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Native Plant Gardening: 4 Master Gardeners, 4 Approaches

• Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Hear presentations from four Master Gardener Volunteers about how each went about growing native plants in their gardens, their successes, and lessons learned. The talks will range from a small yard to a countryside wild area with different types and sizes of spaces in between.

This class is hybrid, you may attend in-person or over zoom. The program will be recorded and sent to all who register afterwards.

Emily Groff is a MGV living in Downtown Ithaca with particular interests in small-space gardening, native plants, and English and Japanese gardening styles. Diane lives and works in Commonlands, besides her own vegetable garden, she has put in pollinator gardens with natives for her community and worked to remove invasive plants and plant natives in the surrounding woodlands. Mary Royer is a MGV of 10 years whose interest in evolution has expanded to a passion for native plants and understanding of their role in our ecology. Carol is a long-time MGV with eclectic gardening interests including native plants stems which from a concern over the insect crisis and their intimate and vital relationship to all other living things.

Fee

This program is valued at $20, however, please pay what you are able. Paying more than $20 will help others attend the class.

Register

https://ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/za9ql120ey7be8/

Location

This event is online

Location

CCE-Tompkins Education Center
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850-3555

Last updated September 10, 2025