ReWild / South Nassau Chapter

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ReWild’s South Nassau Chapter engages with the community to help educate, support, and nurture a healthier ecosystem for…

Where we are

We are the chapter of ReWild Long Island that covers Rockville Center, Valley Stream, Baldwin, North Massapequa, and Merrick

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What we do

    • Valley Stream Community Garden: Our home base that was established in 2025.

      • Across the street from 201 Hawthorne Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11580. We meet here every Saturday from 9-11AM, starting April 11th, 2026.

    • Arthur J. Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream: An established native garden that we look after to make sure it best serves our community and its wildlife.

      • See map below for address. We meet here on the second Sunday from 9-11AM of each month starting June 14th, 2026.

    • Tanglewood Preserve in Rockville Centre: A current project to remove the invasives, we would encourage enthusiastic volunteers who are itching to dive into a restoration project for this valuable habitat with native plantings.

      • 1450 Tanglewood Rd in Rockville Centre. We meet once a month on the firs Sunday of each month, starting May 3rd, 2026 from 9-11AM.

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Programs in South Nassau

The ReWild design team for the Valley Stream Community Garden Project. (NEW PIC TO BE ADDED)

Valley Stream Community Garden

In collaboration with the Valley Stream Planning and Economic Development team, Valley Stream Beautification Comm. and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, our garden project growing to become a sustainable, native/vegetable garden located within the heart of a culturally diverse neighbourhood in South Nassau.

Native plants will be installed around the 65 x 200 ft perimeter of the garden. We are also working on bioswales management and upkeep located along the southern border of Valley Stream State Park.

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For more information, or to join us, email us at SouthNassau-Leads@ReWildLongIsland.org

Tanglewood preserve in rockville centre

With the Sierra Club of LI, we tend to and work on the removal of an invasive plant in this native garden nestled next to a small pond.

Despite the garden’s small size, it is making an environmental impact on the small community of wildlife that exist in that location, becoming a hotspot for birds. We will allow the seed to spread and as more invasives are removed, the seeds will begin to flourish all along the edge of the pond's banks.

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See the location up close!

For more information, or to join us, email us at SouthNassau-Leads@ReWildLongIsland.org



Hendrickson park Native plant garden

The native plant garden in Hendrickson Park provides sustenance for the local ecology that exists within the park, but was initially built to help with drainage issues and mitigate flooding from the soccer pitches nearby.

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See the location up close!

For more information, or to join us, email us at SouthNassau-Leads@ReWildLongIsland.org

merrick Liberty water garden

The Liberty Water Garden was put in by Rewild and is maintained by Liberty water and the Merrick Garden Club, to help it grow with more of our native plants. It is on the corner of Broadcast plaza and Merrick Ave and right next to the Merrick train station and parking lot. 

For more information, or to join us, email us at SouthNassau-Leads@ReWildLongIsland.org

Join ReWild Long Island / South Nassau

Our chapter warmly extends an invitation to all who wish to join our current and upcoming projects, despite our modest size. If you see potential for a ReWild project closer to home in S. Nassau and have members who can help support, please let us know! We are eager to learn more about your initiative and lend our assistance as you contribute to our collective pollinator patchwork quilt.

Got questions?

Email us at SouthNassau-Leads@rewildlongisland.org