2024 ReWild / South Fork Summer Program
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From harvesting produce and flowers for local food pantries to preparing garlic for planting, we are planting native pollinator gardens, pulling invasive plants, and composting—we were busy! The SoFo participants contributed nearly 400 hours of community service.
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Share the Harvest
Share the Harvest Farm, an organic farm that grows and supplies healthy, fresh produce for local food banks and also operates a farm stand, offers the opportunity to learn the key components of organic farming and the considerations for running a community program as well as addressing food insecurity in our community.
ReWild / East Hampton Compost
ReWild EcoTable at the Springs Farmers Market provides education and resources to our community about ways we can take positive action to reduce our contribution to climate change through topics that will include the East Hampton Compost Pilot, pollinator protection, native plants and recycling.
Kick off and run East Hampton Compost, the food scrap to compost pilot with the Town of East Hampton. Our primary location was the ReWild EcoTable at the Springs Farmers Market, where we promoted the pilot and educated community members on the importance of composting, signed up households, collected and weighed food scraps, and collected data that will be used to help the pilot scale in future phases. Participants also contributed to the on-going social media campaign and website, etc.
Matthew’s pollinator garden
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East Hampton high school
Join the East Hampton High School Garden Club with Karen DeFronzo to design, install and maintain the new ReWild/EHHS pollinator garden on the school campus.
Here, we maintained the ReWild/EHHS pollinator garden as well as plant, grow and harvest organic vegetables.
Southfork sea farmers
We worked collaboratively with the East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery to expand and broaden educational programs and encouraged other residents to be stewards of their marine environment.
The South Fork Sea Farmers are on a mission to educate and raise awareness of the importance of sustainable marine aquaculture and to inspire constructive action programs. Their goal is to promote and encourage more public oyster gardening which keeps our waters clean, provides habitat for marine life and improves our overall ecosystem.
bioswale
The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network.
The Village Green Bioswale is contoured with gently sloped sides and planted with vegetation designed to absorb road runoff, filter pollution from stormwater, and provide native habitat while beautifying a public space. This garden project protects clean water in the Hook Pond watershed, which is threatened by harmful algal blooms and nutrient overloads of nitrogen and phosphorus from septic systems, fertilizer, and other runoff.
The Methodist Lane Bioswale supports pollinators through native plants that have coevolved with our local bees, butterflies, moths, and more. Pollinator plants often have beautiful flowers and can bring color and life to your yard at home while supporting biodiversity.