SUFFOLK COUNTY MASTER GARDENER SPRING GARDENING SCHOOL WILL BE VIRTUAL IN 2021
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Keynoter Douglas Tallamy will be joined by Noted Roster of Speakers
Riverhead, N.Y. (January 12, 2021): The annual Master Gardeners Spring Gardening School, Saturday, March 20 - the first day of spring - will be held virtually for the first time in its thirty-year history, announced Roxanne Zimmer, head of Community Horticultural, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. Doug Tallamy, author/educator and entomologist will open the Gardening School day- long proceedings with his keynote lecture Nature’s Best Hope. Tallamy will be joined by a roster of speakers well known to the horticultural community.
Zimmer notes: “The three decade-long legacy of the Spring Gardening School is a significant cornerstone of CCE Suffolk’s mission to educate and serve Suffolk county residents about home gardening and community efforts to grow more food.” She continues, “In keeping with pandemic safety guidelines, we will, for the first time ever, host a virtual program for the day. Through live online gardening programs, we can engage garden lovers and green thumbs anywhere.
The Suffolk County Master Gardener’s Spring Gardening School schedule includes:
Keynote Nature’s Best Hope - 9:30 AM Doug Tallamy
Session 1 11:00 am-Noon
• Landscape Design Ann-Marie Powell
Plants, People, Spaces
• Gardening for the Birds Nancy Gilbert
• Reduce the Lawn Tamson Yeh
• Tomatomania Jessica Damiano
Session 2 1:00-2:00 PM
• Going Native Anne Raver
• Ornamental Woodies Mina Vescera
• Backyard Bees Noah Wilson-Rich
• Edible Landscapes Michael Veracka
Session 3 2:15-3:15 PM
• Hot Plants for Cool Climates Dennis Schrader
• Natives for Tough Places Heather Coste
• Garden Portraits Larry Lederman
• Culinary Herbs Louann Rothe
Please click on this link to access the Spring Gardening School brochure with speaker information and bios, lecture details and registration information:
https://online.fliphtml5.com/ifobx/ntxb/
About CCE Suffolk
Since 1917, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County (CCE Suffolk) has served as a non-profit community education agency affiliated with Cornell University. CCE educators, researchers, and specialists are dedicated to making Suffolk County a desirable place to live and work. CCE's professional team helps preserve our county's vast heritage, protect our land and marine eco-systems, support families and provide youth opportunities for community service and research-based education in science, technology, engineering and math. (STEM).
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