Upcoming Events

2019 LELE Training Events

Read more about scheduled 2019 Training Events (may include after-the-event photo and video documentation when available).

Events as of Oct 28, 2019

Village of Mamaroneck

The Village Committee for the Environment (CFTE) is organizing a Public Leaf Mow and Mulch Demonstration.

Date: Saturday, November 16, 2019

Time: 10:00 AM

Place: Grassy Area in front of Village Hall - corner of Prospect Avenue and Mt. Pleasant Avenue

Event is free and open to the public including interested landscapers.

If your community has an LELE training event scheduled that is not listed here, please contact us with the details so we can post.

2018 LELE Training Events

Read more about scheduled 2018 Training Events (may include after-the-event photo and video documentation when available).

CURRENTLY NO EVENTS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED

If your community has an LELE training event scheduled that is not listed here, please contact us with the details so we can post.

Read more about the scheduled 2017 Training Events (includes after-the-event photo and video documentation where available).

If your community has an LELE training event scheduled that is not listed here, please contact us with the details so we can post.

RYE

Leaf Mulching Made Easy!atRye Nature Center

Did You Know Leaves Can Be Free Mulch? Turn your leaves into fertilizer for your lawn.

Come Learn How! Free Talk and Demonstration:

Peter Navarra Landscaping will demo mulch mowing.
Jenny Dobell will demo her leaf mulcher vacuum.

Jenny Dobell with her mulcher vacuum

DATE AND TIME

Fri, November 3, 2017

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

LOCATION

Rye Nature Center

873 Boston Post Road

Rye, NY 10580

Follow this EVENTBRITE link to register for free demo (drop-ins also welcome!).

Partners:
Rye Sustainability Committee
Eastchester Environmental Committee

Thanks to our Sponsors and Supporters:
Sustainable Westchester
Rye Nature Center

LOVE ’EM & LEAVE ’EM

“It’s Green, Healthy, and It Just Makes Cents!”

2016 LELE Training Events

Read more about the scheduled 2016 Training Events (includes after-the-event photo and video documentation where available). Note Updated EASTCHESTER Info: 10/31/16

If your community has an LELE training event scheduled that is not listed here, please contact us with the details so we can post.

NEW ROCHELLE

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This fall learn how to keep nature’s nutrients on YOUR property. Attend our FREE mulch mowing workshop at the following locations:

Mulch Mowing Workshop, Saturday Nov. 5th, 3PM, in New Rochelle

Program is free and will be helpful to homeowners and landscapers alike, as both homeowner and professional mulching equipment will be demonstrated. After the demonstration there will be time for questions and answers.

Inquiries regarding this event can be directed to: Anne Jaffe Holmes at the Greenburgh Nature Center 914-813-1251.

EASTCHESTER <- TIME CHANGE

Recycling Your Leaves Is EASY!

Learn How To

LOVE ’EM & LEAVE ’EM

“It’s Green and It Makes Cents!”

Current schedule of FREE leaf mulch mowing workshops for residents and landscapers:

Demo and Q&A, Saturday, Nov. 12th, 3:00 - 4:30 pm in Eastchester <- TIME CHANGE

For the residents of Bronxville, Eastchester, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Rye, Scarsdale, Tuckahoe and neighboring villages and towns. Open to residents and landscapers throughout the county.

Inquiries regarding this event can be directed to: Anne Jaffe Holmes at the Greenburgh Nature Center 914-813-1251.

Demo and Q&A, Saturday, Nov. 12th, 3:00 - 4:30 pm in Eastchester

Recycling Your Leaves Is EASY!

Learn How To

LOVE ’EM & LEAVE ’EM

“It’s Green and It Makes Cents!”

Free DEMO and Q&A - With Your Neighbors and Local Landscapers

Come mingle with your neighbors and get your questions answered about this easy, common-sense practice!

Saturday, November 12
3 - 4:30 pm <- TIME CHANGE

Eastchester Town Hall

40 Mill Road, Eastchester, NY 10709

Wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy a fall season with less raking and noisy leaf-blowing in your neighborhood and fewer leaf piles clogging the streets?

Wouldn’t it be satisfying to know you were nourishing your property with valuable leaf nutrients instead of treating them like garbage to be hauled away?

Grab your landscaper & let them know about this informative event.

For the residents of Bronxville, Eastchester, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Rye, Scarsdale, Tuckahoe and neighboring villages and towns. Open to all residents and landscapers county-wide.

Sponsored by Sustainable Westchester in conjunction with the Eastchester Environmental Committee

Mulch Mowing Workshop, Saturday Nov. 5th, 3PM, in New Rochelle

Free Mulch Mowing Workshop will be presented in New Rochelle at Twin Lakes Park, North Ave. in front of the New Rochelle High School.

Click poster (below) to read the details. Open to all residents and landscapers county-wide.

Rather than raking, bagging, or transporting fall leaves offsite this year, consider mulching, a sustainable alternative that actually benefits lawns and gardens! The City of New Rochelle in partnership with Greenburgh Nature Center will host this free 'how to' workshop.

Join us for a live demonstration by a professional landscaper, get your questions answered, and see how easy it is to put those leaves to work to enrich your soil, grass and flowers!

Adopted by City Council in 2013, the “Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em” campaign promotes mulch mowing and its advantages:

• A healthy property: Mulching recycles nutrients into the soil to feed lawns & plants, provides a free natural fertilizer, and helps retain moisture.

• Savings of time and effort: Mulching in place is easier and faster than raking or blowing leaves.

• Helping the environment: Leaf piles block streets and traffic, clog storm drains, and result in excess nutrient runoff (phosphorus & nitrogen), polluting our waterways. Transporting and disposing of grass and leaves as yard waste wastes energy and contributes to pollution, too.

Additional information is available on the City’s website at newrochelleny.com/leaf or by calling 914.235.4029.

2015 LELE Training Events

Read more about the scheduled 2015 Training Events (includes after-the-event photo and video documentation where available).

If your community has an LELE training event scheduled that is not listed here, please contact us with the details so we can post. Last updated 11/10/15

NEW ROCHELLE

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This fall learn how to keep nature’s nutrients on YOUR property. Attend FREE mulch mowing workshops at the following locations:

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, 4pm @ Ward Acres (54 Bon Air Ave.)
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, 4pm @ New Rochelle High School (Twin Lakes + North Ave.)
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, 11am @ Lincoln Park Community Garden
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2015, 3pm @ College of New Rochelle (29 Castle Place) NEW DATE

All programs are free and will be helpful to homeowners and landscapers alike, as both homeowner and professional mulching equipment will be demonstrated. After the demonstration there will be time for questions and answers.

Inquiries regarding these events can be directed to: Anne Jaffe Holmes at the Greenburgh Nature Center - email - 914-813-1251.

SCARSDALE

What is Mulch Mowing and How Do I Do It?

Image from scarsdale10583.com article (read here)

Current schedule of leaf mulch mowing workshops for residents and landscapers:

Mulch Mowing Demonstration, Saturday Nov 14th, 11:30AM-1PM, in Scarsdale at Weinberg Nature Center

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Sunday, October 25, 2015, 10:30am @ Shaarei Tikvah Synagogue (46 Fox Meadow Rd.)

Benefits of Leaf Mulching with Chip Osborne - Monday, Oct. 5th, 7:30pm, @ Scarsdale Library (54 Olmsted Rd.) in the Scott Room.

All programs are free and will be helpful to homeowners and landscapers alike, as both homeowner and professional mulching equipment will be demonstrated. After the demonstration there will be time for questions and answers.

Inquiries regarding these events can be directed to: Anne Jaffe Holmes at the Greenburgh Nature Center - email - 914-813-1251.

Read the article about the leaf mulching initiative in Scarsdale (from the 10/23/14 Village Voices column of scarsdale10583.com).

Leaves are a resource - please come and learn how to use them!

Mulch Mowing Demonstration, Saturday Nov 14th, 11:30AM-1PM, in Scarsdale

Free Mulch Mowing Demonstration will be presented at Weinberg Nature Center, 455 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583
914-722-1289

Click brochure (below) on 'Environmental Education Day' to read the details on activities for the whole family. Free apple cider & donuts for participants.

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Wednesday, Oct 30th, 3pm in New Rochelle

This Mulch Mowing Workshop will be presented at the College of New Rochelle Campus - 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle, NY 10804.

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Sunday, Oct 25th, 10:30am in Scarsdale

This Mulch Mowing Workshop will be presented at Shaarei Tikvah Synagogue, 46 Fox Meadow Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583
shaareitikvah.org

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Saturday, Oct. 24, 11am in New Rochelle

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Saturday, Oct. 24, 11am @ Lincoln Park Community Garden.

For map / directions, click this link:
https://www.facebook.com/growlincolnpark/info?tab=overview.

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Saturday, Oct 17, 4pm in New Rochelle

This Mulch Mowing Workshop will be presented at New Rochelle High School - Twin Lakes + North Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10804.

Benefits of Leaf Mulching with Chip Osborne - Monday, Oct. 5th, 7:30pm, Scarsdale Library

Learn about the benefits of leaf mulch mowing with Chip Osborne, organic landscaping consultant to the Village of Scarsdale. Monday, October 5th, 7:30pm @ Scarsdale Library - in the Scott Room, 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale.

Mulch Mowing Workshop - Sunday, Sept. 20, 4pm in New Rochelle

This Mulch Mowing Workshop will be presented at Ward Acres - 54 Bon Air Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10804.

2014 LELE Training Events

Read more about the scheduled 2014 Training Events (includes after-the-event photo and video documentation where available).

If your community has an LELE training event scheduled that is not listed here, please contact us with the details so we can post.

NEW ROCHELLE

This fall learn how to keep nature’s nutrients on YOUR property. Attend FREE mulch mowing workshops at the following locations:

Demonstration of Vulcher 2 - August 6, 5:30pm @ Huguenot Park in front of the New Rochelle High School * see event documentation *
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Sunday, Sept. 14, 4pm @ Ward Acres (Broadfield Rd. opposite school)
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Tuesday, Sept. 23, 4pm @ College of New Rochelle (Maura Lawn) * see event documentation *
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Saturday, Sept. 27, 4pm @ Stephenson Park (Stephenson Blvd.)
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Sunday, Sept. 28, 4pm @ NRHS (Huguenot Park–North Ave.)
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Tuesday, Sept 30, 6pm @ D’Onofrio Park (Morgan St. off Weyman Ave.)
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Thursday, Oct 2, 6pm @ Feeney Park (7th Ave. off Washington Ave.)
Mulch Mowing Workshop - Monday, Oct 6, 6pm @ Stratton Road Fire House

The City of New Rochelle has contracted the Greenburgh Nature Center to organize a series of free mulch mowing demonstration/trainings for landscapers and property owners to be held in different areas of New Rochelle through the month of September and October.

Questions: Call: 914-740-6145.

IRVINGTON

FREE Mulch Mow Training - Tuesday, Sept 30, 7pm @ Irvington Library, 12 S.Astor St.

FREE Mulch Mow Training - @ Half Moon Cooperative Apartments

Friday, Oct. 24, 10am - RESCHEDULED DUE TO RAIN!

NOW: Thursday, Oct 30, 10am - RAIN DATE

FREE Mulch Mow Training - Saturday, Nov 1, 12pm @ O'Hara Nature Center

FREE Mulch Mow Training - Sunday, Nov 23, 2:30pm @ Dows Lane School

Note: for the latest info on these training events, including possible rescheduling, please check out the Irvington village website's LEAF Pickup page.

SCARSDALE

What is Mulch Mowing and How Do I Do It?

Image from scarsdale10583.com article (read here)

Leaf mulch mowing workshops for residents and landscapers at Chase Park:

Saturday, Nov. 15th at 3pm (rain date 11/22)
Sunday, Nov. 16th at 3pm (rain date 11/23)

Attention Landscapers: There will be a FREE raffle of one fully installed mower mulching system at each workshop.

To learn more visit scarsdale.com or call the Leaf Mulch Mowing Hotline at 914.722.1314

Read the recent article about leaf mulching initiative in Scarsdale (from the Village Voices column of scarsdale10583.com).

Leaves are a resource - please come and learn how to use them!