Latest Events in Mattituck(April Updated)

Join Emily Thompson, world renowned floral designer, for an exclusive walk through the garden and conservatory. She will highlight a curated selection of plant material perfect for creating one-of-a-kind arrangements. Following the walk, Emily will lead an inspiring demonstration, showcasing the assembly of 2-3 distinctive floral arrangements. After the demonstration, attendees will receive a copy of Emily's beautiful new hardcover book and have the opportunity for her to sign it. Lunch ticket holders will join Emily for a delightful lunch, catered by Fire and Salt, following the book signing. Emily Thompson was raised in the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont, a place of uncompromising beauty. She brought her sense of this place, its ruins and its wilds, to her work as an artist, traveling from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Pennsylvania, to UCLA, where she earned her MFA in sculpture, finally landing in New York City. Here, she fell in with a rough crowd of thorny brambles and made it her mission to bring them to light. AGE: Adult audiences WEATHER: Rain or Shine SPECIAL NOTES:Please dress appropriately for events and workshops held outdoors. Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite

Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to teach essential plant propagation methods. This event will focus on the techniques of herbaceous stem cuttings, evergreen hardwood cuttings, succulent propagation, monocot propagation, and air layering. Learn the best practices for each method, with special emphasis on techniques that are easy and accessible for home gardening. Practice propagating herbaceous plants using the most effective and simple methods, ensuring you leave with the knowledge and confidence to grow your own plant collection. After the practical session, enjoy an exclusive tour of our professional nursery production area, where you’ll see how these techniques are implemented on a larger scale and gain insight into advanced propagation strategies used by industry experts. Whether you’re new to propagation or looking to refine your skills, this workshop will provide the practical knowledge you need to succeed in growing more plants at home. Amanda Profera is Landcraft Garden Foundation’s Horticultural Operations Coordinator. While studying ornamental horticulture at Farmingdale State College, Amanda has mastered the art of plant propagation and is ready to share her knowledge. AGE: 16+ WEATHER: Rain or shine. Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite

Dr. Lehrer will guide you through the characteristics of begonias, orchids, and succulents, sharing insights into their evolutionary strategies and ecological roles. In addition to botanical science, this workshop will highlight how to integrate these plants into your own garden or design projects. Come ready to explore the wonder of nature and bring home practical ideas to transform your own green spaces. Dr. Jonathan Lehrer is a favorite amongst students at Farmingdale State College, where he serves as the Ornamental Horticulture Department Chair while also teaching many of the classes in the program. AGE: All ages WEATHER: Rain or Shine Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite

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 whose 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. This year she is included in the Cambridge Art Association Members Prize show, the Alex Ferrone Gallery on Long Island, and a church gallery exhibit in New York City. She was awarded a fellowship from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation to paint in Ireland, a grant from the St Botolf Club to paint in Rome and honored with the Spirit Award from Maud Morgan Arts, to commemorate her co-founding of the city-wide Cambridge art center and her continued service there. AGE: 18+ WEATHER: Rain or shine. SPECIAL NOTES: Morning coffee, light snacks, and a boxed lunch to be provided. All levels of watercolor ability are welcome; however, some experience with watercolor medium and drawing will be helpful. Materials list to follow, with recommended paint, paper, and brushes. Please bring what you'll need to work comfortably outside in the garden, in sun or shade, and either a portable folding stool or chair and small folding table or outdoor easel. Comfortable shoes and socks, wide brimmed hats, sunscreen, insect repellant and water are recommended. Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to properly nose and taste spirits while delving into the science of distilling. As you enjoy cocktails, you’ll have the opportunity to blend your own proprietary botanical mix, featuring unique aromatics like Wild Magic Basil, grown at Landcraft Garden Foundation. Each participant will leave with a personalized bottle of their signature gin blend to take home and enjoy responsibly. Matchbook Distilling Co. is an R+D facility dedicated to production of spirits that champion agriculture, anthropology, tradition and science. Matchbook is in Greenport, NY with a tasting room operating Saturdays from 1pm - 6pm. AGE: Adult audiences WEATHER: Rain or shine SPECIAL NOTES: Please dress appropriately for events and workshops held outdoors: comfortable shoes and socks, wide brimmed hats, sunscreen, insect repellant and water are recommended. To be a source of healthy insects for our birds and other insect-feeding wildlife, we do not spray the gardens to manage ticks. Please take appropriate caution. Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite

Glover Perennials is a premier local (Cutchogue) wholesale nursery supplying Northeast and Mid-Atlantic garden centers and discerning landscape design/build firms with hard-to-find, quality-grown native, near-native and non-native plants. Jim Glover, founder and CEO of Glover Perennials, is an expert in unusual and native plants; he has spent a lifetime collecting local ecotypes on Long Island’s East End as well as selecting native and non-native plants with exceptional horticultural value. Whether it is an ecotype of a well-known species or an exotic, non-invasive off-season bloomer, Glover Perennials prides itself on exceptionally long production cycles to guarantee the most robust plants for the landscape. 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. Jim Glover received a B.S. degree in Community Forestry & Horticulture from the University of Vermont. He later attended the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture and received a Master of Forest Resources degree in Urban Horticulture in 1990. Prior to starting Glover Perennials, Jim worked extensively with wholesale and retail nurseries, and landscape contractors. Jim has made four appearances on Martha Stewart TV and was featured in a New York Times garden article in which he discussed the value of “ripping up your lawn” in favor of more attractive, environmentally sensible and lower maintenance groundcovers. Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite

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 as they offer two comprehensive but different perspectives on the design process. Learn their tips and tricks to making a great garden. Dennis Schrader , a noted personality among New York’s horticulture circles, Dennis is co-owner of Landcraft Environments, a leading wholesale greenhouse growing operation, located in Mattituck. The business currently has over 4 acres of greenhouse growing space, and additional acreage of outdoor growing structures, producing hundreds of thousands of plants each year. Landcraft ships its plants to garden centers, public gardens, and garden designers throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. In addition to Landcraft Environments, Dennis’ garden design accomplishments range from penthouse gardens in Manhattan to large-scale commercial and estate landscapes on Long Island and throughout the Northeast. He has also designed tropical gardens in Florida, Hawaii, California, and Costa Rica. Bill Smith is a professional Interior and Garden Designer with a Degree in Environmental Design from Parsons School of Design in NYC. He has worked for Architectural firms in New York City before forming his own Interior Design business in 1988. Bill has designed residential and commercial Interior and Garden design projects ranging in size and scope from small Manhattan studios, to estate homes, corporate headquarters and luxury yachts. He is co-owner of Landcraft Environments Ltd. with Dennis Schrader. Bill and Dennis have created an extensive garden as a complement to their growing business which has been extensively photographed and published world wide. Their garden has not only been featured in most national and international gardening magazines but has been featured on many gardening TV shows. Key to his garden design philosophy is the emphasis of strong color and textural relationships as well as incorporating plants as living architecture to achieve a unique and unexpected garden experience. AGE: Adult Audiences WEATHER: Fair weather only. If raining, workshop will be cancelled with no rain date to follow. To confirm possible cancellation due to weather please call (631) 298-7216. SPECIAL NOTES: Please dress appropriately for a long walk outdoors: comfortable shoes and socks, wide brimmed hats, sunscreen, insect repellant and water are recommended. To be a source of healthy insects for our birds and other insect-feeding wildlife, we do not spray the gardens to manage ticks. Please take appropriate caution. AGE: Adult Audiences WEATHER: Fair weather only. If raining, workshop will be cancelled with no rain date to follow. To confirm possible cancellation due to weather please call (631) 298-7216. SPECIAL NOTES: Please dress appropriately for a long walk outdoors: comfortable shoes and socks, wide brimmed hats, sunscreen, insect repellant and water are recommended. To be a source of healthy insects for our birds and other insect-feeding wildlife, we do not spray the gardens to manage ticks. Please take appropriate caution. Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite

We are thrilled to host the Pilobolus Dance Company once again -- for our Third Annual Landcraft Garden Foundation Summer Event. Saturday, August 30th, Doors Open at 5:00 pm, guests receive a complimentary glass of wine, Dance Performance starts at 6:00 pm Saturday Performance Program will include four pieces: Flight, Lamentation Variation, First Movement of Particle Zoo and Sweet Purgatory . Performance Ticket: $150 General admission to the performance. Performance Donor Ticket: $250 By purchasing a Donor Ticket, your generous contribution will underwrite five tickets for families and communities impacted by inequality, providing them with the opportunity to attend the Pilobolus Family Workshop on Sunday, 8/31. Performance Sponsor Ticket: $1,000 Performance Sponsors will underwrite 10 tickets for families and community members impacted by inequity, providing them with the opportunity to attend the Pilobolus Family Workshop on Sunday, 8/31 . Performance Sponsors will also receive recognition across all Pilobolus promotional materials . Click here to purchase tickets to Pilobolus Family Workshop on Sunday, 8/31 The performances are made possible by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Information Source: Landcraft Garden Foundation | eventbrite