Native Plant Bank Looking For Gardening Items

Long Island Native Plant Initiative

(LINPI)is seeking the following items ahead of the spring planting season:

• Black spray paint (matte/flat/glossy, any kind)

• Wallpaper paint brush/ various paint brushes

• Dustpan and brush set

• Storage bins

• Electric pencil sharpener

• Refrigerator/walk in fridge/cooler

• Tall artist stool

• Sewing machine

• Seed cleaning screens/mesh

• Wood for frame making

• Stair tread

LINPI is located at The Sisters of St. Joseph, 1725 Brentwood Rd, Brentwood, NY. Use the entrance at Brentwood Rd and 5th Ave. Once on the property, bear left past the gymnasium at the stop sign. Proceed to the parking lot. Please park in the parking lot across from the playground and field. Walk across the field to the greenhouse. If you are handicapped, make a left turn onto the dirt road (past the playground), and turn left again at the painted RV and picnic tables. Any questions on directions, call (631)260-1513. Email info@linpi.org for more information.

The Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) is an all-volunteer cooperative effort of over 30 non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, nursery professionals, and citizens.

The mission of this organization is to protect the genetic integrity and heritage of Long Island native plant populations and thus biodiversity from a landscape to genetic level, by establishing commercial sources of genetically appropriate local (ecotypic) plant materials for use in nursery, landscaping, and habitat restoration activities.

—Submitted by the Long Island Native Plant Initiative