Installations
Five native pollinator planters across Nassau and Suffolk Counties, each free to visit, each planted with Long Island natives, and each with a story.
Newest · No. 5 · September 28, 2026Syosset, NY · Nassau County
A Corten steel pollinator planter with a laser-cut aluminum artwork plaque at the front of Syosset High School, coordinated and designed by Aidan Ellis and planted with the Syosset High School Environmental Club.
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No. 1 · June 2021Cold Spring Harbor, NY · Suffolk County
Our very first native pollinator planter bench, installed in June 2021 at the North Shore Land Alliance's Wawapek Preserve with a grant from Bethpage Federal Credit Union's Difference Makers program.
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No. 2 · October 4, 2023Hicksville, NY · Nassau County
A pollinator planter outside the Hicksville Public Library, installed in October 2023 with the support of Nice-Planter and recognized with a citation from the Nassau County Legislature.
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No. 3 · November 23, 2024Oyster Bay, NY · Nassau County
A steel pollinator planter at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center in Oyster Bay, completed November 23, 2024 as Ben Ellis's Eagle Scout project with Troop 170.
Visit this installationNo. 4 · Fall 2025Roslyn Harbor, NY · Nassau County
A wheelchair-accessible sensory planter and a set of songbird nest boxes at the Nassau County Museum of Art's William Cullen Bryant Preserve, built with Scout Troop 170 and materials donated by The Home Depot.
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From Cold Spring Harbor on the Suffolk line to Roslyn Harbor, the planters trace the North Shore. Wawapek, the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary, and Syosset High School are each a short drive apart and make an easy afternoon.
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
June 2021
169 Jerusalem Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801
October 4, 2023
134 Cove Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
November 23, 2024
1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576
Fall 2025
70 South Woods Road, Syosset, NY 11791
September 28, 2026
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