Talmage Farm Agway is a 7-acre retail garden center with a large store (once a potato barn), an even larger nursery yard, and a warehouse.  Its strong suit is gallon-size perennials and native plants at great prices—fresh healthy stock that’ll survive well in local gardens. A full complement of popular flowering perennials is ever in stock. And because they’re so rare in the nursery trade, common native Long Island plants seem quite special:  American beach grass, white wood aster, seaside goldenrod, and naturalized beach wormwood. These natives can be ornamental, too—variegated cordgrass, double and white forms of marsh marigold, and a butter-yellow form of columbine. Even the cultivated shrub roses look a little brassy beside Virginia rose, found wild along Long Island’s coastal dunes. One of the nicest amenities is that if a plant isn’t in the store, they’ll bring it down for you from the farm.Talmage Farm Agway stocks herbs, vegetables, woody plants, and seasonal greenhouse plants.  The Agway is an excellent source for organic fertilizers and natural garden supplies. It’s a real Agway, too, with 15,000 SKUs attached to such store items as animal feed, pet supplies, propane, and super-turf builder. Seasonal events tend to focus on animals, such as the “Equine Event” (horse weekend) and Pet Santa day when people bring their pets to visit Santa Claus. A chicken and a horse once showed up in Santa outfits.