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Master Gardener Plant sale at the Lilac Festival

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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:                                                  Commercial Horticulture:

  • Home landscape lawns                           * Lawn care landscape
  • Flower and vegetable gardens                 * Sports turf
  • Trees & shrubs                                      * Garden retail
  • Plant diseases                                       * Ornamental Horticulture Greenhouses
  • Insect pests in and outside the home      * School and municipal ornamental horticulture
30-hour pesticide certification course

30-Hour Pesticide Certification Course (3a, 3b, 25)

Professional training for arborists, garden retail, lawn, landscape, and nursery professionals.

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Gathering of Gardeners

The Gathering of Gardeners Symposium is a day-long event meant to inform, excite and inspire both experienced and new gardeners on various horticultural topics.

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MG Plant Sale

Master Gardener Plant Sale at the Lilac Festival

Master Gardener Volunteers will be featuring thousands of plants, including annuals, perennials, herbs, lilacs, hydrangeas, clematis, vegetables, houseplants, and more!

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Market in The Park

Join us as we continue the tradition of the Proud Market. Market in the Park will be held on the traditional Memorial Day weekend: Saturday, May 23 at the Warner Castle.

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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.

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Diagnostic Lab

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County provides a range of diagnostic services to identify plant diseases/insects, weeds, other insects and soil pH.

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Last updated December 9, 2019

Horticulture

Gardening Helpline

Have a question about a plant, an insect, your lawn, or anything else horticulture related?

Contact our Gardening Helpline, staffed by our Master Gardeners!

Monroemg@cornell.edu

(585) 753-2555


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Street Tree ID Resources

Street Tree ID Resources