GivingTuesday is a very simple idea – a day that encourages people to pause for a moment, reflect on what’s important to them & simply do good. It is now a global movement and your chance to help the Great South Bay. Save The Great South Bay is a...
We all want to make a difference. It feels good when you do! We saved trees recently. Those trees are helping us save the Great South Bay. As Sayville Creek Defender, I helped lead Save the Great South’s first wide-scale invasive removal. It was a pilot. Thanks...
Save The Great South Bay is thrilled to welcome Lindenhurst Memorial Library to our community of Bay Friendly Yards. Lindy Library has a long history of being green and jumped right on board. With their no-fertilizer, no-pesticide clover lawn, composting bin and...
Fantastic discussion last night on incorporating sustainable landscaping to not only protect our waterways, but also to promote biodiversity and healthy regional ecosystems. From the purpose of native planting to the benefits of composting, and from suggested book...
Beyond providing nutrition and beautifying spaces, gardens can serve many purposes, such as supporting natural processes and pollinators. Rain gardens are a type of specialty garden that help protect our waterways by managing stormwater runoff. Below are some tips ...
Long Island invented the suburban lawn. Fields of green with ornamental bushes brought in from all over the world requiring all manner of care — watering, fertilizing, pesticides — so that exotics and plants from other climates could survive here. But...
