workshops

A Chill In The Air: Dried Floral Wreaths for Fall

w/ Beth White and Kerry Ann McLean

Saturday, October 5, 10 am – noon

Get crafty and grounded while learning the art of wreath-making! Using frames, vines, dried florals and picks, guest floral expert Beth White will walk participants through the steps of assembling a wreath that captures the essence of fall and all its wonders. From bare branches to dried fruits and flowers and maybe even a woodland creature or two, nothing is off limits, and every wreath will reflect your own inner artist. Frames and floral materials provided.

Beth White is a veteran florist with 40 years of experience at floral shops along the south fork.  She also styled flowers for Living Magazine. While retired, wreaths continue to be a special passion of hers.

Kerry Ann McLean is Landcraft Garden Foundation’s Head Gardener. Trained at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, Kerry Ann brings to the North Fork years of experience as a grounds and estate manager, public gardener, Horticulture Specialist for W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company, plant buyer for Terrain, the garden-lifestyle brand of Urban Outfitters and Senior Horticulturist for Longwood Gardens.

 

The Layered Garden: A Three Season Container

w/ Kerry Ann McLean, LGF Head Gardener

Saturday, September 21, 11 am – 1 pm

There are dainty spring containers and riotous summer containers, containers of copper, gold, burgundy and purple for fall and sometimes an evergreen stuck in a pot for winter; but what if there was a container that spanned three seasons in one planting?  There is! Creating a layered container of bulbs, fall cabbages and dramatic dried autumnal florals gathered in the center can last from the early fall to late spring and even early summer. Join Landcraft Garden Foundation’s Head Gardener Kerry Ann McLean for this innovative and cost-effective floral display in a pot.  Learn all the tips and tricks to keeping this arrangement of live and dried material fresh and gorgeous for its full 8 months of display!

Kerry Ann McLean is Landcraft Garden Foundation’s Head Gardener. Trained at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, Kerry Ann brings to the North Fork years of experience as a grounds and estate manager, public gardener, Horticulture Specialist for W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company, plant buyer for Terrain, the garden-lifestyle brand of Urban Outfitters and Senior Horticulturist for Longwood Gardens.

 

Honey Harvest at the Landcraft Garden

With Chris Kelly, Master Beekeeper, Promise Land Apiaries

Friday, August 30, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Distinguished by unique and varied pollinator paths throughout expansive display gardens as well as ten acres of native meadows of plants and wildlife, Landcraft Garden Foundation is an ideal setting to learn about the importance of the Honeybee as the “little self-sacrificial servant” in the broader symbiotic relationship between plant and bee life. Bees play a vital role as pollinators in every aspect of nature’s constant dance. They contribute to complex, interconnected ecosystems that allow a diverse number of different plant and animal species to coexist. Using Landcraft’s very own bee colonies and pollinator heavy gardens, Master Beekeeper and Cornell trained entomologist,

Chris Kelly, will teach participants how to better understand the importance of the bee, as well as how gardeners and wildlife lovers alike can contribute to their prosperity in our very own backyards. In addition to his informative walk & talk, Kelly will demonstrate his hands on approach to beekeeping, capped off with a demonstration on harvesting honey straight from the source. Come join us for a special closeup of the honeybee – learn the basics of how, why and what we do to establish a hive – then taste for yourself the wonder of raw, unfiltered honey.

The workshop is open to 24 participants.  Participants will receive a small jar of Bee & Dee Landcraft Honey to take home!

 

Welcoming Wellness at the Landcraft Garden

With North Fork Life Coach, Lesaya Kelly

Friday, August 30, 4:30 – 6:30 pm

Immerse yourself in the tranquil surroundings of the pine grove as you engage in a guided meditation where you can mindfully release stressors and foster peace. Following the meditation, participants will embark on a silent walk through the Labyrinth. This tactile and sensory experience is designed to ground individuals in the present moment and promote a still mind. The event will conclude with a gathering where participants can share their reflections at the end of the silent walk.

 Lesaya Kelly has been a pastoral minister for 35 years, which has afforded her many learning experiences in supporting people in a practical process of transformation. She offers small business coaching clinics, workshops and guided retreats and continues to learn and grow in my own journey of transformation alongside the people she serves.

 

Pilobolus Family Workshop

The Human Alphabet for Families

Sunday, August 25, 10:00 – 11:30 am

In a playful, productive and fast-paced workshop designed for families and people of all ages and abilities, we will create alphabet letters with the human body! The workshop begins with a Pilobolus warm-up and exploration of principles of collaborative creativity and partnering basics. Then Teaching Artists will guide participants to work together to create the human alphabet.

The Pilobolus Family Workshop was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

 

Garden Design: Three Perspectives

w/ Bill Smith, Dennis Schrader, and Kerry Ann McLean

Saturday, August 3, 10:00 am – 11:30 pm

In surveys and from conversations, we understand that you, our friends and guests of LGF, want to understand the design dialogues and happy accidents that made the Garden as it is today. During open days, staff and volunteers can, at best, offer tidbits into the intentionality that connects all the different rooms, features and plant combinations. However, there is usually just not enough time for a deep dive, until now. Join The Garden’s creators Dennis Schrader and Bill Smith, and LGF’s Head Gardener Kerry Ann McLean as they offer three comprehensive but different perspectives on the design process. Learn their tips and tricks to making a great garden.

 

Natives and More: Glover Perennials in the Garden

w/ Jim Glover

Wednesday, July 31, 10 am – 11:30 pm

Join Jim Glover as he tours Landcraft Garden highlighting the strange and special plants that are specific to Glover Perennials.  The Garden at Landcraft is proud to grow an extraordinary number of Jim’s plants for their many outstanding qualities which Jim will explain. Learn which plants will give you multiple seasons of interest, feed pollinators early or late into the season, or have aesthetic forms that will enhance any design.  This is a rare opportunity to hear the many merits of relatively unknown plants from a master plantsman.

 

Glazed Planter Workshop

w/ Ester R. Kislin

Saturday, July 27, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Using methods like traditional Majolica, students will learn to glaze and decorate pre-made terracotta planters using metal oxides, stains and the unique brushwork required for glazing. This course includes instruction, inspiration, two planters, glazes, oxides and stains, and a firing. The finished products will be fired and returned for pick up approximately one week after the course completion.

 

Painting in the Garden: Plant Forms & Vignettes

w/ Wendy Prellwitz

Friday, July 19, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Explore watercolor painting in beautiful Landcraft Garden, taking inspiration from individual plants and the amazing garden environment. We will review basic watercolor techniques, how to use materials & tools, and color mixing, The day begins with a plant form still life and moves on to vignette views working out in the garden. Some familiarity with watercolor is helpful, but not required, as all levels of experience are welcome.

Wendy Prellwitz is an abstract print maker and artist inspired by water’s motion and light. Her work has been described as “a connection to the infinite, unknowable beyond.” Educated at The Rhode Island School of Design and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, she lives and works in both Cambridge, MA and Peconic, NY and has exhibited in the New England/ New York areas and beyond for 30 years.

 

Digging Deeper, A Garden Conservancy Event: Topiary, Art of the Clipped Form

w/ Landcraft Garden Foundation Team

Saturday, July 13, 2023, 10 am – 12 noon

Topiary is the practice of training a plant into a shape through careful and repeat clipping and other manipulations. Topiary is also the plant that has been topiarized. At Landcraft Garden Foundation, we often assemble assorted classic topiaries (balls and cones) when building a tablescape for events. Singularly or in a group, nothing elevates display making as quickly as the topiary.

Get the inside scoop on how to train a young houseplant cutting to a photo-ready tabletop topiary. One ball, two balls or three; cones, pillars, spirals and pompoms – learn to clip and shear the perfect form, then make your own. All attendees go home with a clay-potted topiary plant and the know-how to grow it strong.

 

Pocket Meadow Containers: Pollinator Friendly Pots

w/ Kerry Ann McLean, LGF Head Gardener and Educator

Saturday, June 22, 11 AM – 1 PM

Pocket gardens and pocket meadows are bite-sized plantings; crammed with plants suggestive of much larger gardens or open spaces, they are often very small – sometimes no larger than a pot on a stoop.  But despite their size, they are great opportunities to expand an area’s plant diversity and to create much needed habitat for displaced pollinators looking for food, rest or places to nest.   Make your own pollinator haven using locally-grown native and near native plants in a container perfect for your deck, porch or balcony. Landcraft’s horticulturist and educator will guide the selection and arrangement of plants and how to craft and incorporate additional nesting structures for beneficial insects and animals within the planting.  Containers are provided. Fun for children and adults.

Kerry Ann McLean is Landcraft Garden Foundation’s Head Gardener. Trained at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, Kerry Ann brings to the North Fork years of experience as a grounds and estate manager, public gardener, Horticulture Specialist for W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company, plant buyer for Terrain, the garden-lifestyle brand of Urban Outfitters and Senior Horticulturist for Longwood Gardens

Mossy Pots

w/ Kerry Ann McLean, LGF Head Gardener and Educator

Saturday, May 25, 10:30 AM – Noon

DESCRIPTION: A person who admires, studies, or collects old to ancient objects is called an antiquarian. There is a certain beauty to a well-worn thing; that beauty is often described as patina. In the garden, nothing says age as much as moss (and maybe, rust). A mossy urn suggests a long life, quality, and sophistication. It is an object that has endured weather and use; were it to be anthropomorphized these qualities frequently equate to wisdom and classiness. If you like this look but you haven’t the time for something to naturally age, accelerate the process. Learn how to encourage the growth of moss on a favorite piece of stone or pottery using simple ingredients and a touch of patience. Join LGF Head Gardener, Kerry Ann McLean, as she reviews the wonders of moss and demonstrates how to encourage its growth on terra cotta and stone.  Leave with a pot that will soon be as verdant as the Emerald Isles., and for events.

Close to Home: Bouquet Making with North Fork Flower Farm

w/ Charles Sherman & Drianne Benner (North Fork Flower Farm)

Saturday, May 18, 10 AM – Noon

DESCRIPTION: Join us in a bouquet-making workshop using seasonal flowers grown by the North Fork Flower Farm in Southold. The workshop is two hours long and includes an introduction to floral design by the team at NFFF. Bouquets are made using seasonal May flowers grown on the farm and include anemone, ranunculus, tulips, blooming fruit branches, and more. All floral materials are provided. Bring your own vases or use our quart Mason jars. Charles Sherman and Drianne Benner will be leading the workshop.

North Fork Flower Farm is a small-scale, local flower farm proud to call Long Island’s North Fork its birthplace and home. Its goal is to grow and provide the finest selection of beautiful, locally-grown cut flowers, bouquets, and arrangements that combine uncommon flowers, herbs, grasses, and other floral elements to individuals, floral professionals, and for events.

Monitoring the Migration: Bird Watching and Identification

w/ Ben Bolduc, Guide

Fridays, May 3, 10, 17, and 24, 8 AM

DESCRIPTION: Diversity is at the core of Landcrafts’ ethos. Whether it be vegetive, two legged, or four, Landcraft welcomes all; and in May, Landcraft is especially excited to welcome back to the garden its migrating feathered friends, the birds. Through mindful gardening practice, Landcraft, over the years has become a proud and very special bird sanctuary with a glorious diversity of birds either passing through or nesting within its 17 acres. Join Birding Guide, Ben Bolduc, as he helps guests see and understand the calls and habits of all the birds, conspicuous and inconspicuous, making Landcraft their home.

Ben Bolduc, a Mattituck resident and avid birder, has travelled extensively to view birds in their native habitats including the Lower Rio Grande Valley, of Texas, the boreal forest of the Adirondacks, Monhegan Island, Maine, and the Andes mountains and rainforests of Ecuador. Today, Ben leads guided walks for the North Fork Audubon Society, friends, and family, helping others discover the captivating world of birds. Ben looks forward to sharing his passion for birds and the spectacle of migration this year at Landcraft Gardens.

 

The Perfect Houseplant: Bromeliad Neoregelia

w/ Kerry Ann McLean, LGF Head Gardener and Educator

Saturday, April 13, 10 AM – 11:30 AM

DESCRIPTION: Meet your houseplant soulmate: Neoregelia – the blushing Bromeliad. Easy to care for, exceedingly vibrant and very happy indoors, this epiphytic plant doesn’t need soil, full sun or a lot of water. In fact, it thrives on relatively benign neglect (what more can you ask of any plant!). Join LGF Head Gardener and Educator, Kerry Ann McLean as she reviews the wonderful world of bromeliads, heralded most recently by NY Times columnist Margaret Roach as the easiest plant class to grow indoors. Pot up your own specimen plant in a hanging crate and discover how addicting to a collector this Genus can be!

Spring Zing: Seasonal Kokedamas

w/ Kerry Ann McLean, LGF Head Gardener and Educator

Saturday, March 30, 10 AM – 11:30 AM

DESCRIPTION: Want spring flowering plants without the heartache of a rogue late frost killing them prematurely? Make these manageable spring-inspired moss balls to decorate your home. Kokedama is the Japanese tradition of growing bonsai in balls of soil covered in moss. They are highly symbolic of the verdant earth; replace the bonsai with pansies, anemone, or bulbs, and they are the early bird songs of spring. Enjoy the color and vibrancy of spring flowering plants indoors, away from the fickleness of March and April temperatures. Hang them in windows, set them in saucers or glass, or place them on altars of driftwood – these giftable and fun living ornaments will delight guests and bring the promise of growth and renewal to your fingertips.

Topiary: Art of the Clipped Form

With Kerry Ann McLean

Saturday, September 7, 10:00 am to 12 noon

DESCRIPTION: Topiary is the practice of training any plant into a shape through careful and repeat manicuring. Topiary is also the plant that has been topiarized. At Landcraft Garden Foundation, we often assemble assorted classic topiaries (balls and cones) when building a tablescape for events. Singularly or in a group, nothing elevates display making as quickly as the topiary. Get the inside scoop on how to train a young houseplant cutting to a photo-ready tabletop topiary. One ball, two balls or three; cones, pillars, spirals and pompoms – learn to clip and shear the perfect form, then make your own. All attendees go home with a clay-potted topiary plant and the know-how to grow it strong.

Flower Fossils: Garden Science & Art for Ages 12-18

With Kerry Ann McLean

Saturday, September 16, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

DESCRIPTION: Most herbaceous plants are fleeting – in a season, they grow, then die back to the ground at season’s end. And while a picture is a lasting memory there are other more tactile ways to preserve a moment in a plant’s life. Join Garden Educator Kerry Ann McLean in making forever gardens using collected wildflowers, clay, and plaster and experience the lasting detail of a plaster cast verses the quick tap of a cell phone’s camera app.

Painting in the Garden: Plant Forms & Vignettes

With Wendy Prellwitz

Saturday, September 9, 9:30 – 4:00 pm

DESCRIPTION: Explore watercolor painting in the beautiful Landcraft Garden, taking inspiration from individual plants and the lush natural environment. Wendy Prellwitz will review basic watercolor techniques, how to use materials & tools, and color mixing, The day begins with a plant form still life and moves on to vignette views working out in the garden. Some familiarity with watercolor is helpful, but not required, as all levels of experience are welcome.

Sunprinting: Science & Art for Ages 12 – 18

With the Landcraft Garden Foundation Team

Friday, August 25, 1:30 – 3 pm

DESCRIPTION: Sunprinting is the art of reverse shadowing; it relies on a series of chemical reactions to capture an object’s outline and transparency when exposed to sunlight on treated paper. The effect is ethereal. Combine this wonder of science with Landcraft’s enormous palette of leaf shapes, marginalia, and arrangements to make compositions as ghostly and gorgeous as the gardens. Learn the science. Learn the plants and their morphology. Then design using the power of sunlight and water.

Hypertufa Containers: Make Your Own Molded Planter

With The Landcraft Garden Foundation Team

Saturday, August 5, 10:00 am – 12 pm

DESCRIPTION: Mix, pour and shape an organic-looking aggregate container using a recipe including lightweight sphagnum and cement. A human-made substitute for natural tufa (a highly porous rock-like material made when minerals precipitate (solidify) out of unheated water), hypertufa’s are ideal for alpine plants and succulent garden displays; and they weather beautifully – acquiring a pitted, mossy patina that blends into nature seamlessly. Join the Landcraft Garden Foundation Team as they give you the recipe and raw material to make your own planting vessels. The process will start in the garden; finished vessels will be allowed to cure there until ready to go home.

Honey Harvesting 

With Chris Kelly, Promise Land Apiaries

Saturday, August 19, 10:30 am – 12 pm

DESCRIPTION:  Join us for a Honey Harvest workshop! Local Master Beekeeper Chris Kelly of Promise Land Apiaries will guide participants through the wonderful world of beekeeping and harvesting honey. Children accompanied by a paying adult are FREE. You will bring home a jar of freshly-harvested honey.

Raptors (And a Groundhog!) in the Garden

With Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center

Saturday, June 3, 10:30 am – 12 pm

DESCRIPTION:Meet four rehabilitated raptors – and one groundhog – up close and personal! The birds of prey will include one or more species of owl, hawk, vulture and/or falcon. Learn how each bird had been injured & rehabilitated by the Rescue Center – to become a wildlife ambassador that helps us humans learn how raptors live in the wild and help us coexist with them. You’ll also meet education animal Allen McButterpants, a groundhog who is very popular with children!

Suspended Beauty: Epiphytic Orchids & Ferns on Teak Frames

With Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

Saturday, May 13, 10 am – 12 pm

DESCRIPTION: A workshop made for spending time with your mom or friends; learn about epiphytic plants and how they grow in nature and how they can thrive in your own home or shaded garden. Guests will choose from a variety of epiphytic orchids, ferns, and other plants — and mount them onto a teak frame with guidance from horticulturist, Kerry Ann McLean. A perfect gift for a loved one or a specimen to keep in your houseplant collection. Light refreshments will be provided.

Start the Season Bright: Spring Containers to Wake up the Garden

With Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

Saturday, April 15, 10 am – 1 pm

DESCRIPTION: Start the new gardening year with more than a few pansies – plant bold containers filled with wild stems and dramatic foliage. Greet returning wildlife with habitat and early food. Dazzle the yard with fresh color and cold tolerance. Join Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation’s Horticulturist in making take-home slip-in containers that will remind you that warmer weather is just around the corner!

Spring Pick-Me-Up: Moss and Bulb Baskets for Indoors

Saturday, April 1, 10 am – 12 pm

with Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

DESCRIPTION: Invite spring indoors with this workshop that combines floral design and living plants to create unique and warming tabletop centerpieces filled with the promise of a new gardening year. Join Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist Kerry Ann McLean in the Landcraft Greenhouses to build basket-gardens using assorted mosses, emerging bulbs and other spring tidbits collected from the Landcraft gardens to take home and enjoy in the warmth of your own home.

Living Holiday Wreaths

Friday, December 2, 2022, 9:30 am- 12:00 pm

with Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

DESCRIPTION:

Push the envelope of traditional holiday wreath making by including live plants!  Succulents, poinsettias and more combine beautifully with seasonal cut greens, seed pods, cones and florals for long lasting indoor holiday decor.  Gift them, hang them on walls or set tablescapes of mixed circlets, the possibilities are infinite and fun.  After the holidays, repurpose living plants into houseplants.  You can never have too many!

Hedging 

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 1:30 pm- 3:30 pm

with Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

DESCRIPTION:

Learn proper hedge maintenance and depth pruning of hedges with Landcraft horticulturist Kerry Ann McLean.  Taught in English with Spanish translator.

Wattling: Weaving Garden Accents

Saturday, October 22, 2022, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

with Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

DESCRIPTION:

Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist Kerry Ann McLean will teach the traditional craft of wattling – weaving willow, bamboo and other woods/natural materials into decorative garden fences, trellises, gates and more. Take home a new set of skills, a short hurdle, and inspiration about what you can do in your own garden with what you have or can source.

Dividing Perennials

Tuesday, October 18, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

With Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

DESCRIPTION:

Everyone loves a free plant.  Make your own free plants by dividing what you already have; then spread the wealth to family and friends or expand your own garden a la Landcraft! Dividing perennials is part of a gardener’s best practices for a robust garden. Give your plants more root and shoulder space to grow, reduce overcrowding and failure from pest and diseases; multiply hard to find perennials; foster cohesion in your garden’s design with plant repetition using your own plants. Taught by Landcraft Garden Foundation horticulturist Kerry Ann McLean with a Spanish translator.

Dry Stone Walling Workshop

Two Days: Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16, 9 am – 5:00 pm

With Andrew Pighills, Advanced Certified Stone Waller with the Stone Trust

DESCRIPTION:

This two-day hands-on workshop is designed to teach the structural techniques and aesthetic considerations involved in building a dry stone wall ( a wall without mortar) in the style of the low stone walls seen throughout the garden.  The outdoor classroom provides the setting for practicing proper dry stone walling methods including safety, batter, hearting, throughs, and coping. Knowledge gained will prepare students for their own projects and help train their eyes to identify proper walling techniques in all walls.   This workshop is suitable for men and women who can safely lift up to 40 lbs.

Nature & Sound Immersive Experience

Friday, October 7, 2022, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

With Linda Lombardo  and Erika L Haberkorn

Join Forest Therapy Guide Linda Lombardo and Sound Energy Practitioner Erika L Haberkorn for an immersive nature and sound journey experience. As we explore the unique and beautiful natural landscapes of the Landcraft Gardens, Linda will take pauses for all to be present and to fully experience peaceful moments in nature, and to gather therapeutic benefits it has to offer. This will be followed by a Sound Energy Bath led by Erika. Sound Therapy is the perfect complement to nature sounds and experiences – and can synergistically affect your mind, body & spirit.

Floral Headdresses with Josh Werber

Saturday, October 1, 2022, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

With Josh Werber, Floral Artist

DESCRIPTION:

Join renowned Brooklyn floral artist Joshua Werber for this exuberant workshop utilizing beautiful seasonal foliage, flowers, and grasses collected from the garden and greenhouses at Landcraft Garden Foundation. Participants will create magnificent gravity-defying floral headpieces. Werber will demonstrate various techniques for wiring a variety of plant materials, as well as how to condition them for their optimal lifespan out of water. This workshop will focus on encouraging everyone to think of plants and flowers in new ways—learning to see them as the sum of their parts—and through playful experimentation, allowing the materials to guide their own creations. After we finish our masterpieces, we will don them for a “fashion show,” garden stroll, and afternoon tea in the garden.

Seasonal Planters

Friday, September 30, 2022, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

With Kerry Ann McLean, Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist

DESCRIPTION:

Get your hands dirty and create a beautiful fall planter using a variety of colorful fall season plants, with suggestions and “tricks of the trade” that make these planters exceptional – these are not your typical fall planters! Led by Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist Kerry Ann McLean.

Honey Harvesting

Saturday, September 3, 2022, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

With Chris Kelly of Promise Land Apiaries

DESCRIPTION:

Join us for a Honey Harvest workshop! Local Master Beekeeper Chris Kelly of Promise Land Apiaries will guide participants through the wonderful world of beekeeping and harvesting honey.

Bog Garden Workshop

Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

With Dennis Shrader and Kerry Ann McLean

DESCRIPTION:

Bogs are unique wet environments – part aquascape, part landscape; typically fed by precipitation; containing lots of decomposing vegetation but very nutrient poor; generally acidic – they can edge larger deeper waterforms like ponds and lakes or exist independently. Learn how to construct and plant a bog garden as we build our own here at the Landcraft Garden.  Hands-on and informative. Taught in English with Spanish translator.

Tillandsia Frames Social

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

With Kerry Ann McLean, LGF Horticulturist

DESCRIPTION:

Tillandsias are plants that in their native habitats cling to branches, barks, and rocks; they are remarkable plants adapted to thrive without soil. Landcraft Garden Foundation Horticulturist Kerry Ann McLean will demonstrate how to create and take care of a tillandsia frame while guests enjoy making their own frames and taking time to relax and socialize in the garden’s Ruins.

Flower and Foliage Arrangements with Lilee Fell

Saturday, July 30, 2022, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

With Lilee Fell

DESCRIPTION:

Create two different styles of arrangements with flowers and foliage that have been gathered from the Landcraft Garden, as well as other spectacular flowers. Renowned floral decorator Lilee Fell will demonstrate how to work with the movement of flowers, and help you create an arrangement that is an expression of yourself and your own style. Lilee travels to the Netherlands every year to see the newest trends in cut flowers and has studied with great floral designers from Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain. She is a third-generation member of The Garden Club of America, has created floral décor for The Royal Family and clients throughout the East End and the Caribbean, and is known for being conscious of her environmental footprint.

The Quiet Colors: Painting Silver and White Plants in Watercolor with Rebecca Allan

Saturday, July 16, 2022, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

With Rebecca Allan

DESCRIPTION:

Gertrude Jekyll taught us to appreciate the luminosity and beauty of white flowers and leaf variegation, and at Landcraft, the white garden room is stunning. During this workshop, artist/horticulturist Rebecca Allan will demonstrate techniques for painting the subtle range of white and silvery tones of plants including Artemisia, Cosmos, Hydrangeas, and succulents in the garden. Introductory techniques for mixing and layering warm and cool tones, and drybrush will be demonstrated. Everyone will have reflective time to practice and stroll the gardens. Open to 15 participants regardless of experience, age 18 and up. Materials provided.  Please bring your own lunch. Rebecca Allan is a visual artist, and the founder of Painterly Gardens, a Bronx-based garden design firm. She is certified in sustainable garden design by New York Botanical Garden.

Local Entomology and Insect Collecting for Families

Thursday, July 7, 2022, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

With Jeff Petracca of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

DESCRIPTION:

80% of the world’s species are insects – inhabiting soil, plants, water, and air. We will explore insects in the Landcraft Garden with Jeff Petracca, Entomologist and Educator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He is a fantastic teacher for both children and adults of all ages. This entomology workshop includes exploration, instruction, and collecting in the garden; seated instruction in the West Terrace; break time with snacks; and finally photographing & documenting the specimens.

Watercolor Painting

Friday, June 24, 2022, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

With Wendy Prellwitz

DESCRIPTION:

Explore plein air painting in the garden with watercolor! We will take inspiration from the light, multitude of plant forms, and joy of color, as well as the garden environment.

To begin, we will cover some fundamental aspects of working with watercolor through demonstrations and exercises: characteristics of the paint itself, materials and tools, an intro to color mixing and manipulating wetness.

Afterwards we will choose places to work directly in the garden, beginning with several small quick studies, leading to more finished pieces as time allows, with individual attention to each participant’s process.

At day’s end, we will gather to review and share our work together.

Live Raptor Presentation

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10:30 am – Noon

With The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center

DESCRIPTION:

Meet four rehabilitated raptors from the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center. Our taloned guests will include a red-tailed hawk, a great horned owl, a peregrine falcon, a screech owl, a long-eared owl, and/or a turkey vulture. You will learn about each bird’s personal story, and the natural history of each species. After the hour-long presentation, participants will have the opportunity to have their photo taken with their favorite raptor.

Flower Mandalas – Summer Session

Friday, June 17, 2022, 8:30 am – 10:30 am

With Dennis Schrader and Kerry Ann McLean

DESCRIPTION:

Flower Mandalas are circular designs that symbolize life, the universe and our connections to both. They also represent the transient nature of everything. During this workshop, we will use flowers, found objects, petals, and other plant material to create Mandalas on the paths connecting the Rondels. Later in the day as visitors step through them, the Mandalas will scatter– revealing the ephemeral nature of things. The workshop will be led by Landcraft Garden Foundation co-founder Dennis Schrader and Horticulturist Kerry Ann McLean.

Turtle Rescue in the Garden

Saturday, May 14, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

With Turtle Rescue Center of the Hamptons

DESCRIPTION:

Outreach Educator Erika Haberkorn from Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons in Jamesport will offer an informative presentation on the lawn at Landcraft Garden Foundation. She will discuss native terrestrial and aquatic turtle of Long Island, their habitats, and natural history. She will provide helpful tips on how to protect wild turtles from injury and suggest ways to enhance your backyard for long-term survival and reproduction of turtles. Erika will bring along two live turtles from rehabilitation and guests will have the opportunity to get a closer look at their anatomy. Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons has rehabilitated more than 1500 turtles who were injured or in need of medication. Families with children encouraged to attend.

Succulent Pizza Workshop

DATE: Saturday – March 26th
TIME: 10am – 12pm
PRESENTED BY: Devin Sullivan & Landcraft Environments

Workshop Description:
Design your own personal succulent pizza in Landcraft’s greenhouse!Learn about the original Landcraft concept from our very own Devin Sullivan as she leads you through the artistic process of designing low terracotta saucers planted with Echeverias, Sedums, Kalanchoes, Graptopetalums, and various other interesting succulents. Leave with your own personalized 8” Succulent Pizza, and the know how to care for them!

Winter Walk & Warm-up: Experience the Virtues of the Dormant Garden & A Greenhouse Stroll

DATE: Saturday – March 5th
TIME: 10am – 1pm
PRESENTED BY: Vincent A. Simeone – Horticulturalist /Lecturer / Garden Writer www.vincentsimeone.com

Workshop Description:
Winter is one of the most beautiful times of the year to appreciate the garden. Although plants lie dormant, interesting characteristics such as the growth habit, ornamental fruit, and bark interest become most evident. In addition, conifers and broadleaved evergreens can provide unique foliage texture and colors that illuminate the landscape. Vincent A. Simeone, Horticulturalist, lecturer and garden writer, will lead guests down the paths of a winter wonderland focusing on the process of selecting and designing with exceptional trees, shrubs and even a few native grasses. One of Simeone’s main goals is to inspire gardeners to utilize exceptional horticultural treasures such as winter fruiting plants; select broadleaved evergreens and conifers; deciduous trees offering striking bark textures and colors; and flowering shrubs that bloom on the fringes of the winter season. This “walkabout” will also offer important information on sound garden maintenance practices and a plant palette that will provide food and shelter for animals in winter. The gardens at Landcraft Foundation is the perfect setting for an intimate exploration of the virtues of a winter garden. Dormancy will break in time, but beforehand there is much to appreciate and benefit from. Once the charms of the February morning wear off and reality settles back into our bones, what a better way to warm up than with an informative, stimulating and yet nourishing walk through a greenhouse in full swing? Participants will experience the warmth and lively houses of Landcraft Environment’s nursery led by founder and owner Dennis Schrader.

Birding for Beginners II: Winter Residents at LGF

DATE:    Friday, December 10, 2021
TIME:    10:00am-11:30am
PRESENTED BY: Jennifer Murray- North Fork Birder and Naturalist
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
The winter garden is very much alive! Come see and hear just how much this land abounds with wildlife! After an enthusiastic response to our first birding offering – thank you! – we are excited to present an additional round with local birder Jennifer Murray. Participants will explore ornithology in the diverse botanical grounds of the Landcraft Garden Foundation. This 90-minute workshop builds birding skills from mnemonics to understanding bird behavior. Murray will help participants identify common backyard birds and our “winter residents.” We will also search for less common birds from Brown Creepers to Bald Eagles. Participants will be led through the grounds on an exploration using sight and sound, then invited to find a quiet spot in the gardens or native meadows to observe birds from the ground to the sky! Come join us for this educational and sensory experience. The workshop is open to 20 participants (12+). Binoculars are optional.

Tickets available HERE.

TICKET COST (for each session):  $25 member/$35 non-member
ENROLLMENT:  20 Max
AGE:  12+
WEATHER:  Rain date- Monday, December 13, 2021

WORKSHOP REFUND POLICY:  Refunds must be requested at least 7 days before event by e-mailing info@landcraftgardenfoundation.org .  Landcraft Garden Foundation Credit will be given for the full ticket price, minus any Eventbrite processing fees (if applicable).  Credit must be used within 1 year of event, and can be applied to future workshops, events, garden admission or gift shop purchases.

SPECIAL NOTES: Wear appropriate winter gear. Comfortable shoes. Please be prepared to silence all cellphones and adhere to instructor’s request for quiet when appropriate. Thank you!

Birding for Beginners: Observing Birds in the Garden with Jennifer Murray

DATE:    Friday, December 3, 2021
TIME:    10:00am-11:30am
PRESENTED BY: Jennifer Murray- North Fork Birder and Naturalist
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Participants will explore basic ornithology in the diverse botanical grounds of Landcraft Gardens. This 90-minute workshop builds birding skills from mnemonics to understanding bird behavior. Local birder Jennifer Murray will help participants identify common backyard birds and our “winter residents.” We will also search for less common birds from Brown Creepers to Bald Eagles. Participants will be led through the grounds on a birding exploration using sight and sound, then invited to find a quiet spot in the gardens or native meadows to observe birds from the ground to the sky! Come join us for this educational and sensory experience through the gardens and grounds. The workshop is open to 15 participants (15+). Binoculars are optional. Tickets available HERE.

TICKET COST (for each session):  $25 member/$35 non-member
ENROLLMENT:  15 Max
AGE:  15+
WEATHER:  Rain date- Sunday, December 5, 2021

WORKSHOP REFUND POLICY:  Refunds must be requested at least 7 days before event by e-mailing info@landcraftgardenfoundation.org .  Landcraft Garden Foundation Credit will be given for the full ticket price, minus any Eventbrite processing fees (if applicable).  Credit must be used within 1 year of event, and can be applied to future workshops, events, garden admission or gift shop purchases.

SPECIAL NOTES: Wear appropriate winter gear. Comfortable shoes. Please be prepared to silence all cellphones and adhere to instructor’s request for quiet when appropriate. Thank you!

Food Preservation Workshop Series

DATES:    Mondays: September 20th & November 15th 2021
TIME:    10:00am-1:00pm
PRESENTED BY: Maryann Birmingham, Certified Food Preservationist & Proprietor, Case’s Place
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
These half-day, hands-on workshops will teach participants the art and
technique of canning using delicious North Fork fruits and vegetables. Participants will take home their canned creations and also receive a free Landcraft Garden visitor pass.

TICKET COST (for each session):  $90 member/$100 non-member
REGISTER HERE:
– September 20th, “Seasonal Relishes & Salsa”
– November 15th, “Chutney & Carrot Cake Jam”
ENROLLMENT:  4 Max
AGE:  18+
WEATHER:  Rain or shine.

SPECIAL NOTES: Proof of COVID vaccination is required for this event. Participants should bring an apron, hair-tie and wear closed shoes. Ticket price is for single class admission only. All workshops will take place in the professional kitchen at Cases Place Restaurant, 650 First Street, New
Suffolk 631-734-8686. All canning materials will be provided. Light refreshments will be served.

SPONSORED BY: Slow Food East End

Late Season Botanical Drawing with Rebecca Allan

DATE:    Saturday, October 9th, 2021
TIME:    10:00am-3:30pm
PRESENTED BY: Rebecca Allan – Painter and Horticulturist
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Revealing the beauty of plants in a drawing is enhanced by how an artist translates them into an expressive composition on paper.  Fall provides the distinctive forms and textures of seed pods, branches, and fruits that we will observe as we draw from simple, handmade arrangements of these subjects. During the one-day workshop, artist/horticulturist Rebecca Allan will demonstrate drawing techniques with pencil and bamboo pen and ink, inspired by late-season plants, in the garden and in botanical artworks by such artists as Maria Sybilla Merion, Ellsworth Kelly, and Elizabeth Blackladder. Everyone will have reflective time to practice drawing skills and stroll the gardens.  The workshop is open to 15 participants (18+).

TICKET COST:  $90 member/$100 non-member – tickets available HERE
ENROLLMENT:  4 Min – 15 Max
AGE:  18+
WEATHER:  Rain or shine.  If rain, workshop to be held in Glass Greenhouse

SPECIAL NOTES:  Morning Coffee, light snacks and a boxed lunch to be provided… Please select your lunch preference on Eventbrite for special dietary requests, at checkout.  Bring your own water bottle for filling at our filling station, or purchase a refillable bottle in our gift shop.  Comfortable shoes, sunscreen, bug spray and a sun hat or sunglasses recommended.

Honey Harvest at Landcraft Garden

DATE: Saturday, Sept 4th 2021
TIME: 10:30am – 12:00pm
PRESENTED BY: Chris Kelly – Educator & Master Beekeeper (Promised Land Apiaries)

Distinguished by unique and varied pollinator paths throughout expansive display gardens as well as ten acres of native meadows of plants and wildlife, Landcraft Garden Foundation is an ideal setting to learn about the importance of the Honeybee as the “little self-sacrificial servant” in the broader symbiotic relationship between plant and bee life. Bees play a vital role as pollinators in every aspect of nature’s constant dance. They contribute to complex, interconnected ecosystems that allow a diverse number of different plant and animal species to coexist. Using Landcraft’s very own bee colonies and pollinator heavy gardens, Master Beekeeper and Cornell trained entomologist, Chris Kelly, will teach participants how to better understand the importance of the bee, as well as how gardeners and wildlife lovers alike can contribute to their prosperity in our very own backyards. In addition to his informative walk & talk, Kelly will demonstrate his hands on approach to beekeeping, capped off with a demonstration on harvesting honey straight from the source. Come join us for a special closeup of the honeybee – learn the basics of how, why and what we do to establish a hive – then taste for yourself the wonder of raw, unfiltered honey.

The workshop is open to 24 participants.  Participants will receive a small jar of Bee & Dee Landcraft Honey to take home!

TICKET COST:  $20 member/$35 non-member/$15 Children ages 5-12
REGISTRATION: Register & purchase tickets on Eventbrite
ENROLLMENT:  24 Max
AGES:  5+
WEATHER: Rain or Shine (Honey Harvest will occur in our greenhouses in case of rain)

Seeing the Beauty of Plants: Botanical Drawing with Rebecca Allan

DATE:    Saturday, August 7th
TIME:    10:00am-3:30pm
PRESENTED BY: Rebecca Allan – Painter and Horticulturist
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Distinguished by its collections of unique and varied plants and trees, in expansive display gardens and greenhouses, Landcraft Environments is a wonderful setting to bring together the study of drawing with horticulture. This one-day workshop engages participants in the practice of observing and documenting a variety of plants in the gardens. Experienced horticulturist and artist Rebecca Allan will demonstrate techniques of drawing with pencil and ink, observing the form, habit, and patterns on various specimens. Come join us for a special opportunity in art and horticulture. The workshop is open to 15 participants (18+).  Materials provided.  Workshop, coffee and boxed lunch generously sponsored by an anonymous donor.

TICKET COST:  $90 member/$100 non-member
ENROLLMENT:  4 Min – 15 Max
AGE:  18+
WEATHER:  Rain or shine.  If rain, workshop to be held in Glass Greenhouse

SPECIAL NOTES:  Morning Coffee, light snacks and a boxed lunch to be provided… Please select your lunch preference on Eventbrite for special dietary requests, at checkout.  Bring your own water bottle for filling at our filling station, or purchase a refillable bottle in our gift shop.  Comfortable shoes, sunscreen, bugspray and a sun hat or sunglasses recommended.

Yoga in the Garden with The Giving Room

Join The Giving Room on Saturday mornings for a beautiful and inspiration filled exploration of peace in nature. Before or after asana, experience the gardens as a place for a walking or seated meditation. Let two harbingers of love – yoga & gardens – come together on flowery grounds.

DATE: Saturdays, from June 5th to October 30th 2021
TIME: 8:30am – 9:30am
REGISTRATION:  Visit The Giving Room’s registration page to sign up.