Learn How You Can Join The Community Oyster Garden Program
Dip your toes into The Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Community Oyster Garden Program at an upcoming Online Public Info Sessions on March 25th or April 5th at 7 pm. Learn about the training, equipment, and ongoing support necessary to successfully “garden” juvenile oysters in floats off your waterfront property (i.e., bulkhead or dock) or at a community oyster garden site, like the one planned for The WaterFront Center.
Oyster Gardening Public Information Online Sessions:
March 25 at 7pm hosted by Friends of the Bay
April 5th at 7pm hosted by the Bayville Free Library
Join the Friends of the Bay on Thursday, March 25th at 7 p.m. or the Bayville Free Library on Monday, April 5th at 7 p.m. to learn about how you can help our local waters by gardening oysters. Since 2017 hundreds of families, individuals, Boy and Girl Scouts, church groups, yacht, bathing, and garden clubs have planted tens of thousands of oysters on a protected spawner sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor.
As part of this presentation, you will learn about how oysters serve as “ecosystem engineers” improving water quality, enhancing habitat, and protecting shorelines from damaging storms.
This is a great family and community program for all ages. This year we will have five community gardens throughout Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor for every community to participate.
If you are ready to sign-up and join the 2021 Oyster Gardening Program register here.
Any questions please email rob@oysterbaycoldspringharbor.org or cameron@thewaterfrontcenter.org
