Upcoming 2013 Events:
| Wednesday, June 12, 7pm-8:30pm New Rochelle City Hall LELE Workshop & live demonstration |  |
Last updated: 5/23/13
Previous 2013 Events:
Fri., March 15, 10am-11:30am - Greenburgh Nature Center - Training the Trainers
Thurs., March 14, 7pm-8:30pm - Cortland Town Hall - LELE Demo and Q&A
Previous 2012 Events:
Sunday Nov 11 (was Sun., Nov 4, Noon-4pm): Bedford 2020 Compost Tour
Sat., Nov 10, 10am (was Sat., Nov 3, 10am): O'Hara Nature Center, Irvington - LELE Training for Homeowners and Landscapers
Sat., Oct. 27, 11 am: Village Hall, Bronxville - LELE training
Sat., Oct. 27, 11 am: Memorial Park (on Myrtle Boulevard), Mamaroneck - LELE training
Tues., Oct. 16, 10 am: Travis Hill Park, White Plains (Fairview) - Mulch Mowing Training
Sat., Oct. 13, 2 pm: Greenburgh Nature Center - Mulch Mowing Training
Tues., Oct. 9, 10 am: Hart's Brook Nature Preserve - Mulch Mowing Training
Leaf Mulching presentation at Pleasantville Village Board meeting - Monday Oct. 8, 8pm
Sat, Sept 29, 10am-11am: Longview Road, Scarsdale - Talk, Demo with Q&A
Sun., Sept. 23, 2 pm: Greenburgh Nature Center - Mulch Mowing Training en Espanol
Aug. 27: Technical Consultation with Greenburgh Parks Dep't.
Wed. July 18, 4pm: Scarsdale landscaper training.
Wednesday June 12, 7pm: New Rochelle City Hall - LELE Workshop & live demonstration
DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR LAWN’S VALUABLE NUTRIENTS - SHRED THEM INSTEAD!
“LOVE ‘EM AND LEAVE ‘EM”
Mulching Campaign for grass and leaves
THE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE
Mulching (“shredding in place”) is beneficial: Save time and money ~ Have a healthier property ~ Help the environment. Learn more at a free workshop and live demonstration.
Location:
New Rochelle City Hall
515 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY
(enter through rear parking lot)
For more information contact Sustainability Coordinator Deborah Newborn at (914)654-2003
Fri. March 15, 10am-11:30am - Greenburgh Nature Center - Training the Trainers
FREE Invitation Only Event!
Landscapers who already mulch leaves on client properties are invited to a special training session at GNC.
The program will cover enhanced LELE skills and techniques, as well as problem solving and advice from our training staff of professional landscapers like you. We want you to feel comfortable and confident with the techniques so that you can help share the word with your colleagues in the field.
Please call Anne Jaffe if you have questions about this program: 914-813-1251
Thurs. March 14, 7pm-8:30pm - Cortland Town Hall - LELE Demo and Q&A
Recycling Your Leaves Is EASY!
Learn How To LOVE ’EM & LEAVE ’EM
“It’s Green and It Makes Cents!”
Thursday, March 14, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Town of Cortlandt Town Hall, 1 Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567
DEMO and Q&A - With Your Neighbors
The experts from the Love 'Em and Leave 'Em program are coming to Cortlandt! Learn from the experts, homeowners and landscapers about this common-sense practice that saves money, saves effort, keeps your property healthy and helps the planet!
Imagine: 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?
Please share this invitation with your neighbors (pdf file).
Sponsored by Supervisor Linda Puglisi and the Cortlandt Town Board:
Richard H. Becker, Francis X. Farrell, Ann Lindau-Martin, John E. Sloan
Town of Cortlandt Green Team
RSVP: Judi Peterson; judip@townofcortlandt.com; 914-734-1002
Or use this link to the Eventbrite invitation to RSVP online for this event: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5290859102.
Sunday Nov 11 (was Sun., Nov 4, Noon-4pm): Bedford 2020 Compost Tour
MJ Wilson, Master Compster, will be discussing composting. Tim Downey, of Aesthetic Landscape Care, will demonstrate leaf mulching.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Info Center at John Jay Homestead: Noon – 2pm
- Sign-in and pick-up tour ticket/map
- Learn the many benefits of composting
- Learn about the many benefits of leaf mulching
- Touch, smell & feel finished compost
- Talk with experienced local composters
- See a variety of composting bins, tools & accessories
Learn about composting styles and see leaf mulching demonstrated at local homes, farms & schools: 1 – 4pm
Drive to and visit your choice of 9 homes, schools and farms, and see how they turn yard and household food waste into valuable compost.
- Meet the composter & ask questions
- See successful composting in action
- Get inspired to start composting!
SAT. Nov 10, 10am. (was Sat., Nov 3, 10am): O'Hara Nature Center, Irvington - LELE Training for Homeowners and Landscapers
As a homeowner, landscaper, or property manager, are there better options? Yes! Mulching (shredding) in-place is the best and simplest solution. It is easy to learn, easy to implement, gets great “green” points, and better yet: actually saves time & money!
Come by the upcoming LELE training event at our new O’Hara Nature Center. Anthony Vulpone will be demonstrating both professional landscaper and homeowner mulching mowers.
Location: O’Hara Nature Center, 170 Mountain Road, Irvington
Sat. Oct.27, 11 am at Village Hall, Bronxville - LELE Training
Sat. Oct.27, 11 am at Memorial Park (on Myrtle Boulevard), Mamaroneck - LELE Training
Piles of leaves in the street make driving dangerous, and clog storm drains, increasing flooding. Help reduce all these costs and problems to our Town and benefit your own property by mulching leaves right into your turf and landscape.
Imagine: 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?
MJ Wilson and David Duarte, President/Owner of Five Brothers Landscaping will do a free outdoor introduction and demonstration of the benefits and "how-to's" of leaf mulching.
Come mingle with your neighbors and get your questions answered about this easy, common-sense practice! Bring your landscapers!
While in Memorial Park, be sure to stop at the Farmers Market and enjoy the farm fresh produce and fare!
Location: Memorial Park (on Myrtle Boulevard), Mamaroneck
Tues., Oct. 16, 10 am: Travis Hill Park, White Plains (Fairview) - Mulch Mowing Training
Saverio DeGiorgio will demonstrate on both a professional grade mower and a homeowner mower.
Location: Travis Hill Park, Lincoln Place, White Plains (Fairview).
Cancelled if raining.
We had 10 participants, all homeowners, most of them take care of their own lawns and gardens. Sav answered questions about the effects of mulch mowing on turf and soil quality, and what to look for in a good mulching mower that can handle mulching large amounts of leaves finely enough to be re-incorporated into the turf and gardens.
We discussed that grass clipping put valuable nitrogen back into the soil, which complements the carbon that is deposited into the soil with the fall leaf mulching.
As in every program so far, the question of what to do about pine needles came up. Leaving pine needles where they fall is certainly the easiest method, and also the most beneficial to the tree. Many people like the look of the deep orange-toned pine needles thickly covering the ground with softness, but they have not realized how good that pine-needle blanket is for the trees!
We encouraged people that even if they can just try mulch mowing with some of their leaves or on part of their property, they will be benefiting their soil and making a positive difference in the amount of leaves the Town has to collect and cart away.
Sat., Oct. 13, 2 pm: Greenburgh Nature Center - Mulch Mowing Training
David Duarte will be doing the demonstration on the GNC's Great Lawn, and answering questions about equipment and technique for effective and efficient mulching.
Location: Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583
Rain or shine!
Once again, the Love 'Em & Leave 'Em program and demonstration we held at the GNC on Saturday, 10/13 was well attended. Twenty-five people came and all were thoughtfully engaged in consideration of the benefits and challenges of on-site leaf mulching as an alternative to bagging their leaves.
A question came up about how the Town of Greenburgh will handle leaves that fall into the street---especially leaves from trees on Town-owned land lining the streets?
In reference to the streets, the town will be aggressively sweeping to make sure there are no safety issues. If there is a piece of Town-owned property we will be mulching the leaves. All of our maintenance equipment has been outfitted with the correct blades.
Attendees also asked how the Town will enforce the requirement that leaves be bagged or contained for municipal pick-up? What will the Town do if a property owner puts a loose pile of leaves at the curb?
If someone puts a pile of leaves on the street they will get a summons.
- Answers via email from Richard Fon, Greenburgh DPW
Tues., Oct. 9, 10 am: Hart's Brook Nature Preserve - Mulch Mowing Training
LELE Mulch mowing training by Greenburgh Parks Dep't. for homeowners and landscape professionals.
Location: Hart's Brook Nature Preserve, 156 Ridge Road, Hartsdale, NY 10583.
We had another good crowd and excellent discussion today at Hart's Brook Preserve. Despite the drizzly weather, we had 13 homeowners gathered at 10 am to learn about mulch mowing as an alternative to bagging their leaves. Saverio DeGiorgio did a wonderful job of presenting the many benefits of on-site mulching, the equipment needed, and techniques for mulching effectively. Sav's in-depth knowledge of the soil cycle, the nutritional needs of trees and plants, and tips for proper mulch mowing were much appreciated by the participants during the lengthy Q & A.
Leaf Mulching presentation at Pleasantville Village Board meeting - Monday Oct. 8, 8pm
This initiative strives to encourage people to use the most economical and environmentally sound practices with lawn care. Mulching leaves improves the soil, and in turn improves the grass. It reduces the needs for fertilizer and it reduces time spent attending to your lawn, especially in the fall. Instead of spending time and money on removing Nature’s natural fertilizer and soil amender you run over the lawn with your mulching mower – no more raking or blowing, and less leaf waste for the Village to remove.
Please come to the meeting to show support for this initiative, and encourage the village board to adopt a leaf mulching resolution that will formalize the DPW’s agreement to mulch rather than remove leaves from village parks, fields and verges.
"Fiona gave a useful, straightforward, informative presentation on leaf mulching this evening at the Pleasantville Village Board meeting. She gave persuasive reasons for residents and landscapers to follow this practice – which as she says – is working with Mother Nature, not against her. She fielded all the questions very well, and I am hopeful that we get some converts."
- Helen Meurer, Pleasantville CAC
Watch the presentation on Pleasantville Community Television - pctv76 (cable) or on the web at www.pctv76.org .
Sat, Sept 29, 10am-11am: Longview Road, Scarsdale - Talk, Demo with Q&A
Learn about an effective and beneficial alternative to bagging your leaves.
Wow! 24 homeowners showed up on this gray and drizzly day for our first Greenburgh neighborhood leaf-mulching demonstration on Longview Drive in Edgemont. Thank you so much for joining us!
We hope the demo was helpful to you in finding the best way to handle leaves on your property. Our discussion was really excellent, thanks to all your questions and to so many of you sharing your own valuable knowledge and experience: There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to keeping your leaves on your property. Each property is unique and there are many different things we can do to keep at least a good portion of our leaves on our own properties, thereby reducing the tremendous costs and problems associated with municipal removal and carting.
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