East Hampton - On Saturday, June 26, Longhouse Reserve presents two special events: Planters: On & Off the Ground III and Open Bowls & Music Festival of the Hamptons Concert: Aeolus Quintet.

First, look to the professionals as they display their creations at LHR's Planters On & Off the Ground III invitational. Using hand-picked vessels to inspire container garden design, experts choose plants with care and position them lovingly - ever conscious of the Gestalt - the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Containers will be judged this year by a designer of historically inspired and original garden furniture, exterior decorator, John Danzer Founder of Munder-Skiles. Danzer's work can be seen in public and private gardens worldwide. This event is proving so popular that winners of last year's invitational can be seen on P. Allen Smith's Garden Home series on cable television.

John Danzer.

This year a competition of Open Bowls - those decorative objects special enough to stand alone in one's garden will also be held. Be there to see Danzer's ribbon-winning urns, baskets of historical design and architectural scale planters. You'll find them on display between Mia Westerlund Roosen's Battenkill and Abby Jane's Path.

Next, join us for the first of two summer concerts LHR will offer this season in collaboration with the Music Festival of the Hamptons. Held in the gardens, near Yoko Ono's "Play it by Trust," the air will be filled with the sounds of beautiful music.

Participants With Planters

 • Barbara Aiello of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons
 • Peggy Amster of Peggy Amster Landscape Designs
 • Frederico Azevedo of Unlimited Earth Care
 • Greg Benson of Greg Benson Loll Designs
 • Harvey Bernstein of Bernstein Design Associates
 • Rick Bogusch
 • Lindsay Burn of Lindsay Burn Landscape Design & Pennoyer Newman LLC
 • Lou Edwards and Tony Cherubino of Coast & Country Property Management
 • James DeMartis
 • Anna DeMauro
 • April Gonzales of April Gonzales Garden Design & Seibert & Rice
 • Mary Gotovich of M.T.G. Design
 • Fay Henderson of Fay Henderson Landscape Design
 • Carol and Jay Hunt
 • Tracy Jamar
 • Brian Mahoney and Elizabeth Lear of Lear & Mahoney
 • Kate Dodge McCarty Organic Gardens
 • Scot Medbury of Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 • Geoffrey Nimmer of East End Garden Design
 • Tony Piazza of Piazza Horticultural Group
 • Hope Sandrow
 • Alejandro Saralegui of Broadview Gardens
 • Dennis Schrader of Landcraft Environments
 • Craig Socia
 • David and Jean Stiles of Stiles Designs
 • Patrick Weder of Patrick Weder Design
 • Chini Whitmore of Charlie Whitmore Gardens
 • Susan Zises

Participants With Open Bowls
 • James DeMartis
 • Mary Lynn and Robert Good of Goff Creek Pottery
 • Marcie Honerkamp of Marcie Honerkamp Custom Mosiacs
 • Tracy Jamar
 • Richard Kaleh of Kaléh Design Collection
 • Emma Katz
 • Phid Lawless of Lunaform, LLC
 • Barbara Licis of Stonecrop Gardens
 • Diane Mayo
 • Morgan MacWhinnie
 • David Whitman of Campo de Fiori
 • Nico Yektai

Music Festival Of The Hamptons Concert - Aeolus Quintet
 • Jean Sinclair, flute
 • Celeste Zazzali, oboe
 • Barry Bilowitz, clarinet
 • Meg Spatz, bassoon

Newly formed in 2009, the Aeolus Quintet perfoms woodwind repertoire from the Classical to the Contemporary. Comprised of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, the quintet combines youth and maturity in musical expression. Its members are experienced orchestral and chamber music players, as well as music educators, and are based in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. From Beethoven to Bernstein, Mozart to Milhaud and Reicha to Rodgers, the Aeolus Quintet accommodates various performance styles and venues, be they concert, casual or ceremonial.

Fee: $20, members $10. Tickets can be purchased via the LongHouse website at www.longhouse.org, or by calling Joanne Sohn at 631-329-3568.