2016 home gardening lecture series
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Other comments: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
GIFT CERTIFICATE 2016 Home Gardening Lecture Series A Gift From: ________________________________________________ A Gift To:____________________________________________________ Gift Recipient Address: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Master Gardener Volunteers: Conduct The Home Gardening Lecture Series Conduct Site Visits for homeowners Provide a Speaker’s Bureau Renovate and care for demonstration gardens at Hart’s Brook Park, Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, Muscoot Farm, and historic Sherwood House Write articles for Westchester County Horticultural News Staff farmers’ markets and county fair information booths Write the Gardening Q&A column in The Journal News Mentor school gardens and educate youth about gardening Provide education to community gardeners Educate homeowners in proper gardening techniques through public programming
3 West Main Street, Suite 112 Elmsford, NY 10523
Locations for lectures: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Cornell Cooperative Extension is an educational program of Cornell University, which offers programs within Westchester County. Its mission is to disseminate research-based, factual, unbiased information to the general public. The Master Gardener Volunteer program provides extensive training to individuals who then donate their volunteer time in assisting Cooperative Extension to reach specific audiences.
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Topics of Interest: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2016 HOME GARDENING LECTURE SERIES
Cover Photo: Skimmia japonica by Krys Mernyk
Phone Number: ____________________________________________ E-Mail Address: ____________________________________________ A 2016 Home Gardening Lecture Series gift certificate will be sent to the recipient for the fee of $90. The fee purchases the entire Home Gardening Lecture Series 2016 subscription. Make your check payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County. The recipient will be sent a confirmation with your name listed as the giver. Your cancelled check is your receipt.
Return To: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County Attn.: Home Gardening Lecture Series 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523
Gift Certificates expire June 30, 2016—Not redeemable for cash
Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities http://westchester.cce.cornell.edu/ Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact CCE of Westchester if you have any special needs.
Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID White Plains, NY 10606 Permit No. 941
This is an ideal gift for the garden lover. With this gift certificate you are not only honoring a special person but you are also supporting Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523 914-285-4640
Arranged by the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Westchester County
REGISTRATION 2016 Home Gardening Lecture Series
2016 HOME GARDENING LECTURE SERIES
Carol Gracie will speak about the beauty of many of our summer wildflowers and their fascinating life histories. Her talk will highlight wildflower pollination, seed dispersal, predation and uses in modern medicine. You will learn how these colorful wildflowers interact with insects in positive, negative and even diabolical ways. Carol Gracie led natural history tours at the NYBG for 25 years. She will share her knowledge of plants in the Amazon, the Galapagos and Europe. Carol is the author/photographer of Spring Wildflower’s of the Northeast: A Natural History and co-author/photographer of Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States. Directions to Chappaqua Library: From the Saw Mill River Parkway, take Exit 32. Continue to light at Rte. 120. Turn toward town and take a right onto Greeley Ave. The library is two blocks South on the left. Additional parking is available at the New Castle Town Hall across the street. BACKYARD ORGANIC VEGGIE GARDENING Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Parish House 382 Cantitoe Road, Bedford, NY 10506 Speaker: Max Apton
Enjoy your landscape and eat it! Site location, soil fertility, soil preparation, crop selection, crop rotation, pest management and the delight of a home grown dinner will be explained. Max Apton will share his excitement and knowledge about creating an organic veggie garden in your backyard. Max Apton is passionate about helping homeowners build farm gardens. He is a local organic farmer who operates an edible landscaping business. Max is also a journalist and writes informative gardening articles in local newspapers. Directions to St. Matthew’s Parish House: From I-684 (North or South), take Exit 4. Turn onto Rte. 172 East toward Bedford. At the traffic light where Rte. 22 joins Rte. 172, turn left and continue to follow Rte. 22 North 2.7 miles through Bedford Village. Parish House will be on the right. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY. LECTURES BEGIN AT 10AM SHARP IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, PLEASE CALL 914-285-3590 THE AFTERNOON PRIOR TO THE LECTURE FOR A PRE-RECORDED ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING POSSIBLE CANCELLATION.
LAWNS AND ALTERNATIVES TO LAWNS * Wednesday, March 9, 2016 10:00 AM – 12 noon Will Library, Yonkers Public Library 1500 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710 Speaker: Tamson Yeh, PhD. Is there something wrong with your lawn? Tamson Yeh will explain how to achieve a healthy, attractive lawn while reducing pesticides and fertilizers. She will describe how to remove all or part of the lawn in easy ways and add pollinator-friendly, native plants to your yard. Learn about using the “buffer stuffer” wheel to accurately figure the types and numbers of plants needed. Tamson Yeh is an entertaining speaker who has worked for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County for the past twelve years. She has a PhD. in Plant Sciences and a M.S. in Animal and Veterinary Science. Her book, Can My Petunia be Saved?, is a practical, lighthearted approach to achieving a happy, healthy garden. Directions to Will Library: South on Sprain Brook Parkway to Tuckahoe Road East exit (2nd Tuckahoe exit). Take Tuckahoe Rd. to Central Park Ave. (Rte. 100). Turn right onto Central Park Ave. Get in left lane to make U-Turn at traffic signal and a left into jug handle to go North on Central Park Ave. Will Library parking lot is on right (just past green sign that reads Tuckahoe Road). CHALLENGING HABITATS* Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:00 AM – 12 noon Anthony Veteran Park—Greenburgh 11 Olympic Lane, Ardsley, NY 10502 Speaker: Bernd Blossey, PhD Join Bernd Blossey to learn about the interplay of deer, worms, and invasive plants in our environs. Habitats of the Northeast are facing unprecedented challenges impacting our home gardens. What are the ecological consequences of invasives? He will explain which species can be assumed safe and which species may become extinct. Bernd will challenge us to become stewards of our natural heritage. Bernd Blossey is an Associate Professor in the Natural Resources Department at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and is the director of the Ecology and Management of Invasive Plants Program. Bernd continues to develop and implement programs for biological weed control, deer management and land management. Directions to Anthony Veteran Park: From (North or South) take Saw Mill Parkway to Dobbs Ferry/ Ardsley, Exit 17. Turn onto Ashford Ave. at light. (left from North or right from South) Proceed two lights and turn left onto Rte. 9A North. Turn right onto Heatherdell Rd. Continue approx. 1 mile and then turn left onto Olympic Lane. Go to Multipurpose Bldg. – Room 1 *Landscape Architect Health, Safety and Welfare Credit Hours have been awarded. See registration form for details.
UNLOCKING SEED SECRETS Wednesday, May 25, 2016 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon John Jay Homestead, State Historic Site 400 Route 22, Katonah, NY 10536 Speaker: Margaret Roach
Name Address
Phone
Want to grow your best vegetable garden ever? It starts with a seed and choosing the right varieties that match your garden conditions. Some considerations are: buying organic seed, using hybrids and avoiding GMO’s. Margaret Roach will demystify the practical “aha’s” to get you growing with confidence.
E-mail address
In 2007, Margaret Roach left her job with Martha Stewart to begin a different life connected to nature. She is passionate about gardening and started a garden blog called awaytogarden.com. Margaret has written two books: her dropout memoir, And I Shall Have Some Peace There, and her newest book, The Backyard Parables, which blends garden memoir with how-to advice. Directions to John Jay Homestead: From I-684, take Exit 6. Travel East on Rte. 35, and turn right (South) onto Rte. 22. The John Jay Homestead is almost two miles on the left. TOUR OF EDEIKEN/GOLDFINGER GARDENS* Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Louise Edeiken and Eliot Goldfinger 37 Rolling Way, New Rochelle, NY 10804 No-Walk Ins -- 10:00 AM Arrival
OR
11:00 AM Arrival
Come view two unique gardens created by two artists. One garden, the sunny garden, is nestled around their split-level home. Steep stairs lead down to another garden, the shady ravine garden, which is located in an abandoned New York, Westchester & Boston Railway rock-cut on their property.
THE LIVES OF SUMMER WILDFLOWERS
$18
BACKYARD ORGANIC VEGGIE GARDENING
$18
LAWNS AND ALTERNATIVES TO LAWNS 2.0 LA HSW CREDIT HRS.
$18
CHALLENGING HABITATS 2.0 LA HSW CREDIT HRS.
$18
UNLOCKING SEED SECRETS
$18
SELECT ONLY ONE/NO WALK-INS 1.0 LA HSW CREDIT HR. TOUR OF EDEIKEN/GOLDFINGER GARDENS 10AM ARRIVAL OR TOUR OF EDEIKEN/GOLDFINGER GARDENS 11AM ARRIVAL
$18
ENTIRE SERIES AT DISCOUNTED PRICE
$90
TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
Louise, a singer, claimed the sunny borders surrounding their home for annuals, perennials, bulbs, shrubs and small trees which bloom all season long. Eliot, a sculptor, applied his artist touch to the many dry-stacked stone walls terracing the ravine. A small stream meanders through the shady ravine creating a quiet refuge with perennials, shrubs and grasses adding color and texture.
TOTAL ENCLOSED Walk-Ins $20 (space permitting) Pre-registration must be accompanied by check and received one week prior to the lecture in order to receive the pre-registration price of $18.00. For further information, call 914-285-3590.
Directions to Edeiken/Goldfinger Gardens: From Hutchinson Parkway South: Take Exit 20/Weaver Street. At end of ramp, turn left (at light) onto Weaver St. Go to third light and turn right onto Quaker Ridge Rd. At first light, make a right onto Broadfield Rd. At stop sign, bear left onto Rolling Way. House is on the left #37. From Hutchinson Parkway North: Take Exit 17/North Avenue. At end of ramp, turn right onto North Ave. Go to second light and turn left onto Quaker Ridge Rd. At second light, turn left onto Broadfield Rd. At stop sign, bear left onto Rolling Way. House is on the left #37.
COST # TOTAL
LECTURE
Make checks payable to: Cornell Cooperative Extension Westchester County. Mail to: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Attn.: Home Gardening Lecture Series, 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523
THE LIVES OF SUMMER WILDFLOWERS Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon Chappaqua Library 195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY 10514 Speaker: Carol Gracie
No refunds on programs and no confirmations mailed. Participants needing special accommodations should contact our office at 914-285-3590 at least one month prior to the program.
Other comments: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
GIFT CERTIFICATE 2016 Home Gardening Lecture Series A Gift From: ________________________________________________ A Gift To:____________________________________________________ Gift Recipient Address: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Master Gardener Volunteers: Conduct The Home Gardening Lecture Series Conduct Site Visits for homeowners Provide a Speaker’s Bureau Renovate and care for demonstration gardens at Hart’s Brook Park, Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, Muscoot Farm, and historic Sherwood House Write articles for Westchester County Horticultural News Staff farmers’ markets and county fair information booths Write the Gardening Q&A column in The Journal News Mentor school gardens and educate youth about gardening Provide education to community gardeners Educate homeowners in proper gardening techniques through public programming
3 West Main Street, Suite 112 Elmsford, NY 10523
Locations for lectures: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Cornell Cooperative Extension is an educational program of Cornell University, which offers programs within Westchester County. Its mission is to disseminate research-based, factual, unbiased information to the general public. The Master Gardener Volunteer program provides extensive training to individuals who then donate their volunteer time in assisting Cooperative Extension to reach specific audiences.
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Topics of Interest: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2016 HOME GARDENING LECTURE SERIES
Cover Photo: Skimmia japonica by Krys Mernyk
Phone Number: ____________________________________________ E-Mail Address: ____________________________________________ A 2016 Home Gardening Lecture Series gift certificate will be sent to the recipient for the fee of $90. The fee purchases the entire Home Gardening Lecture Series 2016 subscription. Make your check payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County. The recipient will be sent a confirmation with your name listed as the giver. Your cancelled check is your receipt.
Return To: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County Attn.: Home Gardening Lecture Series 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523
Gift Certificates expire June 30, 2016—Not redeemable for cash
Building Strong and Vibrant New York Communities http://westchester.cce.cornell.edu/ Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact CCE of Westchester if you have any special needs.
Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID White Plains, NY 10606 Permit No. 941
This is an ideal gift for the garden lover. With this gift certificate you are not only honoring a special person but you are also supporting Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523 914-285-4640
Arranged by the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Westchester County
REGISTRATION 2016 Home Gardening Lecture Series
2016 HOME GARDENING LECTURE SERIES
Carol Gracie will speak about the beauty of many of our summer wildflowers and their fascinating life histories. Her talk will highlight wildflower pollination, seed dispersal, predation and uses in modern medicine. You will learn how these colorful wildflowers interact with insects in positive, negative and even diabolical ways. Carol Gracie led natural history tours at the NYBG for 25 years. She will share her knowledge of plants in the Amazon, the Galapagos and Europe. Carol is the author/photographer of Spring Wildflower’s of the Northeast: A Natural History and co-author/photographer of Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States. Directions to Chappaqua Library: From the Saw Mill River Parkway, take Exit 32. Continue to light at Rte. 120. Turn toward town and take a right onto Greeley Ave. The library is two blocks South on the left. Additional parking is available at the New Castle Town Hall across the street. BACKYARD ORGANIC VEGGIE GARDENING Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Parish House 382 Cantitoe Road, Bedford, NY 10506 Speaker: Max Apton
Enjoy your landscape and eat it! Site location, soil fertility, soil preparation, crop selection, crop rotation, pest management and the delight of a home grown dinner will be explained. Max Apton will share his excitement and knowledge about creating an organic veggie garden in your backyard. Max Apton is passionate about helping homeowners build farm gardens. He is a local organic farmer who operates an edible landscaping business. Max is also a journalist and writes informative gardening articles in local newspapers. Directions to St. Matthew’s Parish House: From I-684 (North or South), take Exit 4. Turn onto Rte. 172 East toward Bedford. At the traffic light where Rte. 22 joins Rte. 172, turn left and continue to follow Rte. 22 North 2.7 miles through Bedford Village. Parish House will be on the right. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY. LECTURES BEGIN AT 10AM SHARP IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, PLEASE CALL 914-285-3590 THE AFTERNOON PRIOR TO THE LECTURE FOR A PRE-RECORDED ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING POSSIBLE CANCELLATION.
LAWNS AND ALTERNATIVES TO LAWNS * Wednesday, March 9, 2016 10:00 AM – 12 noon Will Library, Yonkers Public Library 1500 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710 Speaker: Tamson Yeh, PhD. Is there something wrong with your lawn? Tamson Yeh will explain how to achieve a healthy, attractive lawn while reducing pesticides and fertilizers. She will describe how to remove all or part of the lawn in easy ways and add pollinator-friendly, native plants to your yard. Learn about using the “buffer stuffer” wheel to accurately figure the types and numbers of plants needed. Tamson Yeh is an entertaining speaker who has worked for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County for the past twelve years. She has a PhD. in Plant Sciences and a M.S. in Animal and Veterinary Science. Her book, Can My Petunia be Saved?, is a practical, lighthearted approach to achieving a happy, healthy garden. Directions to Will Library: South on Sprain Brook Parkway to Tuckahoe Road East exit (2nd Tuckahoe exit). Take Tuckahoe Rd. to Central Park Ave. (Rte. 100). Turn right onto Central Park Ave. Get in left lane to make U-Turn at traffic signal and a left into jug handle to go North on Central Park Ave. Will Library parking lot is on right (just past green sign that reads Tuckahoe Road). CHALLENGING HABITATS* Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:00 AM – 12 noon Anthony Veteran Park—Greenburgh 11 Olympic Lane, Ardsley, NY 10502 Speaker: Bernd Blossey, PhD Join Bernd Blossey to learn about the interplay of deer, worms, and invasive plants in our environs. Habitats of the Northeast are facing unprecedented challenges impacting our home gardens. What are the ecological consequences of invasives? He will explain which species can be assumed safe and which species may become extinct. Bernd will challenge us to become stewards of our natural heritage. Bernd Blossey is an Associate Professor in the Natural Resources Department at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and is the director of the Ecology and Management of Invasive Plants Program. Bernd continues to develop and implement programs for biological weed control, deer management and land management. Directions to Anthony Veteran Park: From (North or South) take Saw Mill Parkway to Dobbs Ferry/ Ardsley, Exit 17. Turn onto Ashford Ave. at light. (left from North or right from South) Proceed two lights and turn left onto Rte. 9A North. Turn right onto Heatherdell Rd. Continue approx. 1 mile and then turn left onto Olympic Lane. Go to Multipurpose Bldg. – Room 1 *Landscape Architect Health, Safety and Welfare Credit Hours have been awarded. See registration form for details.
UNLOCKING SEED SECRETS Wednesday, May 25, 2016 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon John Jay Homestead, State Historic Site 400 Route 22, Katonah, NY 10536 Speaker: Margaret Roach
Name Address
Phone
Want to grow your best vegetable garden ever? It starts with a seed and choosing the right varieties that match your garden conditions. Some considerations are: buying organic seed, using hybrids and avoiding GMO’s. Margaret Roach will demystify the practical “aha’s” to get you growing with confidence.
E-mail address
In 2007, Margaret Roach left her job with Martha Stewart to begin a different life connected to nature. She is passionate about gardening and started a garden blog called awaytogarden.com. Margaret has written two books: her dropout memoir, And I Shall Have Some Peace There, and her newest book, The Backyard Parables, which blends garden memoir with how-to advice. Directions to John Jay Homestead: From I-684, take Exit 6. Travel East on Rte. 35, and turn right (South) onto Rte. 22. The John Jay Homestead is almost two miles on the left. TOUR OF EDEIKEN/GOLDFINGER GARDENS* Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Louise Edeiken and Eliot Goldfinger 37 Rolling Way, New Rochelle, NY 10804 No-Walk Ins -- 10:00 AM Arrival
OR
11:00 AM Arrival
Come view two unique gardens created by two artists. One garden, the sunny garden, is nestled around their split-level home. Steep stairs lead down to another garden, the shady ravine garden, which is located in an abandoned New York, Westchester & Boston Railway rock-cut on their property.
THE LIVES OF SUMMER WILDFLOWERS
$18
BACKYARD ORGANIC VEGGIE GARDENING
$18
LAWNS AND ALTERNATIVES TO LAWNS 2.0 LA HSW CREDIT HRS.
$18
CHALLENGING HABITATS 2.0 LA HSW CREDIT HRS.
$18
UNLOCKING SEED SECRETS
$18
SELECT ONLY ONE/NO WALK-INS 1.0 LA HSW CREDIT HR. TOUR OF EDEIKEN/GOLDFINGER GARDENS 10AM ARRIVAL OR TOUR OF EDEIKEN/GOLDFINGER GARDENS 11AM ARRIVAL
$18
ENTIRE SERIES AT DISCOUNTED PRICE
$90
TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
Louise, a singer, claimed the sunny borders surrounding their home for annuals, perennials, bulbs, shrubs and small trees which bloom all season long. Eliot, a sculptor, applied his artist touch to the many dry-stacked stone walls terracing the ravine. A small stream meanders through the shady ravine creating a quiet refuge with perennials, shrubs and grasses adding color and texture.
TOTAL ENCLOSED Walk-Ins $20 (space permitting) Pre-registration must be accompanied by check and received one week prior to the lecture in order to receive the pre-registration price of $18.00. For further information, call 914-285-3590.
Directions to Edeiken/Goldfinger Gardens: From Hutchinson Parkway South: Take Exit 20/Weaver Street. At end of ramp, turn left (at light) onto Weaver St. Go to third light and turn right onto Quaker Ridge Rd. At first light, make a right onto Broadfield Rd. At stop sign, bear left onto Rolling Way. House is on the left #37. From Hutchinson Parkway North: Take Exit 17/North Avenue. At end of ramp, turn right onto North Ave. Go to second light and turn left onto Quaker Ridge Rd. At second light, turn left onto Broadfield Rd. At stop sign, bear left onto Rolling Way. House is on the left #37.
COST # TOTAL
LECTURE
Make checks payable to: Cornell Cooperative Extension Westchester County. Mail to: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Attn.: Home Gardening Lecture Series, 3 West Main Street, Suite 112, Elmsford, NY 10523
THE LIVES OF SUMMER WILDFLOWERS Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon Chappaqua Library 195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY 10514 Speaker: Carol Gracie
No refunds on programs and no confirmations mailed. Participants needing special accommodations should contact our office at 914-285-3590 at least one month prior to the program.
