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Photos From the Nature Lyceum
Photos from the August 2008 Nature Lyceum Graduate Class
Nature Lyceum Website Class Dates Don't Miss the Education of a Lifetime!
Nature Lyceum Website Class Dates Don't Miss the Education of a Lifetime!
Entering the Road of No Return
Once a person experiences the magic of the
Nature Lyceum, their life is forever changed.
There are really no words that can aptly
describe how one is impacted. It must be
experienced to be understood.
Those who have been fortunate enough to
pass through these gates of learning, move
forward into their communities continuing the
mission of the Green Guerilla's, spreading the
word about organics.
Once a person experiences the magic of the
Nature Lyceum, their life is forever changed.
There are really no words that can aptly
describe how one is impacted. It must be
experienced to be understood.
Those who have been fortunate enough to
pass through these gates of learning, move
forward into their communities continuing the
mission of the Green Guerilla's, spreading the
word about organics.
Jeff Frank
Is the tireless, passionate and
knowledgeable director of the Nature
Lyceum.
Thanks to Jeff's insight and vision, the
Nature Lyceum has been opening the
eyes of thousands to the necessary
changes we need to make in growing
our food, in being stewards of the
environment and in taking responsibility
for the condition of our personal health.
Is the tireless, passionate and
knowledgeable director of the Nature
Lyceum.
Thanks to Jeff's insight and vision, the
Nature Lyceum has been opening the
eyes of thousands to the necessary
changes we need to make in growing
our food, in being stewards of the
environment and in taking responsibility
for the condition of our personal health.
"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something,
that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. "
~Robert Louis Stevenson
that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. "
~Robert Louis Stevenson
No better way to experience the Nature Lyceum's program than surrounded by the beauty of nature as
Instructor Suzanne Ruggles shares her Native Habitat Landscaping approach to growing your yard.
As you can see by the photo, it looks is if we are seated in the middle of a beautiful park, instead of a
backyard. Each time I visit here, I am so invigorated by the beauty, serenity and energy of this magical
place.
Instructor Suzanne Ruggles shares her Native Habitat Landscaping approach to growing your yard.
As you can see by the photo, it looks is if we are seated in the middle of a beautiful park, instead of a
backyard. Each time I visit here, I am so invigorated by the beauty, serenity and energy of this magical
place.
This is absolutely the best place to be on a beautiful summer's evening.
Pictured: L-R: Instructor Susun Freidman, Flo Rewinski, Jeff Frank
Pictured: L-R: Instructor Susun Freidman, Flo Rewinski, Jeff Frank
THE NEXT DAY
Jeff Frank kicks off introducing the
Off Broadway Organic Improv
Production Experience
which in layman's terms is the name
of the experience of the next few
days.
Off Broadway Organic Improv
Production Experience
which in layman's terms is the name
of the experience of the next few
days.
.... And Now We Present...
Just Some of the People & Some of the Topics
Wish we had taken more pics!
Just Some of the People & Some of the Topics
Wish we had taken more pics!
The Amazing, Passionate, Loving, Humorous, Knowledgeable
Team of Instructors
Team of Instructors
Walt, Angeliki, Steve, Emigdio, Flo, Scott, Ian, KK, Suzanne
Note: Not all Instructors are pictured here
Note: Not all Instructors are pictured here
Jennifer Appel...Rooftop Gardening
Ian Steiber...Urban Farming
Steve Storch....Biodynamics
Angeliki Davis....Flower Essences
Walt Gregory...Raised Bed Gardening
Some Pics From the Undergraduate Class
Samples & Products
Jeff Frank delves extensively into
the wide range of products available to
get off to a good start naturally and
organically.
Those taking the course receive a
generous assortment of sample
products which are donated to the
school.
Jeff Frank delves extensively into
the wide range of products available to
get off to a good start naturally and
organically.
Those taking the course receive a
generous assortment of sample
products which are donated to the
school.
Dr. Jim Conroy
The Tree Whisperer
Dr. Jim Conroy is the Founder of
PLANT HEALTH ALTERNATIVES,
alternative health care for plants.
Dr. Conroy gives people a new kind
of personal experience with trees.
Dr Jim gives new meaning to the
term "Tree Hugger".
The Tree Whisperer
Dr. Jim Conroy is the Founder of
PLANT HEALTH ALTERNATIVES,
alternative health care for plants.
Dr. Conroy gives people a new kind
of personal experience with trees.
Dr Jim gives new meaning to the
term "Tree Hugger".
Just a Few Testimonials.....
Contact Jeff Frank for More Information
Phone: 631-728-0218 Email: JTF4647@AOL.COM
"I have always used Organics. When I was young I was a fisherman and worked part time for a tree
service and never used pesticides because of my love for the water. Now I have my own landscape
tree Service Company and only use an organic approach. I use what I learned taking the courses at
The Nature Lyceum.
I am using a new mix of peat moss, earthworm castings, compost and mini pine bark mulch to
provide nutrients and to aerate also use compost teas as a follient enhancer. The trees are greener,
healthier and more alive. I will always use Organics –it’s the better way to go."-
Alfred P. Greenwald II Green Forest Management
"I am the daughter of a golf course superintendent. After being educated at The Nature Lyceum I have
been using Organics with outstanding results. I witness the transformation of my gardens as the soil
goes from lifeless to growth and energy. Something as simple as leaves left on the ground can begin
a chain reaction of countless life. I have experienced 3 years of phenomenal results and success. I
am grateful to Jeff Frank and the Nature Lyceum for the constant support I continue to receive."
Florence Rewenski - Estate Gardener
" I have been using an Organic approach for the past 10 years. I have reduced my pesticide use
more than 90% and fertilizers by 1/3. I use compost and compost teas to fight off diseases injected
through the irrigation system. I spray the problem areas directly. I use natural fertilizers in all areas.
The results have been great-it works! My membership feels good about not playing in a chemical
environment and so do I.
The small bird population is thriving at my course. We are also very concerned about the water
under Long Island as we are situated on a penninsula and have public drinking wells on the
property. So you can see how important it is to move in the Organic direction. Jeff Frank and The
Nature Lyceum is a guiding light for making a difference. It just makes sense."
Phil Anderson - Golf Course Superintendent (18 yrs)
The Village Club of Sands Point, New York
In his new book, “Greening America to Save the World” Author and Landscape Architect, Mark
Pavletich, says in the first chapter, “An Organic Journey”. “For two decades, all my energies were
focused on building a thriving Landscape business. But everything changed in 2002. Renowned
Landscape Architect Carter van Dyke, with whom I had worked on several projects, recommended
that I attend a seminar at The Nature Lyceum, a school for Organic Horticulture on Long Island,
NY. Experts from our industry spoke on how toxic landscape chemicals and fertilizers were killing
landscapes (not nourishing them). Then Organic experts lectured on how maintaining landscapes
could be done with out harming the plants. You can imagine the shock in the classroom, which was
full of landscape architects and landscape company owners. All of us came away with from the
seminar feeling that we had been brainwashed by the chemical industry. My perspective on
horticulture and my career changed over night. I felt reborn as a green horticulturist and
businessman.
Mark Pavletich - Landscape Horticulturist and Businessman
After attending the Nature Lyceum, I went home to West Virginia for the holidays and gave away
sample copies of Acres magazine along with numerous vegetable seeds. It was a huge hit.
Everyone was interested in what I learned and were excited to see me so happy. My grandfather
who is a self-proclaimed expert on everything actually listened to everything I wanted to say and to
my enormous surprise he started pulling out old natural healing books that were my great
grandma's. She had written down her own natural remedies inside the front cover decades ago.
Absolutely priceless to me!!
Recently, I finished Harvey Lisle's The Enlivened Rock Dust Powders- parts of this book blew my
mind. Currently I'm reading Black Elk Speaks. I can't put it down. I have sent out 8 packets to my
closest friends who are superintendents. I've know these guys for years so I want to get them to the
class. I wrote a passionate letter accompanied by a copy of The Lyceum homepage, the organics
course description, and a copy of The Big Lie. I am so excited to hear from them. I just can't wait
to hear their reactions.
Attending the Nature Lyceum was one of the best decisions I have ever made. It has completely
changed my life. As an assistant golf course superintendent I feel finding alternatives to
chemicals is the most important issue in the golf industry today. The passion by which courses are
taught at the Lyceum is the driving force behind a common sense organic approach to agriculture
as well as life in general.
I attended the class to learn more about organics and I walked away with an enlightened
perspective on life itself. I can not continue to contribute to the problems of this world by
maintaining business as usual at work, or as we like to say in the turf industry "best practices",
without trying alternatives The more I research these alternatives the stronger and more confident I
feel. I know in my heart that I'm on the right path. I saved a tree a week ago that the club wanted to
cut down behind a green. A green which has no air or light issues. The tree actually blocks the
view of the pump station as one walks off the green. That was an easy victory. Last week a worker
applied a granular copper fungicide to a newly seeded extension of a fairway for snow mold
control. The next morning, our four interns wanted to go out there and sod the edges of that same
fairway. If I hadn't been there to assert some common sense those guys would have ended up with
chemical all over them. Sometimes we just need to slow down and think.
Jason Hart- Assistant Superintendent
Pine Valley Golf Club, Pine Valley N.J.
Contact Jeff Frank for More Information
Phone: 631-728-0218 Email: JTF4647@AOL.COM
"I have always used Organics. When I was young I was a fisherman and worked part time for a tree
service and never used pesticides because of my love for the water. Now I have my own landscape
tree Service Company and only use an organic approach. I use what I learned taking the courses at
The Nature Lyceum.
I am using a new mix of peat moss, earthworm castings, compost and mini pine bark mulch to
provide nutrients and to aerate also use compost teas as a follient enhancer. The trees are greener,
healthier and more alive. I will always use Organics –it’s the better way to go."-
Alfred P. Greenwald II Green Forest Management
"I am the daughter of a golf course superintendent. After being educated at The Nature Lyceum I have
been using Organics with outstanding results. I witness the transformation of my gardens as the soil
goes from lifeless to growth and energy. Something as simple as leaves left on the ground can begin
a chain reaction of countless life. I have experienced 3 years of phenomenal results and success. I
am grateful to Jeff Frank and the Nature Lyceum for the constant support I continue to receive."
Florence Rewenski - Estate Gardener
" I have been using an Organic approach for the past 10 years. I have reduced my pesticide use
more than 90% and fertilizers by 1/3. I use compost and compost teas to fight off diseases injected
through the irrigation system. I spray the problem areas directly. I use natural fertilizers in all areas.
The results have been great-it works! My membership feels good about not playing in a chemical
environment and so do I.
The small bird population is thriving at my course. We are also very concerned about the water
under Long Island as we are situated on a penninsula and have public drinking wells on the
property. So you can see how important it is to move in the Organic direction. Jeff Frank and The
Nature Lyceum is a guiding light for making a difference. It just makes sense."
Phil Anderson - Golf Course Superintendent (18 yrs)
The Village Club of Sands Point, New York
In his new book, “Greening America to Save the World” Author and Landscape Architect, Mark
Pavletich, says in the first chapter, “An Organic Journey”. “For two decades, all my energies were
focused on building a thriving Landscape business. But everything changed in 2002. Renowned
Landscape Architect Carter van Dyke, with whom I had worked on several projects, recommended
that I attend a seminar at The Nature Lyceum, a school for Organic Horticulture on Long Island,
NY. Experts from our industry spoke on how toxic landscape chemicals and fertilizers were killing
landscapes (not nourishing them). Then Organic experts lectured on how maintaining landscapes
could be done with out harming the plants. You can imagine the shock in the classroom, which was
full of landscape architects and landscape company owners. All of us came away with from the
seminar feeling that we had been brainwashed by the chemical industry. My perspective on
horticulture and my career changed over night. I felt reborn as a green horticulturist and
businessman.
Mark Pavletich - Landscape Horticulturist and Businessman
After attending the Nature Lyceum, I went home to West Virginia for the holidays and gave away
sample copies of Acres magazine along with numerous vegetable seeds. It was a huge hit.
Everyone was interested in what I learned and were excited to see me so happy. My grandfather
who is a self-proclaimed expert on everything actually listened to everything I wanted to say and to
my enormous surprise he started pulling out old natural healing books that were my great
grandma's. She had written down her own natural remedies inside the front cover decades ago.
Absolutely priceless to me!!
Recently, I finished Harvey Lisle's The Enlivened Rock Dust Powders- parts of this book blew my
mind. Currently I'm reading Black Elk Speaks. I can't put it down. I have sent out 8 packets to my
closest friends who are superintendents. I've know these guys for years so I want to get them to the
class. I wrote a passionate letter accompanied by a copy of The Lyceum homepage, the organics
course description, and a copy of The Big Lie. I am so excited to hear from them. I just can't wait
to hear their reactions.
Attending the Nature Lyceum was one of the best decisions I have ever made. It has completely
changed my life. As an assistant golf course superintendent I feel finding alternatives to
chemicals is the most important issue in the golf industry today. The passion by which courses are
taught at the Lyceum is the driving force behind a common sense organic approach to agriculture
as well as life in general.
I attended the class to learn more about organics and I walked away with an enlightened
perspective on life itself. I can not continue to contribute to the problems of this world by
maintaining business as usual at work, or as we like to say in the turf industry "best practices",
without trying alternatives The more I research these alternatives the stronger and more confident I
feel. I know in my heart that I'm on the right path. I saved a tree a week ago that the club wanted to
cut down behind a green. A green which has no air or light issues. The tree actually blocks the
view of the pump station as one walks off the green. That was an easy victory. Last week a worker
applied a granular copper fungicide to a newly seeded extension of a fairway for snow mold
control. The next morning, our four interns wanted to go out there and sod the edges of that same
fairway. If I hadn't been there to assert some common sense those guys would have ended up with
chemical all over them. Sometimes we just need to slow down and think.
Jason Hart- Assistant Superintendent
Pine Valley Golf Club, Pine Valley N.J.
The Ambassador
The ambassador is a Great Owl that
was found after it fell out of a tree and
had both wings shattered but
recovered at the Wildlife Rescue
Center of the Hamptons and now is
their Ambassador.
The ambassador is a Great Owl that
was found after it fell out of a tree and
had both wings shattered but
recovered at the Wildlife Rescue
Center of the Hamptons and now is
their Ambassador.