Long Island Master Gardener Events Calendar

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.
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.

Meeting dates:

October 17, 2018, meeting at the Brookhaven Ecology Center, Holtsville. Guest speaker will be LIMG member Dalida Taylerand her husband Sal. Their presentation is titled "Canning Your Garden Bounty." Checkout on this LIMG website Dalida's photos of her last year's garden bounty.

November 21, 2018, meeting at the Brookhaven Ecology Center, Holtsville. "Fresh Arrangements for Thanksgiving and December Holidays"with Marie Camenares of CCE and a floral designer demonstrating how we can make beautiful arrangements for our homes. Her four designs will be raffled off at the meeting.

December, 2018, Annual LIMG holiday party: date, time, and location to be announced.

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 2018 Calendar of
Events, Meetings, and Activities