Garden & Yard
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County is your resource for information on soils, site improvement, plant selection, proper plant care, eco-friendly practices, integrated pest management, composting and so much more! We offer free or low-cost gardening classes and tours all year long, and opportunities to share your love of gardening as a volunteer! Call us or come by today!
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Today!
See what's left from our Annual Plant Sale, and peruse garden related yard sale items from our Master Gardener Volunteers! Tuesday 5/22 from 4 to 7 at CCE-Tompkins!
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avoid lyme
Up to 30% of deer ticks in our area carry Lyme Disease. Learn how to prevent tick bites, remove ticks correctly, and reduce ticks in your yard and on your animals.
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Get Trained!
This 20-hour garden-based, hands-on training will prepare you to be a Gardens 4 Humanity garden educator. Open to the public on a space-available basis. Volunteer overview is 5/22!
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composting
Learn to set up & manage a compost bin -- and more! -- at these FREE classes, 11AM-12PM. on the last Saturday of the month, June to October. Near the Ithaca Farmers' Market.
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Volunteer!
Please contact Monika Roth if you would like to take part in a training to become a volunteer and help inform our community about the Emerald Ash Borer and how to identify it!
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summer sprouts
Children aged 2 to 5 & their caregivers are invited to the Ithaca Children's Garden on Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:00am from 6/20 to 9/23 to learn about gardening through stories and hands-on activities! FREE!
