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Mission & Vision

ChangeHampton is a community organization to promote restorative, bio-diverse, healthy & sustainable landscaping practices and expand the Pollinator Pathways Movement on Eastern Long Island.

Community Pollinator Garden at East Hampton Town Hall

In 2022, ChangeHampton presented a proposal to the East Hampton Town board for a Community Pollinator Garden on the Town Hall campus. With broad community support, grants from both Long Island Community Foundation and the JM Kaplan Fund and broad community support and donations along with a public-private partnership with the town of East Hampton, we installed the garden in 2023. Here’s the story!

What you can do right now

ProHealth: the quiet, clean & profitable conversion to electric blowers

Native Plant Selector Tool

What is a native plant and what are its benefits? Find out about their beauty, medicinal history and the eco-services they deliver. View, filter, search and select native plants for your garden and learn how to combine plants to build plant communities. Save your choices and email yourself a shopping list to share with your landscaper and/or nursery.

Native Pollinator Grassland Meadows at Town Hall

The New Land Aesthetic & Ethic

Podcast: Save the Planet one Yard at a time!

Listen to ChangeHampton’s host Francesca Rhiannon interviewing environmental activists in our community who are acting on the principles and practices of the New Land Ethic.

Getting started

Making a difference about climate change, species collapse and saving our food chain starts in your own yard.  The health of our watersheds below is a function of your actions in your yard above.

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Latest News

News | March 24, 2026

Hope springs eternal! The first flowers to appear in spring on the East End are usually in the damp woods. One of the most prevalent is the Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) native to Long Island, and large ... Read More

News | March 16, 2026

Leaves are important habitat for beneficial insects and small animals and provide nature's best fertilizer. Leaves the leaves. In addition, leaves absorb excess rain to help counteract flooding. So why are we obsessed with blowing them away?  And using equipment ... Read More

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Media & Press

East Hampton Star | July 30, 2025

Nilay Oza, the architect, center, said it was essential to properly frame the conversation early in a relationship with a homeowner. The six-member panel agreed that educating homeowners, especially new ones and especially about how ... Read More

Paul McIssac Reports | September 17, 2024

ChangeHampton member Paul McIssac documents how beautiful, beneficial and rewarding the transformation from turf lawn to native pollinator garden can be.  Watch this and join him on an inspiring tour of his spectacular Sagaponack garden. ... Read More

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Events

Sunday, July 20, 2025 @ 11:00 am

East Hampton likes to think of itself as an enlightened community overseeing a natural treasure: History, tradition, wealth and intelligence, but especially natural beauty. And, our Town Board takes pride in its environmental mission. It ... Read More

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