Major Music for Perfect Earth

Although Roger Waters, above, is not on the roster for this year’s Perfect Earth Project benefit, the headliners include Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie and returning performers such as Suzanne Vega and Rufus Wainwright.

Morgan McGivern

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie will headline the Sept. 3 event

Aug. 18, 2016

Carissa Katz

When Edwina von Gal, the landscape designer who founded the Perfect Earth Project, throws a party, you can bet that the music will be top-notch, and the lineup for her nonprofit’s biennial family picnic and concert on Labor Day weekend is a case in point.

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie will headline the Sept. 3 event, which will be at Cindy Sherman’s Springs-Fireplace Road property on Accabonac Harbor. Also performing will be Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Jenni Muldaur, and G.E. Smith. The fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi will be the master of ceremonies.

This is the third biennial fund-raiser for the organization Ms. von Gal founded to advocate for toxin-free lawns and landscaping. Roger Waters, a co-founder of Pink Floyd, was the special guest at the 2014 picnic, and the late Lou Reed played the first one in 2012. On Sept. 3 the event will run from 3 to 7 p.m. In addition to the music, it will include activities for kids and a wild animal petting zoo with creatures from the Quogue Wildlife Refuge.

The Perfect Earth Project works to educate landscape professionals and homeowners both here and around the world about the dangers synthetic lawn and landscaping chemicals pose to people and their pets.

Tickets for the family picnic start at $1,000 ($100 for children) and can be reserved online at perfectearthproject.org. In case of rain, the event will be held on Sept. 4.