Speakers Bureau
Master
Gardeners are able to present horticultural lectures for your club or organization. We are also willing to present in nursing
home facilities and will format the presentation to abilities. The topics are listed below. Presentations are 45 minutes in length and
conclude with an additional 15 minute question and answer period.Please note – some presentations have limited
availability throughout the year. All
presentations have a speaking charge of $50, payable to Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Monroe County.
Please contact us if you are interested in scheduling a presentation, or would like to explore another topic.
2020 Topics:
- Attracting Pollinators
to the Garden
- Bulbs - Spring
& Fall
- Bulbs - Summer
Flowering Bulbs (best for March or early April talk)
- Bulbs -
Fall(best for September or early
October talk)
- Bulbs - Forcing
bulbs for Winter Bloom
- Composting
- Conifers
- Gardening with Conifers
- Conifers – The Latest, Greatest and Why
- Conifers – What the Well Dressed Garden is
Wearing
- Container Gardening
- Container
Rockeries – No Room or Lots of Room . . .
- Daylilies
- Deer in Your
Garden – How to Cope
- Durand Eastman
Park Arboretum History/Tours
- Edibles in the
Landscape
- Fall - Putting
the Garden to Bed
- Flower
Arrangements from Your Yard
- Flower
Gardening
- Garden Art in
the Garden
- Gardens – Want
a Lush Garden?Creating the WOW Effect
- Ground covers
- Herbs
- Hosta/Shade Gardening
- Houseplants/Indoor
Gardening
- Insects - Beneficial
vs Terrible
- Invasive
Plants
- Landscape Design
Principles/Techniques
- Landscape –
Maintaining your Landscape
- Landscape –
Site Assessments
- Monarchs
- Moon Gardens
- Native Plants
- Organic
Gardening
- Perennials – For
Sun and Shade
- Perennials for
Beginners
- Perennial
Garden Design/History
- Perennials – An
A-Z Romp of the Newest, Best & Others
- Perennials –
Good Bed Fellows
- Winning Perennial
Combinations
- Pest Controls
- Plant ID from
your car at 55 mph
- Poisonous Plants
- People & Pets
- Pruning
- Putting the Garden
to Bed or Winterizing the Garden(fall
talk)
- Right Pant, Right
Place
- Rochester/Olmstead
Parks
- Rock gardens –
Rocking with Rocks
- Seeds –
starting, collecting & storing
- Shade gardens
– Shady characters
- Soil
- Spring – Waking
up the Garden
- Straw Bale Gardening
- Succulents
- Trees &
Shrubs
- Urban
Gardening/Small Space
- Vegetables –
Getting started with Growing Vegetables
- Vegetables -
Starting from seed
- Vegetables –
Growing in Raised Beds
- Webster Park Arboretum
Tour
- Wetlands -
botany
- Wildflowers of
NY/woodland plants
Last updated March 6, 2020