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An early trustee of the Bayard-Cutting Arboretum was Lady Lindsay, born Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt, on Centre Island, Long Island. [3] She was a lifelong friend of the Cuttings and a professionally trained landscape architect who worked for a time for the great American gardener Beatrix Farrand , who had a commission at Westbrook at the beginning ...
Fruit picking or fruit harvesting is a seasonal activity (paid or recreational) that occurs during harvest time in areas with fruit growing wild or being farmed in orchards. Some farms market " You-Pick " for orchards, such as the tradition of Apple and Orange picking in North America, as a form of value-add agritourism .
Fire Island National Seashore Map. Fire Island is not a separate town, but its villages are listed here due to its geographical isolation. Villages in the Town of Islip: Ocean Beach, Saltaire; Hamlets in the Town of Brookhaven: Cherry Grove (a.k.a. Fire Island), Fire Island Pines.
Greenlawn was well known for its pickle production during the 19th century as well as, to a lesser degree, potato and cabbage farms; the principal commodity, pickles, is still celebrated by the annual Pickle Festival, held by the local Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association at the John Gardiner Farm. The Gardiner family was the first to ...
During the 1880s, duck farms thrived in Speonk and neighboring Eastport, but few survived into the 20th Century, and none remain today. The name Speonk was inspired by a Native American word meaning high place. An 1897 Long Island Rail Road catalog listed Speonk
Photo of Coe Hall by Robert Swanson The gallery Coe Hall as seen from other side Mr. Coe's bedroom Buffalo Room. The history of the present-day property on the famous "Gold Coast" of Long Island began between 1904 and 1912, when Helen MacGregor Byrne – wife of New York City lawyer James Byrne – purchased six farming properties which she collectively referred to as "Upper Planting Fields Farm".
Pine Barrens in Rocky Point. In the 1970s the State of New York began acquiring large parcels to create a greenbelt.The federal government at Brookhaven National Laboratory transferred 2,300 acres (9 km 2) in 1971 and RCA transferred 7,200 acres (29 km 2) around Rocky Point in 1978 (for a cost of $1).
Marion Carll Farm is a historic home and property located in Commack, Suffolk County, New York. It consists of the 1860 farmhouse, privy , garage, smokehouse , milk house, horse barn/ carriage house , sheep barn, and four smaller barns.