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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.

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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.

JOIN US: Saturday Sept. 18 – Walk and Wine with Landcraft Garden Foundation

Sep 2, 2021 | Past Events, Walk and Wine

Be deliciously inspired by people passionate about the beautiful East End. Join Slow Food East End and Landcraft Garden Foundation for an evening of sipping local wines and strolling through the beautiful Landcraft gardens. 

Learn more about naturalizing landscapes and gardens to be pollinator friendly and biodiverse, what is best suited for our particular ecosystem, and discuss what is being done locally. As you tour the gardens you’ll also taste select local wines and snacks sourced from Landcraft Gardens’ harvest and a few of Slow Food’s favorite local farmers.

Ticketed guests are welcome to stroll through the gardens at your own pace and stop along the trails for tastes 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.

This event is co-hosted by Slow Food East End and Landcraft Garden conservancy. Tickets benefit Slow Food Feed the Forks initiatives and the Landcraft Garden Foundation. Tickets include wine and snacks from local food producers.

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

RAIN DATE: Friday, September 24, 4:30pm-7pm

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JOIN US: Wednesday July 14th for Walk & Wine, a foraging walking tour and wine tasting from 5-7 pm

Jul 6, 2021 | Past Events, Walk and Wine

We are happy to announce a return to live events!  We look forward to seeing you!
All you need is a ticket and your walking shoes to enjoy a private foraging exploration at lush Peconic River Herb Farm,
with herbalist and Slow Food Eat End master farmer, Melissa Mapes.

Learn to identify edible and medicinal herbs  that are local to East End woods and gardens,  learn more about what can be harvested and how to use beneficial herbs while admiring one of our favorite naturalized  gardens along the Peconic River.

If you haven’t been to the Peconic River Herb Farm you won’t want to miss this introduction to one of the fabulous East End gardens and nursery because you’ll also meet Gabriella Macari and taste delicious wines from Macari Vineyards, an award winning Vineyard on the North Fork of Long Island.

Rain date, Thursday July 15th.
Tickets   $25  Non Members
$20 for Slow Food East End members.

Melissa Mapes, Avid Naturalist, Forest School Leader, SFEE Master Farmer and herbalist, comes from a long line of east end farmers and continues her family passion for agricultural life through education as a Master Farmer with SFEE and schools across Suffolk County.   Through SFEE Melissa is currently working with the Butterfly Effect Project based in Riverhead mentoring young gardeners who plant & maintain BEP’s  Intergenerational Community Garden
Gabriella Macari is the Director of Macari Vineyards  She is a Master of Wine candidate and Certified Sommelier and has worked with her family at Macari Vineyards since its inception in 1995.  The Macari family winemaking tradition dates to the 30s & 40s when Gabriella’s grandparents and great grandparents made wine at home, in the 1960s a 500-acre potato farm was purchased but it would be 30 more years before the family started planting vines.  The winery is committed to ecological and holistic soil care, the biodiversity practiced at the winery has been beneficial to the vineyards and helped it win it many awards for its nationally acclaimed wines.