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.
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.