STEARNS PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION
RECENT EVENTS
June 9, 2026
The Stearns Park Civic Association hosted its third annual "Walkie Talkie" guided by Fred Nass, President of the LI Chapter of Wild Ones, and his team, including Gary Schultz, also of Wild Ones, Town of Oyster Bay community leader and organic farmer Agatha Martello from More Than Gardens, Inc., and landscape expert Greg Fine of Wild By Design. Videos links of the walking tour are below.
History when Freeport was a giant ice sheet through present day terrain:
Shade Garden 1:
Shade Garden 2:
Assorted Talks 1
(Combo Sun Shade Garden, History of Freeport Golf Course/Hempstead Plains,
Tree Graft, Bradford Pear Tree, Native Pachysandra, Benefits of Clover):
Assorted Talks 2
(Snag (Leave High Trunk), Green Maple Vs. Japanese Maple, Crepe Myrtle, English Ivy embedded into tree, Wire embedded into tree):
Assorted Talks 3
(How to Not Prune a Big Tree, Possible Sequoia, Yellow Stripe, Crimson Norway Maple, Bad Pruning Job, Tulip Poplar, Landscape Garden):
Contact information
Fred Nass and Gary Schulz
Wild Ones of Long Island
Agatha Martello
MoreThanGardens.com
Greg Fine
Wild By Design
June 14, 2023
Stearns Park is known for its beautiful trees, so we took a walking tour of our neighborhood for our final meeting of '22–'23. We teamed up with Fred Nass, President of the LI Chapter of Wild Ones, an organization that promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. He brought with him a handful of arborists who showed us best planting practices as well as what not to plant, depending on the location.
Linda Silva Thompson
Linda Silva Thompson
November 2021
Members of the Stearns Park Civic Association attended the Site Plan Committee meeting at Village Hall to help get a building code amended, which now protects the neighborhood from overbuilding.
Source: Long Island Herald
February 10, 2025
All smiles... Members of the Stearns Park Civic Association stand behind the Village Board to celebrate the landmarking of the three remaining Stearns Park pillars.