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

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.

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.