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In addition to what you'll find here on our website, we offer free or low-cost workshops on topics that range from how to start an organic garden to making a home spending plan. Explore our links, check out our upcoming events, then give us a call or visit the CCE-Tompkins Education Center to learn more. We're here to help, with information -- and people -- you can trust!

Gardening for Summer Color

Explore color theory, identify your color style, and build a plant palette for your garden. Wednesday, July 31 @ 6pm. Sign up online, sliding scale fee.

Kitchen Garden Tour

Join us at this Newfield garden to learn how our hosts grow most of their veggies, small fruits & beans using no-till methods. Tuesday 8/6 6pm, sign up online, fee.

Photo of Mike Danaher, NYS Assistant Attorney General, leads a monthly Consumer Issues program at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

Consumer Car Problems

This FREE program Thursday, August 8th @ 11AM covers how to avoid & resolve problems with car purchases & repairs. Stay after to discuss other consumer issues.

Supper Club

Join other WIC parents for 8 evenings of cooking and eating together and sharing healthy eating and successful breastfeeding tips. FREE! Thursdays 5/23-7/11

Canning Sauce & Salsa

Join the Master Food Preservers to learn how to can tomato sauce and salsa on Tuesday, August 13, 6pm. $25-$35/person sliding scale fee, sign up online.

Parents Apart®

This 6-hour workshop helps parents learn how to help their child(ren) adjust during their separation or divorce. Next class: Saturday, August 17, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Last updated July 11, 2019