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Learn about your land's features and how to use them to your advantage in the garden!

Get to Know Your Property, Zoom class

Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

The first step to creating a wonderful garden is understanding your site. In this class we will explore how the fundamentals of sun, wind, and water affect your property. We will learn mapping techniques and each student will have the chance to analyze their own property. While this is a class in our gardening program, we won't be talking plants, we'll be discussing the how to understand your property so you can put the right plant in the right place.

Educator's biography - Mila Fournier is a garden designer and educator with two decades of design experience that started with guerilla gardening in Brooklyn and has moved her through designing some of the most sophisticated gardens in NYC. Once in Ithaca, Mila has worked as an educator, designer, and horticultural consultant, including managing Ithaca Children's Garden and helping large developers create beautiful landscapes and habitats to offset new construction.

We are committed to making all the Zoom classes in our Horticulture Program financially accessible, so have moved to a pay-what-you-can model. Our Zoom classes are valued at $20. If you can afford to pay $20 or more, you are helping make these classes available to folks who cannot afford the full price. All registrants, regardless of payment level, will receive a video recording of the class.