ReWild / West Suffolk Chapter

Grow with us – & make a difference in our community

Sign up for West Suffolk Chapter activities below
All are welcome!
Community groups, including children’s & corporate groups, give us a heads up by email

Maintain the Long Island Greenway Rain Garden at Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve
April-October, weather permitting
- First Sundays 8–10am
- Third Thursdays 10–noon

Grow organic vegetables for local food pantries at Gateway Community Garden
We meet at least twice a week to water and harvest vegetables

Chapter meetings & events, library talks

Programs at West Suffolk

Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve Rain garden

Planted in the fall of 2023, this garden has grown into a thriving ecosystem that nurtures monarch butterflies, caterpillars, birds and other pollinators.

To help the native plants flourish and outcompete invasive weeds, the rain garden depends on community members like you to mulch and weed – and admire it’s beauty (yes, we need better pictures!).

We meet the first Sunday and third Thursday of each month from April through October.

For more information or to lend a hand, email us at WestSuffolk-Leads@ReWildLongIsland.org

Gateway Community Garden

Thanks to our amazing volunteers we donated nearly 200 pounds of fresh produce to the local soup kitchen in 2024! While modest, it’s a promising start, and we’re committed to increasing our impact next year with crops like broccoli, green beans, eggplants, zucchini, peppers, and squash—items most needed by the kitchen.

The Gateway beds are still producing! Collard Greens are thriving, and garlic has already been planted for a summer harvest. We’ll need your help in April & May to clean, prep, mulch, and plant. Help are needed throughout the season for harvesting, maintaining and watering the garden beds. If you’re an avid gardener or have extra baby plants, we’d love your support and plant donation!

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

Collaboration with REACH (Rotary Environmental Action Coalition of Huntington)

We are piloting a kelp study project at Gateway community garden. We are using different application of local grown sugar kelp (a native aquatic plant) to see its effects in the garden. Sugar kelp is a known bio-stimulant. We are testing that! We are looking for participants to collect data and run reports!

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

In the works…

Collaboration with REACH (Rotary Environmental Action Coalition of Huntington)

We are working together to add more native plant gardens in the town of Huntington. Do you have a site that you would like to recommend?

We are looking for Composting mavens to lend a hand starting a community compost program!

Join ReWild Long Island/West Suffolk

Help stop hunger in our community, whether or not you have a green thumb. From planting and watering to weeding and harvesting, we’ll work together growing organic produce for local food pantries and shelters. The ReWild/West Suffolk garden plot is courtesy of Gateway Community Garden.

Got questions?

Email us at WestSuffolk-Leads@ReWildLongIsland.org