LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Livingston Manor Garden Day will be held on May 16, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Livingston Manor Community Center and Chamber of Commerce, Livingston Manor Renaissance volunteers and Sullivan County Audubon Society.

Free lectures will be offered at the Catskill Art Society, with speakers including Greg Lotorto, Bethel Woods landscape designer at 10 a.m.; John Evans, superintendent of Roscoe Central School on community gardens at 11 a.m.; Carolyn Summers, author and expert on native plants for Sullivan County at 1 p.m.; Paul Blanton, landscape artist and local grower, on practical tips and tools of the trade at 2 p.m. There will be vendors along the sidewalks with birdhouses, wind chimes, planters, plants, tools, gloves, hats, solar lighting and honey and maple products. Live music will be provided by local harpist Jan Hirsch, and Darren Steele and the Moon Sauce Band. There will be raffles and food.