UPCOMING IN PERSON EVENTS |
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Saturday, June 26, 9 AM - 2 PM
We will be offering guidance to local gardeners, as well as plants from the gardens of Master Gardeners. The sale includes a variety of annuals, herbs, perennials, trees and shrubs. A selection of house plants is also available.
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Sunday, July 11, 9 AM - 1 PM
Browse through gently used gardening, lawn care, and outdoor-related items! Examples of sale items include hand & power tools, watering cans, ladders, leaf blowers, wheelbarrows, decorative pots, garden art, gardening books & magazines, lawn furniture, and more! Donations from the public gladly accepted.
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Tinker Nature Center Saturday Morning Series |
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Saturday, June 19
10 AM to 11:30 AM:
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Pollinator Friendly Garden Certification |
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We need pollinators. Pollinators need us.
Pollination is vital to our food supply. Birds, bees, butterflies, beetles, as well as other insects and small mammals are responsible for putting one out of every three bites of food in our mouth. These insects and other animals play a key role in helping plants reproduce.
Pollinators travel from plant to plant carrying pollen on their bodies, transferring genetic material critical to the reproduction of most flowering plants. In fact, over 75 percent of the world’s flowering plants need help with pollination. These necessary plants not only feed us but also produce half of the world’s oils, fibers, and raw materials, as well as prevent soil erosion and increase carbon sequestration.
It is widely known that the Honeybee, Native bee, Monarch butterfly and songbird populations are all in decline due to several environmental factors including loss of habitat, pesticide use, pollution, and climate change. Monroe County Master Gardeners are officially joining the world-wide effort to educate the public on how to help pollinators. The Pollinator Friendly Garden program will provide helpful information on how to encourage and support pollinators whether it be on a doorstep or apartment balcony, in a front or back yard, or surrounding a parking lot.
Providing habitat for pollinators means that a garden will provide a diversity of plants that feed the pollinators as well as plants that host them and help them grow. Monroe County Master Gardeners are here to help Monroe County residents plant the way for pollinators!
Certifying your property as “Pollinator Friendly” will help support a healthy ecosystem for our community and our future.
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Upcoming Zoom Events
Registration Required
Be on the lookout for your confirmation email with the Zoom link to access the class!
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Need help with your garden? Try a Home Site Assessment! |
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County Master Gardeners offer site assessments of residential properties within Monroe County.
A $75.00 fee provides a one-hour consultation with a team of two CCE-MC Master Gardeners in the areas of plant identification, disease, pest or weed identification. Master Gardeners can offer suggestions on landscape and garden design. If a sample needs to be submitted to the diagnostic lab, a lab fee of between $5 and $20 will be charged.
Master Gardeners can also report on environmental situations limiting the growth of particular plants (soil or light conditions). They will also identify situations that might require professional follow-up such as tree care or removal and can provide a list of companies.
Visits scheduled April through October.
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Gardening Helpline at Your Service |
When plant, insect and wildlife problems happen in the garden, who can home gardeners call? A team of trained Master Gardeners are available to help answer gardening and pest questions, and solve problems using current research-based information.
By calling the helpline, you’ll find yourself in contact with someone who will help identify the cause of your problem, or give an answer to your question using Cornell’s experience and research knowledge. If the issue is addressed in one of our many factsheets, it will be sent to you for your reference.
Gardening Helpline Hours:
April – October: Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 12 PM
November – March: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9 AM - 12 PM
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Gardening Helpline:
(585) 753-2555
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Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities. |
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