
60TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMER CELEBRATION!!
DATE: August 8, 2019 @ 6PM
LOCATION: Long Island Aquarium, 431 E Main St, Riverhead, NY 11901 Google Maps
The Long Island Flower Growers Association invites you, your family and staff members to join us for our 60th Anniversary summer celebration at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead. Enjoy a great dinner by the river and visit with fellow LIFGA members. A Chinese auction will be held along with our 50/50 raffle. *Please bring your donations for the auction to the dinner.
Registration begins at at 5:45 pm. Cocktails and dinner will be served at 6pm.
RSVP’s A MUST BY JULY 29TH!
Please contact Diane Hanwick to make your reservations at (631) 727-3595 (her work), (631) 886-2213 (LIFGA, leave a message) or by email: info@lifga.com.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!
Welcome To Long Island Flower Growers Association (LIFGA)
The mission of Long Island Flower Growers Association’s (LIFGA) is to increase awareness, education, and appreciation of plant diversity and to be a regional center of expertise in greenhouse management, landscape design and exhibition of horticultural “best” practices.
LIFGA supports academic research projects and continuing education programs on issues related to the use, management and care-giving of landscape plants by providing high-reach, high-content and cost-effective means of delivery, and new and routine information to Long Island’s horticultural audiences.
Professionals related to the environmental horticultural industry are LIFGA’s primary audience, such as:
– Landscape maintenance and construction contractors.
– Plant and seed brokers.
– Retail and wholesale greenhouse and nursery professionals.
– Irrigation designers and equipment manufacturers.
– Public parks and public works personnel.
– Arborists
Important secondary audiences are home horticulture enthusiasts and media representatives.

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CORNELL UNIVERSITY LINKS

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
HORTICULTURAL CENTER
GREENHOUSE HORTICULTURE
Our facilities range from the very low-tech to fully automation. Our site focuses on Cornell-developed greenhouse hydroponic systems geared toward local food production.
LOCAL EVENTS
We always have fun events going on. Whether you’re a participant or a volunteer, we want you to be part of it! Stay up to date with our events calendar, and make sure to RSVP for each event
2021 LIFGA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

LIFGA SCHOLARSHIP
Ms. Victoria Zeng from Cornell University

BOB GUNTHER LIFGA SCHOLARSHIP
Giovanni Bevacqua from the State University of NY – Cobleskill.
LIFGA SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS
The LIFGA established a scholarship fund with the American Floral Endowment in 2010 after fund raising for more than 12 years. This scholarship is intended for students in the Long Island/New York area studying ornamental horticulture at a community college or a four-year institution.
MEMBERSHIP SNAPSHOT
Members
LIFGA’s success is attributed to the dedication we put forward toward local growers, retail garden centers, nurseries, landscapers, arborists, farms and complement industries. We support group discussions and promote content that is most prevalent to the LI horticultural community.
Our association continues to grow by offering many opportunities through means of continuing education, networking dinners, sponsored events, website advertisements and affiliate of the PlantSomething national campaign.
Being a member of LIFGA is more than just being connected to a business group, it’s about being part of a larger family .. who LISTEN AND CARE !!
Commercial Growers
Garden Centers
Supporting Industries
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SPONSORING MEMBERS
ATLANTIC NURSERIES
691 DEER PARK AVE, DIX HILLS, NY 11746 (631) 586-6242
We are a wholesale and grower operation. Our goal is to provide landscape professionals with the highest standard of quality plant material and a broad variety of unusual, hard to find plants. To learn more visit our website.
COLORFUL GARDENS
35 MILL RD, CALVERTON, NY 11933 (631) 369-5598
Colorful Gardens serves garden centers and nurseries in the tri-state areas with annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables and ground cover plants. We have an extensive client list and value quality service. Check out our Facebook page.
CHARLES SPITZNER NURSERY
PO BOX 40, MANORVILLE, NY 11949 (631) 878-1021
Family owned and operated Wholesale Greenhouse operation. We specialize in NG Impatiens, Geraniums, Dahlias, Non-Stop Begonias, Easter Mums and Garden Mums. Growing under 120,000 sqf of covered greenhouses. Find out more ..
EMERALD FLORA
478 WEEKS AVE, MANORVILLE, NY 11949 (631) 874-8742
Emerald Flora is a wholesale greenhouse operation hidden in the woods of Manorville. We are a smaller operation that caters to the more diverse and specific needs of garden centers and landscapers, most notably specializing in quality accent plants used in container gardens.” Find out more.
EASON HORTICULTURE RESOURCES
171 ICELAND AVE, HUNTINGTON ST, NY 11746 (516) 982-5925
Eason Horticulture Resources serves as a consultant and sales agent to retail garden center growers, wholesale greenhouse growers, nurserymen, and landscapers. Please contact Walter Bissex to learn about our latest offerings.
LANDCRAFT ENVIRONMENTS
1160 EAST MILL RD, MATTITUCK, NY 11952 (631) 734-6832
We grow tropicals, tender perennials and unusual annuals as well as a few fairly common annuals. All the plants we grow thrive in our hot, humid summers and many perform well into the autumn months. Visit our website.
NORMAN KEIL NURSERIES
38A FIFTY ACRE ROAD, ST JAMES, NY, 11780 (631) 584-6330
Norman Keil Nurseries is a wholesale greenhouse operation with a customer base that includes large chain stores, supermarkets, garden centers, and the landscape trade. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality products combined with excellent customer service.
NORMAN KEIL NURSERIES
38A FIFTY ACRE RD, SAINT JAMES, NY 11780 (631) 584-6330
Norman Keil Nurseries is a large wholesale greenhouse operation established in 1996. Our customer base includes large chain stores, supermarkets, garden centers, and the landscape trade. Visit our website.
GORDON COMPANY
BUSINESS BROKERAGE & REAL ESTATE
We represent clients in the sale of their businesses, strategic mergers and acquisitions with other companies, or purchases of new businesses. With many years of experience and formal education in the horticultural sector, we specialize in the sale of landscape design and build companies, commercial landscape companies, nurseries and garden centers, wholesale greenhouses, growers, and related companies. To find out more about our services please contact Business Brokerage + Real Estate or Visit our Website.
NF BOUTIQUE GARDENS
2450 ELIJAH’S LN, MATTITUCK, NY 11952 (631) 734-6832
North Fork Boutique Gardens is a wholesale supplier of premium landscape plants. Located on the North Fork of Long Island, NFBG operates on 17 acres in the Village of Mattituck. Visit our website.
WEBTRACK BY
BALL HORTICULTURAL
Ball WebTrack manages your business so you can have more time in your greenhouse and less time behind your desk. WebTrack offers the broadest selection of live online inventory, less paperwork, and online order management. Learn more ..