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This is Me: Connections

This is Me: Connections

This is Me: Connections

Saturday, September 28, 2024, 3 PM – 5 PM

Join us for a free concert celebrating who we are as individuals, communities, and our connection to the world around us. It features professional musicians, community members, dancers, and poets. It is an opportunity for people from different backgrounds and cultures to be entertained, motivated, inspired, and make connections.

This family friendly event is free and open to all.

It’s also a chance to see Sculpture on the Trail 2024, our amazing Art & Nature exhibition.

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Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

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Sunday, October 6, 2024, 11 AM - 1 PM This is the fifth of a bi-monthly offering of classes from local nature artist and educator, Jenn Lucas. Join artist Jennifer Lucas for an afternoon of sketching and adding color to the Halloween spirit.  This workshop is for...

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Don’t Miss Our Fall Festival This Saturday

Don’t Miss Our Fall Festival This Saturday

Don’t Miss Our Fall Festival This Saturday

This Saturday! September 21, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Looks like the weather will be perfect for our  2024 Fall Equinox Festival. There will be music, vendors, fun, and food! Listen and learn the art of Taiko drumming with Ryu Shu Taiko Drums, then enjoy acoustic music by Jason Dorsa. Let’s celebrate together the season of change as plants prepare for colder weather and the summer visiting animals prepare to trek southward while the colder region animals begin arriving.

This family friendly event is free and open to all.

It’s also a chance to see Sculpture on the Trail 2024, our amazing Art & Nature exhibition.

Check out these photos from our 2024 Summer Solstice Festival

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Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

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Sunday, October 6, 2024, 11 AM - 1 PM This is the fifth of a bi-monthly offering of classes from local nature artist and educator, Jenn Lucas. Join artist Jennifer Lucas for an afternoon of sketching and adding color to the Halloween spirit.  This workshop is for...

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Fall Festival 2024 – Sept. 21

Fall Festival 2024 – Sept. 21

Fall Festival 2024 – Sept. 21

Saturday, September 21, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Join us for our 2024 Fall Equinox Festival with music, vendors, fun, and food! Listen and learn the art of Taiko drumming with Ryu Shu Taiko Drums, then enjoy acoustic music by Jason Dorsa. Let’s celebrate together the season of change as plants prepare for colder weather and the summer visiting animals prepare to trek southward while the colder region animals begin arriving.

This family friendly event is free and open to all.

It’s also a chance to see Sculpture on the Trail 2024, our amazing Art & Nature exhibition.

Check out these photos from our 2024 Summer Solstice Festival

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Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

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Sunday, October 6, 2024, 11 AM - 1 PM This is the fifth of a bi-monthly offering of classes from local nature artist and educator, Jenn Lucas. Join artist Jennifer Lucas for an afternoon of sketching and adding color to the Halloween spirit.  This workshop is for...

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Bobwhite Quail Releases 2024

Bobwhite Quail Releases 2024

Bobwhite Quail Releases 2024

Message from the Quail Team

Wow, what an amazing year!  We had over 1,700 quail eggs hatching over 40 classrooms  and libraries across Long Island hatch quail this year. We have 3 large pens holding the quail now getting them ready for release and are in the process of building a movable one at CEED. Please join us for one or more of our release dates below to cheer these little ones on as they enter the local natural habitats where they belong.

We would also like to give a huge shout out to our Quail Pen Volunteer Coordinators:

Jean Lentin – Caleb Smith State Park

Olive Archer – Town of Brookhaven Manorville Compost Facility

Mike Ring – Clark Botanic Garden

If you know or see any of these people, please thank them for the tremendous amount of time and effort managing the feeding and care of the quail.

Thank you as always for your support!

Get outside and enjoy nature!

Quail Release Dates

Join us at one or more of the following locations!

  • Friday Jul 19, 10:00 AM Brookhaven State Park
  • Tuesday Jul 23, 10AM North Hempstead Bike Path
  • Saturday Jul 27, 10AM Caleb Smith State Park
  • Tuesday Jul 30, 10am at CEED Washington Lodge
  • Thursday Aug 1, 10AM Longwood Estate

Eric Powers, CEED Site & Program Director

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Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

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Sunday, October 6, 2024, 11 AM - 1 PM This is the fifth of a bi-monthly offering of classes from local nature artist and educator, Jenn Lucas. Join artist Jennifer Lucas for an afternoon of sketching and adding color to the Halloween spirit.  This workshop is for...

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How to Make Survival Ropes

How to Make Survival Ropes

How to Make Survival Ropes

Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Join Ranger Eric for the 7th of 10 adventures on survival. The seventh workshop in the survival series is about Cordage.

Dive into the art of crafting cords, strings, and ropes, and discover how these essential elements can be the key to constructing shelters, ladders, beds, or even crafting a bow for friction fire. This hands-on workshop is all about learning the intricacies of cordage, preparing you to twist, braid, and weave your way through any challenge. Expect to put your fingers to work and maybe get a bit messy, so dress comfortably. Bring along your work gloves and get ready to master the ropes of survival.

Be prepared for the elements with proper layers, footwear, gloves, and a hand towel.

Minimum age- 15 years old (Children under the age of 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult.)

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Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

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Sunday, October 6, 2024, 11 AM - 1 PM This is the fifth of a bi-monthly offering of classes from local nature artist and educator, Jenn Lucas. Join artist Jennifer Lucas for an afternoon of sketching and adding color to the Halloween spirit.  This workshop is for...

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Anyone can volunteer. Even you!

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Mark Your Calendar for Sculpture on the Trail 2024

Mark Your Calendar for Sculpture on the Trail 2024

Mark Your Calendar for Sculpture on the Trail 2024

Saturday, August 17, 12:00 PM

CEED and Inspiration Plus welcomes you to Sculpture on the Trail 2023, an exhibition of more than 20 sculptures by Long Island Artists and texts by more than 20 local poets. This is the third time we’ve held this special art and nature exhibit and we hope you’ll have a wonderful time experiencing unique art and supporting the work of local artists. And it’s free!  Join us.  For more info, click here.  

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Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

Gourds in Watercolor or Sketching

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Sunday, October 6, 2024, 11 AM - 1 PM This is the fifth of a bi-monthly offering of classes from local nature artist and educator, Jenn Lucas. Join artist Jennifer Lucas for an afternoon of sketching and adding color to the Halloween spirit.  This workshop is for...

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Anyone can volunteer. Even you!
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