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Photos from our Walk and Wine at Landcraft Garden Foundation

Sep 27, 2022 | Past Events

Thank you to everyone who came to our Walk and Wine at the Landcraft Garden Foundation! We were so glad to see you and spend an evening sipping local wines and strolling through their imaginative gardens. 

Thank you to our friends at the Landcraft Garden Foundation for hosting us in their beautiful space and gardens that are a must-visit in every season! Also, a big thank you to our wine sponsors Rose Hill and Croteaux Vineyards for the delicious wines for everyone to enjoy during their garden stroll.

We also want to say thank you to our partners, Deep Roots, Jamesport Farmstead, Jamesport Sour Dough, Sang Lee, and Wickham Fruit Farm, for providing us with all the fresh, seasonal, and local produce. A very special shout out to chef Devin Kaye Sullivan for turning all of them into a menu filled with delicious nibbles. 

We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did! We are grateful to everyone who comes out to learn more about Slow Food East End. Your support allows us to help local farmers & food producers who support a healthy environment, good soils, and clean waters for all. We hope you’ll join us for our next event, in the meantime, enjoy these photos from our Walk & Wine. 

 

Photos from the North Fork Foodie Tour

Sep 19, 2022 | Past Events

Thank you to everyone who came out to visit our Slow Food East End table at Charnews Farm in Southhold! We were so glad to see you and tell you what we’ve been up to. Also, a warm welcome to those who signed up to become a member at the table! Don’t forget you still have a few days to sign up before September ends to get a new t-shirt and be entered into a raffle for a case of local wines! 

Thank you to our friends at the North Fork Foodie Tour for hosting us in their super fun event! We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!

We are grateful to everyone who comes out to learn more about Slow Food East End. Your support allows us to help local farmers & food producers who support a healthy environment, good soils, and clean waters for all. We hope you’ll join us for our next event, in the meantime, enjoy these photos from our table and new members!

 

Photos from our Slow Hour at RGNY

Sep 19, 2022 | Past Events, Slow Hour

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate a beautiful September evening with us at RGNY Wines. Our Slow Hour events are a time to slow down and enjoy each other’s company. It’s always a great opportunity to bring a friend and come on by to meet the Slow Food community, and chat with our volunteer board to learn more about Slow Food on the East End of Long Island. Plus, you get to support local businesses and enjoy a beautiful view!

Thank you to our friends at RGNY for hosting us in their beautiful space, and for the delicious wine.

We are grateful to everyone who attends our events. Your support allows us to help local farmers & food producers who support a healthy environment, good soils, and clean waters for all. We hope you’ll join us for our next Slow Hour, in the meantime, enjoy these photos from the event. Cheers!

 

September Membership Drive!

Sep 10, 2022 | Past Events

Every September we work to get our current members to renew and attract new members to the cause of Slow Food: good, clean, and fair food for all. As you may have heard, we are very proud that our chapter, Slow Food East End, is the most active in the country. Continuing to grow our membership is important for bringing a full spectrum of lived experiences together so that we can truly and equitably rebuild the table.

As a chapter of Slow Food USA, we are part of a driving force for change at the local, national, and international levels. Our very active and committed membership makes this change possible and continually helps us support our community transitioning out of the pandemic. We can only rebuild this table together. We need more people to join our movement to unite the joy of food with the pursuit of justice. Please consider becoming a member today.

Here’s what we accomplished this past year with the support of our members: 

  • Developed an Agricultural Outreach program and donated over $15,000 to farms, restaurants, fishers, and producers struggling with the effects of the pandemic on their business. 
  • Initiated Flour Power to enlist members of the community to provide home-baked bread to local food pantries.
  • Worked with the Butterfly Effect Project in Riverhead to establish a Community Garden which joins the 30 school gardens on the North and South Forks.

Won’t you join us as we do bigger and better things in the next year?

As a thank you bonus to our new and renewing members if you renew or sign up during our annual membership drive in the month of September, you’ll be gifted with a Slow Food East End T-shirt (as pictured below!!) AND you’ll also be entered into a raffle with the chance to win a basket case of local wines! 

Be sure to select East End as your chapter when you sign up!

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

Photos from our Potluck at North Fork Flower Farm

Sep 7, 2022 | Past Events

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate August and the first summer at North Fork Flower Farm‘s new permanent home. Earlier this year three highly motivated and energetic couples bought 20 acres of protected agricultural land in the heart of Southhold fulfilling their dream to be the source of locally grown botanicals available direct to consumers with a CSA program and custom floral designs for weddings and all celebrations.

We feasted potluck style around an 80′ table under glorious skies filled with magical North Fork sunset glows and even included a rainbow or two. Surrounded by rows of flowers of all varieties, it was a very special and delicious evening.

It’s been three years since our last potluck and we are grateful for being able to gather together and continue to nourish our connection to our community through food. A huge thanks to all who attended for bringing delicious food, drink, and merriment for everyone to share.

We are grateful to everyone who attends our events. Your support allows us to help local farmers & food producers who support a healthy environment, good soils, and clean waters for all.

 

September 23: Walk & Wine at Landcraft Garden Foundation

Sep 7, 2022 | Past Events, Walk and Wine

We are back with another Walk & Wine to celebrate two incredible organizations, Slow Food East End and the Landcraft Garden Foundation.

Join Slow Food East End at Landcraft Garden Foundation for an evening of sipping local wines and strolling through their imaginative gardens on Friday, September 23rd from 4:30 pm to 7 pm. Be inspired and learn more about naturalizing landscapes from the experts at Landcraft who will share tips for pollinator-friendly, biodiverse landscaping best suited for our local ecosystem and your backyard. Ticketed guests are welcome to stroll through the gardens at their own pace and stop along the trails for tastes, sips and chats.

There are four acres of cultivated and naturalized garden spaces to enjoy surrounded by almost 10 acres of natural meadows with mowed paths providing easy access to view native plants and abundant wildlife. Enjoy the garden’s current art installation of 14 sculptures nestled throughout the landscape by artists Sam Moyer and Eddie Martinez who live and work in Orient and New York City.

Tickets include tastings of locally sourced wines from Croteaux Vineyards and Rose Hill Vineyards along with nibbles sourced from Landcraft Gardens’ harvest and a few of Slow Food’s favorite local farmers.

September is SLOW FOOD USA’s membership drive month. During the month of September our chapter, Slow Food East End, the most active chapter in the US, says thank you to our new members and renewing members with a gift of a Slow Food t-shirt! If you renew or sign up to be a member before our event your t-shirt will be available to pick up at Landcraft. Remember SFEE members always get discounts to all SFEE events.

As an added bonus all ticket holders will be entered into a drawing to win gift baskets filled with Landcraft Garden Foundation and Slow Food swag and local wines! You must attend the event to win a basket. This event is co-hosted by Slow Food East End and Landcraft Garden Foundation. Tickets are $65 for members of either organization and $75 for nonmembers (plus the Event Brite processing fee). Ticket proceeds benefit Slow Food Feed the Forks initiatives and the Landcraft Garden Foundation.

Rain date Saturday, September 24th.

The Landcraft Garden Foundation is located at 4342 Grand Avenue, Mattituck.

Get Your Tickets Here!
Located in the heart of the North Fork’s wine region on Long Island’s East End, the Landcraft Gardens were established in 1992 by founders Dennis Schrader and Bill Smith when they purchased 17 acres of land surrounding a 1840’s-era farmhouse. Their initial goals were to create an exuberant garden of unusual or little-known plants, featuring them within a framework of innovative design while also providing an environment for trialing new and exotic plant materials. They wanted it to be an American garden; to be a conglomeration of different styles and influences blending seamlessly to create a garden of unique interests. The garden would exemplify the synthesis of structure, color, distinctive plant material, and composition.