PRFCT EVENTS

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Edwina writes, “My garden is named Marshouse (pronounced Marsh House) because my house is literally in a salt marsh, on stilts. I love the marsh because I am not allowed to touch it. The other, upland side, is where I garden. The garden is a series of ecosystems, with a meadow at either end, which I have been working on since I moved here in 2003. It was spring 2021 when I finally put deer fencing around about half of it, and now, I am going wild filling it with all the flowering native plants that the deer have eaten out of all our Hamptons wild places. It is very much a work in process, but it always will be. It is my place to experiment; to test ideas about growing native plants, creating habitat, and managing biomass before I try them on my clients, or recommend them to others. This is where I meet my own commitment to 2/3 for the birds. This makes for a lot going on. The four-plus acres contain a variety of gardens in various stages of progress: meadows, meadow-like borders, a woodland, and a moss garden. I do not remove any biomass from the property, so I have explored ingenious ways to use it: log walls from invasive trees, Hügelkultur piles, hay stacks of the meadow cuttings, plus lots of composting. After all of that, you can, like me, relax with a visit to the marsh over a small boardwalk that leads out to Accabonac Harbor through a magical hummock.”

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Is your lawn full of brown spots, bare patches, small white worms or crab grass and weeds that make you crazy? Join us for a workshop with Paul Wagner of Greener Pastures Organics and learn simple lawn care tips to help you love your lawn again. Save time and money and reduce your impact on the environment. This program is in partnership with the Peconic Land Trust.

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For our second Grounded Conversation at LongHouse, food visionary Dana Cowin, founder of Progressive Hedonist and former editor-in-chief of Food & Wine, will bring her unique perspective on pleasure, sustainability, and purpose in food to LongHouse. She will guide an interactive dinner conversation exploring how hospitality and food can nurture connection, resilience, and hope.

In dialogue with Edwina von Gal, founder of Perfect Earth Project, Dana will reflect on the ways every aspect of what we eat—how our food is grown, prepared, and shared—affects all living things.

The evening features a multi-course meal designed around mushrooms, sourced entirely from Long Island growers, with both plant-based and meat dishes included. Stay tuned for menu details, soon to be revealed.

Seating is intentionally intimate, with only 30 guests at the table. Reserve early to secure your place at the table for this rare evening of conversation, community, and cuisine.

Dana Cowin is an award-winning editor, author, podcast host and convener who propels change and fosters resilience through food and joy. Founder of Progressive Hedonist, Cowin has launched a national potluck series, podcast, and newsletter to build community, support local food, reduce food waste and deepen commitments to healing the planet. This movement builds on Cowin’s experience creating Speaking Broadly, which featured events, a zine and podcast spotlighting visionary women at the intersection of creativity, sustainability and food. In traditional media for most of her career, Cowin was Editor in Chief of Food & Wine Magazine for more than 20 years. She has written extensively on food and culture, including a cookbook, “Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen: Learning to Cook with 65 Great Chefs and 100 Recipes.” Cowin has been a judge on Top Chef and Beat Bobby Flay as well as a speaker at SXSW, the Welcome Conference, TEDx Manhattan, and many other events. She’s on the board of Food Education Fund and, as well as the Food Council of City Harvest and Hot Bread Kitchen.

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Join Edwina von Gal, Peconic Baykeeper Pete Topping, and Vicki Bustamante of Third House Nature Center and Warren’s Nursery for a landscape therapy session. Our experts in nature-based land care, water quality, and native plants are excited to answer your questions. Stay tuned for more information soon.
Thank you to Peconic Estuary Partnership for funding this event.

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