Meeting Information
- LIMG meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month unless indicated below.
- 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM: Arrival, refreshments, social, setup, and gardening discussions
- 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM: Guest speaker
- 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM: General membership meeting, raffle and cleanup
- 11:30 AM: Executive Board meeting, all members are encourage to attend.
- All meetings are at the Brookhaven Ecology Center unless otherwise stated. See below for directions and map. Enter through the double glass doors into the main building and follow the signs to the meeting room. Continue straight through the entry room and the educational room to the greenhouse area. Go left and continue through the greenhouse. Turn right after leaving the greenhouse and the meeting room is in front of you.
- 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM: Arrival, refreshments, social, setup, and gardening discussions
- Periodically check the LIMG website for changes in the meeting location.
- Speakers, events, and activities will be posted when confirmed.
LIMG BOOKCASE: The LIMG bookcase is now located at the Brookhaven Ecology Center main foyer. Bring in your old gardening books. Members can borrow books from the bookcase and return them when finish reading them.
2019 LIMG Golden Trowel information and nomination form are on the "Notices & Comments" page of this website.
Meeting dates:
Wednesday, November 20 African Violet Society President Carol Klein will bring examples that will show us how to create "Mini Landscapes Table Designs” using African Violets.
The terms of office for all positions on the LIMG board expire on December 31, 2019. Election for all positions will be done at the November 20th meeting. All positions are for two years. As required by LIMG By-laws, (a copy of the LIMG by-laws can be obtained by going to "About Us" page on this website) a nominating committee was formed in September, 2019.
Nominating committee members are: Kathy VanDyke, Denise Miller and Beverley Pearman. Nora Rooney informed the committee that she can no longer serve as a member-at-large. All other officers and board members are willing to continue to serve. The nominating committee has selected Milli Meyer as their choice for the open member-at-large position.
Therefore the nominating committee's slate for the election at the November 20th meeting is:
President: Bob VanDyke
Vice-President and Program Coordinator: Lucille Hoell
Secretary: January, February, March, April: Eileen Taborsky, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December: Mary-Jo Re
Treasurer: Lorraine Leacock
Membership Director: Nancy Lynch
Communications Director: Peter Herron
Members-at-Large: George Costa, Tania Entwistle, Milli Meyer, Kathy VanDyke
Voting to be held at the November 20th general meeting. Nominations for all positions will be accepted from the floor.
December 18: Christmas Party, Brookhaven Ecology Center, Holtville, date, and time to be announced.
LIMG Membership Renewal
It is that time of the year for renewing your LIMG membership. Click the button below to obtain the 2019 Long Island Master Gardeners membership form. Bring the completed form along with your check, $35.00 for a couple and $25.00 for a single, to the meeting and give it to Lorraine Leacock, LIMG treasurer. This will save you postage and make Lorraine's work a lot easier.
Click here to obtain a copy of the LIMG 2020 Membership Form.
DIRECTIONS TO BROOKHAVEN ECOLOGY CENTER
(website: https://www.brookhavenny.gov/Departments/Highway-Department/Ecology-Site)
Four ways to Brookhaven Ecology Site:
1. Sunrise to Waverly Ave. (exit 52)- Then go north 2 lights. Turn right on
Buckley Ave. Ecology site is 1 mile down on right.
2. LIE to exit 63, south on North Ocean- right on Woodside Ave (Rte 99)
- right onto Buckley - past cemetery, enter on right.
3. LIE exit 63 south on North Ocean Avenue – first right (Jamaica Avenue) past
railroad overpass. Go until tee intersection (about half a mile) which is Blue Point Rd.
Go left onto Blue Point until first traffic light. Turn left at first traffic light onto Buckley.
Ecology Center entrance is on left about one quarter mile.
4. From the north shore-Rte 97 (Nicolls Rd.) south. Go left onto Patchogue-Holbrook Rd.(CR 19)
Follow signs to Woodside Ave. (Rte 99). Go left onto Woodside Ave. (Rte 99) and follow signs to
Buckley Rd. (the signs may say Holtsville Park) Go left onto Buckley Rd. Park is on the right.
Long Island Master Gardeners 2019 Calendar of
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