Horticulture

Cornell Cooperative Extension is your local connection to the research, information and expertise of your land-grant university. The Horticulture Program provides research-based ornamental horticulture information for home gardeners and commercial horticulture businesses.

Home Garden:

Home landscape lawns
Flower and vegetable gardens
Trees & shrubs
Plant diseases
Insect pests in and outside the home

Commercial Horticulture:

Lawn care landscape
Sports turf
Garden retail
Ornamental Horticulture Greenhouses
School and municipal ornamental horticulture

Gathering of Gardeners

CCE-Monroe County Master Gardener Volunteers welcome you to attend our 21st Annual “Gathering of Gardeners” symposium. We are gathering on September 9th at our NEW location: DoubleTree (by Hilton) Rochester, 1111 Jefferson Rd., Rochester 14623.

Spring Gardening Series

Spring Gardening Series in partnership with the City of Rochester Flower City Feeling Good

Gardens in the Face of a Changing Climate

This detailed guide will teach you how to have a "climate-friendly" garden. It provides ways to reduce chemical inputs, improve compost, and how to use cover crops to increase soil health.

Asclepias tuberosa

This 2017 perennial plant of the year offers many butterflies nectar & foliage sustenance for monarchs. Deer resistant this sun loving plant is also drought tolerant

Contact

Walter Nelson
Horticulture Program Leader
wnn1@cornell.edu
585-753-2557

Last updated May 19, 2017

Horticulture

Urban Gardening Training Center Workshops

500 Norton Street

Wednesdays 6pm to 8pm

April 26, 2017 - Extended Season Growing with Cool Weather Vegetables
May 10, 2017 - Landscape with Vegetables for Friends, Neighbors and Family
May 17, 2017 - Maximizing Your Growing Space
May 24, 2017 - Container Growing Vegetables & Ornamentals
May 31, 2017 - Recognizing, Preventing & Managing Weeds: Mulch Strategies, & Integrated Pest Management
June 7, 2017 - Safe Fertilizer for a Bountiful Harvest
June 14, 2017 - Watering Techniques
June 21, 2017 Composting Basics
July 5, 2017 - Attracting & Nurturing Pollinators
July 19, 2017 - Berry Crops
August 23, 2017 - Planning and Early Preparation for the NEXT Growing Season