ReWild promotes five practices that are key to sustainability, easily memorable as CROWN - Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, Nurturing Natives. Each month, we draft up a few suggestions on these practices that are practical and timely to help you ReWild your space.
Got tips to share? Email us or join our sustainable garden calendar team.
Read MoreReWild Long Island is thrilled to unveil the 20 recipients of its Community Gardens Program grants for 2025. Now in its third consecutive year, this initiative works with local community groups to transform public spaces across Long Island into vibrant, ecologically rich native plant gardens. This brings the number of ReWild Community Gardens to 54.
Read MoreHow can you help our environment and community? Watch the video to learn how local teens work together to make a difference through the ReWild Summer Program to Fight Hunger and Climate Change. This video focuses on the South Fork program.
Read MoreReWild promotes five practices that are key to sustainability, easily memorable as CROWN - Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, Nurturing Natives. Each month, we draft up a few suggestions on these practices that are practical and timely to help you ReWild your space.
Got tips to share? Email us or join our sustainable garden calendar team.
Read MoreAre you passionate about the environment and ready to take action this summer? In this webinar, student organizers walk you through everything you need to know about ReWild Long Island’s 2025 Summer Program—an exciting opportunity for students to get hands-on with sustainability, native gardening, and environmental leadership!
Read MoreVolunteers make rewilding happen. We can’t grow more rewilded spaces on Long Island without attracting new hands and hearts to our movement. With this in view, ReWild is announcing a volunteer recognition policy for 2024 which includes discounts on plant sales and exclusive member-only plants access at the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Plant Sales for volunteers who contribute over 10 hours over the 2024 season.
Read MoreMosquito spraying harms our environment, so how can you, your family and pets safely enjoy your yard? Watch this video for DIY mosquito control tips, including places to look for standing water, best practices for using mosquito dunks, and the latest advances in no-spray control from Todd Montgomery, Bee Safe Mosquito Control founder.
ReWild promotes five practices that are key to sustainability, easily memorable as CROWN - Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, Nurturing Natives. Each month, we draft up a few suggestions on these practices that are practical and timely to help you ReWild your space.
Got tips to share? Email us or join our sustainable garden calendar team.
Read MoreThere’s a history of our community coming together for Earth Hour, which is the global initiative that builds awareness of our role in environmental health by encouraging people to turn off unnecessary lighting for one hour. This year, Earth Hour is Saturday, March 22, 8.30–9.30pm. Here’s the story…
Read MoreReWild promotes five practices that are key to sustainability, easily memorable as CROWN - Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, Nurturing Natives. Each month, we draft up a few suggestions on these practices that are practical and timely to help you ReWild your space.
Got tips to share? Email us or join our sustainable garden calendar team.
Read MoreReWild promotes five practices that are key to sustainability, easily memorable as CROWN - Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, Nurturing Natives. Each month, we draft up a few suggestions on these practices that are practical and timely to help you ReWild your space.
Got tips to share? Email us or join our sustainable garden calendar team.
Read MoreDiscover ways to recycle and reuse holiday items, and learn about the benefits of recycling Christmas trees when ending this holiday season.
Read MoreReWild promotes five practices that are key to sustainability, easily memorable as CROWN - Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, Nurturing Natives. Each month, we draft up a few suggestions on these practices that are practical and timely to help you ReWild your space.
Got tips to share? Email us or join our sustainable garden calendar team.
Read MoreThis summer, our summer program students helped raise or metamorphose over 80 monarchs—but the monarchs weren’t the only ones who metamorphosed.
Read MoreDiscover your role in saving monarchs from extinction in this Monarch Masterclass with Monarchs Matter founder Cynthia Zhang (New York, US) and The Monarch Missions founder Olivia Xing (British Columbia, Canada). These two youth environmentalists will dive into raising monarch butterflies, restoring monarch habitat, participating in community science projects, and more!
Read MoreIn this presentation, ReWild Summer Program Student Organizer Dora Fields explores how organic waste, particularly human hair, can be transformed into valuable resources that contribute to sustainability efforts. Human hair, instead of ending up in landfills, can be repurposed to clean up oil spills, remediate contaminated soil, and more. This not only reduces waste but also helps protect our environment.
Read MoreLight Pollution disrupts nature, affects human health, and results in energy waste. In this webinar, Susan will discuss the economic and environmental impact of light pollution and offer solutions to ineffective, wasteful, harmful to flora and fauna and obtrusive outdoor lighting.
Read MoreJoin native plant and habitat specialist Joy Cirigliano as she explores ways to attract more wildlife to our properties, using water and native wetland plants. Learn about different ways that a pond, bog, or small stream can be easily incorporated into a garden design, and the ecological benefits it may bring. Find out how to create small water features, and the wildlife that may be attracted to a property with the addition of one. Discover which native plants thrive in watery environs, saturated soils, and frequently flooded areas and how they can be used to enhance specific water features.
Read MoreWith attention now focused on cutting down on food waste, it's the perfect time to take a new look at the power to transform leftovers. Jacquie Ottman will show us how to save money and cut down on climate emissions by reinventing what's left over from last night's dinner into something new and delicious.
Read MoreSince the last glacier retreated from Long Island, grasslands characterized the landscape of Long Island's southern half, from the vast tallgrass prairie of the Hempstead Plains to the maritime grasslands of the South Fork. In this webinar, you will learn about the impacts humans since colonial times have had on the grasslands, from degradation and erasure of these ancient habitats to restoration efforts. Slides illustrate the diverse indigenous grassland flora and fauna.
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