Clark Botanic Garden

Attention Holiday Shoppers! This weekend is your last chance to shop local at CBG's garden gift shop. All gift shop proceeds help support important garden projects. We thank you for your continued commitment to our little botanic oasis right here in Nassau County. The Mary Mountford Gift Shop at CBG will open three weekends before Thanksgiving for holiday shopping. This is the first time the shop will open since March so please consider shopping small by supporting the Garden... we all love. Sales from the gift shop benefit CBG projects. Shop Hours are 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Saturday, November 7, 14, and 21 Sunday, November 8, 15, and 22 Face masks are required. Cash, Check, or Credit Cards will be accepted. Also, please consider the gift of Garden membership. Enjoying nature has been so important to us now more than ever. Annual individual membership is $30 and CBG participates in the American Horticultural Society's Reciprocal Admissions Program where your CBG membership allows you access to hundreds of Gardens across America including Brooklyn Botanic Garde, NY Botanical Garden, Old Westbury Gardens, and Planting Fields Arboretum to name a few. For more details, you can visit CBG's site at www.clarkbotanic.org or AHSGardening.org.

Our spooky friends have returned to CBG and are awaiting your visit. The Garden will be open from 10 AM to 6 PM through Halloween so stop by and take a "spooky" stroll with the family. You never know what you may find!

Observe how over 20,000 tulips and daffodil bulbs are planted using the in-grass bulb planting method at Eisenhower Park tomorrow at 10 AM.

Over wintering to a new level!

Nine new bird species were spotted at the Louis C. Clark Sanctuary and James Preserve in Old Brookville recently. The North Shore Audubon Society conducted a su...rvey of bird species during the fall migration and spotted newbies like a black-throated blue warbler, blue-headed vireo, common raven, red-breasted nuthatch, purple finch (pictured), Nashville warbler, blackpoll warbler and scarlet tanager. For a list of our preserves please visit www.northshorelandalliance.org/nature-preserves. See more

Our first CBG Auxiliary Member meeting since early winter. So good to see everyone, masks and all! It was a great meeting and many thanks to all who attended and contributed.

Ann H. a garden visitor and fan of Clark had this to say, "I was feeling down on a gorgeous day when I read the phrase "bathing yourself in nature." I decided to do that at the garden and it gave me a lift." Like so many of us, natures beauty can lift spirits in the most challenging times. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and photos Ann.

Youngs Farm in Old Brookville is featured in two HBO projects.

Sadly, there will be no Spooky Walk this year, however, look for festive decorations throughout the Garden capturing the "spirit" of the season.

It’s an early October Harvest Moon in 2020, today, October 1, and tomorrow, October 2 for the Northern Hemisphere. What’s more, this Harvest Moon will be near fiery red Mars. Wow!

To all our garden friends who celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Wishing you a happy, healthy, and sweet new year. Shana Tova!

Our inventory of honey for 2020 is completely sold out! Thank you for all who supported CBG with honey purchases and we look forward to CBG's honeybees once again producing their delicious honey in 2021.