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04.20.2012 Garden Event at Farmingdale State College "Home Grown Food:
Planning and Planting the Abundant Landscape"
Tentative Schedule
- 8:30 am: Opening Remarks: “Why a Sustainable Garden at Farmingdale
State College?” A Short History of Food Production within the Department of Ornamental
Horticulture.”
- 9:00 am: “Luscious Landscaping with Fruits” – Lee Reich PhD. Lee Reich,
PhD is an avid farmdener (more than a garden, less than a farm) who turned from
plant and soil research with the USDA and Cornell University to writing, lecturing,
and consulting. He is the author of six books, including the newly released Grow
Fruit Naturally and writes regularly for Associated Press and publications such
as Fine Gardening and Horticulture.
- 10:00 am: “The Grower’s Calendar: Timing Your Harvest” – Caroline Fanning
and Daniel Holmes. Caroline and Daniel, native Long Islanders, are a husband and
wife team that launched Restoration Farm, a seven acre farm at Old Bethpage Village
Restoration in 2007.
- 11:00 am “Hunting for Wild Foods” – “Wildman” Steve Brill. Mr. Brill
is an author, tour guide and wild food expert who has been collecting wild foods
in New York City parks since 1982.
- 12:00 pm: Lunch break, garden tours, touring time within vendor display
area, book signing with Lee Reich and Steve Brill.
- 1:00 pm: “Wild Foraging Tour” – “Wildman" Steve Brill.
- 2:00 pm: “Pruning Fruit Trees” – Lee Reich. See bio above.
- 3:00 pm: “Compost Tea and Compost Making” – Stephen D’Amato. Mr D’Amato
is the principal of D’Amato Landscaping, Inc, Northport, NY.
- 3:30pm: “Backyard Bee Keeping” – Joan Mahoney. Joan, a student in the
department of Ornamental Horticulture, works for the NY State Department of Environmental
Conservation, is a backyard beekeeper and manages the hive within the Sustainable
Garden.
- 4:00 pm: “Backyard Chickens” – Jennifer Murray. Ms. Murray is proprietor
of Turtleback Farms, a sustainable farm operation on a 22 acre historic farm nestled
along the Nissequogue River abutting over 30 acres of preserved woodlands in Smithtown
NY.
Date:
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Time:
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location:
Teaching Gardens and Greenhouse at Farmingdale State College
Price:
$5.00 admission will benefit the Sustainable Garden at the Department of Ornamental
Horticulture. Open to the public.
The event will help anyone interested in learning how to grow their own fruits,
vegetables, herbs and flowers. It will also feature interactive workshops, garden
tours, plants for sale, and local food.
Renowned speakers include the following:
- Designer and author Dr. Lee Reich (www.leereich.com/)
- Edible forager “Wildman” Steve Brill (www.wildmanstevebrill.com)
- Cutting-edge practitioner Stephen D’Amato
- Local farmers Caroline Fanning and Daniel Holmes from Restoration Farm at Old Bethpage
Village Restoration (www.restorationfarm.com)
- Local farmer Jennifer Murray, from Turtleback Farms, Smithtown, NY
- Joan Mahoney, beekeeper from Babylon, NY.
This event coincides with Farmingdale State College’s Centennial and celebrates
the remarkable resiliency of the Department of Ornamental Horticulture, a founding
program of the college. The training of students to grow and incorporate food-bearing
plants within ornamental landscapes is a tradition dating back to the early days
of the State Institute of Applied Agriculture at Farmingdale and remains relevant
today on Long Island where a growing segment of citizens desire to grow and/or support
locally produced food.
All Activities take place at The Teaching Gardens, conveniently located adjacent
to the Smith Street/Rt. 110 entrance on the Farmingdale State College campus. For
more information call: Michael Veracka (631) 420-2113 or email
michael.veracka@farmingdale.edu.
For more information contact Michael Veracka, MLA, Department Chair and Assistant
Professor, Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Farmingdale State College, (631)
420-2113. For more information about The Sustainable Garden go to www.thesustainablegarden.org. Further information about
Farmingdale State College’s Department of Ornamental Horticulture is available at
www.farmingdale.edu/horticulture.