Planting Day Scenes (and a Plant List!)

Many people joined us on Planting Day--young and old, families and singles, District residents and people from across Southold Town. Enjoy these scenes from set up through the end. Plant list at the bottom...

Friday's plant delivery--yes, the truck really did have to be that big for our 1,650 plants! Photo Credit: Chris Shaskin

One of many racks of plants unloaded from the truck. Photo Credit: Chris Shashkin

Commissioner Alexandra Getches picking up plants to distribute. Photo Credit: Lyle Girandola

One of the fields of plants arrayed Friday, before any planting. Photo Credit: Kristin Curtin

Commissioner Getches, her husband, and thei children distributing plants Friday. Photo Credit: Abigail Field

A worker from Living Lands helps disperse the plants. LOTS of walking that day. Photo Credit: Abigail Field

Preplanting empties about halfway through Saturday. Photo Credit: Abigail Field

People checked in, signed waivers, received thank you packets of native pollinator seeds. Photo Credit: Kim Caldwell

CAST was on site, loaning out tools and accepting donations. Photo Credit: Kristin Curtin

Special shout out: Jacob Jensen not only volunteered for Planting Day, he also volunteers for the Shorebird Program, assisting with the Piping Plovers and Least Terns at Breakwater and Bailie Beaches. Photo Credit: Kristin Curtin

SO much digging... Photo Credit: Kim Caldwell

Many hands make light work. Photo Credit Kim Caldwell

Fun for the whole family! Photo Credit: Kim Caldwell

People came prepared--nice gloves! Photo Credit Kim Caldwell

Proper boots too! Photo Credit: Kim Caldwell

SO many empties. Photo Credit: Kim Caldwell

After the planting finished, people just hung out; it was a lovely day and a great vibe. Photo Credit: Kristin Curitn.

More hanging out; sunglasses guy is Cutchogue planter Benja Schwartz, who noticed some wild cedars that needed transplanting for better sun, and with Commissioner Getches' approval, he moved them. Photo credit: Kristin Curtin

Want to know what we planted? Here's the list:

Actaea racemosa (Black Cohosh)

Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)

Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)

Amsonia tabernaemontana (Bluestar)

Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)

Aruncus dioicus (Goatsbeard)

Asclepias incarnata (Rose Milkweed)

Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)

Conoclinium coelestinum (Mistflower)

Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Coreopsis)

Coreopsis verticillata (Threadleaf Coreopsis)

Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal Wood Fern)

Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower)

Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)

Eupatorium hyssopifolium (Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort)

Eutrochium maculatum (Spotted Joe Pye Weed)

Euthamia graminifolia (Slender Goldentop)

Helianthus divaricatus (Woodland Sunflower)

Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's Wort)

Iris versicolor (Northern Blue Flag) 

Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii (Northern Blazing Star)

Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Cardinal Flower)

Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)

Monarda didyma (Scarlet Bee Balm)

Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)

Monarda punctata (Spotted Bee Balm)

Oenothera fruticosa (Sundrops)

Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)

Penstemon digitalis (Native Foxglove)

Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox)

Phlox subulata (Creeping Phlox) 

Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)

Pycnanthemum muticum (Clustered Mountain Mint)

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrowleaf Mountain Mint)

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)

Solidago nemoralis (Gray Goldenrod)

Solidago odora (Anise Goldenrod)

Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (New York Aster) 

Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)

Xanthorhiza simplicissima (Yellowroot)

Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)