The Botanist

The Botanist holds an adult-use cannabis retail license for Farmingdale, registered with New York's Office of Cannabis Management. The license is publicly listed as MM0603D — active status is verifiable via the OCM QR-code portal at cannabis.ny.gov before a first visit. The shop offers in-store pickup. New York's regulated product categories cover flower, pre-rolls, vape cartridges, 10mg-per-serving edibles, concentrates, tinctures, and topicals — all third-party lab-tested and packaged in tamper-evident child-resistant containers per state rules. Purchases are restricted to adults 21+ with valid ID at the door. Long Island's licensed retail rollout has been slower than the rest of the state — several East End and North Fork towns voted to opt out of retail early, so the shops that are operating sit in the towns that embraced it (Riverhead, Patchogue, Huntington, and points west). Current menu and same-day availability are listed on the shop site; pricing and stock rotate, so a quick check before you head in is usually worth it. For first-time visitors or anyone new to a specific product category, the budtenders are there to guide dose + format choices — the "start low, go slow" principle still applies, especially on edibles at 10mg per serving.