Where: Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Dr, Smithtown, NY 11787, USA (map)

Description: Please contact Joy Cirigliano to make reservations for this event at (631)766-3075.

Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Rd, Smithtown. Meet behind the main house across from the Eagle Enclosure above the Butterfly House. Please join 4HAS and Nature Initiative at the Native Habitat Garden located behind the white main house at Sweetbriar Nature Center. We will be learning about native and non-native plants and why native plants are so very important for our local ecosystem. We will be working in the gardens, splitting native perennials, removing weeds and adding new native plant plugs to the garden. We will work on plant id, and also learn about how to help our local pollinators and other insects and wildlife, plus what we can add to our own properties to help our winged, four-legged and multi-legged neighbors. Please bring gloves, cultivator or other favorite gardening tools and a few empty flowerpots, for native plants giveaways!