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It Takes A Village To Care For A Garden

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Southampton Town Trustee Bill Pell, Meghan Magyar, a member of the board of the Lake Agawam Conservancy, and horticulturalist Tony Piazza at a bioswale that was planted this year to help filter pollutants from entering Lake Agawam. STEPHEN J, KOTZ

Southampton Town Trustee Bill Pell, Meghan Magyar, a member of the board of the Lake Agawam Conservancy, and horticulturalist Tony Piazza at a bioswale that was planted this year to help filter pollutants from entering Lake Agawam. STEPHEN J, KOTZ

Members of the Southampton Fire Deparment have helped keep a newly planted bioswale at the foot of Lake Agawam moist during the hot, dry summer. COURTESY TONY PIAZZA

Members of the Southampton Fire Deparment have helped keep a newly planted bioswale at the foot of Lake Agawam moist during the hot, dry summer. COURTESY TONY PIAZZA

authorStephen J. Kotz on Aug 11, 2020
Until last June, a thin strip of land that runs between the southern edge of Lake Agawam and the parking lot across from St. Andrew’s Dune Church on Gin Lane... more

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