Cost is $30 for early registration (on and before March 27th); and Service Fee for credit card processing. If you wish to pay by check download the flyer and mail in the registration. Preregistration is required as seating is limited. Register early to get first pick of workshops!

A service fee of $1.80 will be included in your final total, which covers the cost charged by your Credit Card Company for using a credit card. You will also see an additional fee charged to your credit card, which is the convenience fee charged by Club Express for using their online portal.

Speaker: Chris Ferrero, Cornell Master Gardener, Faculty Member at Berkshire Botanical Gardens

Of all of the challenges in home gardening, shady areas present some of the toughest. Whether it's the dapple shade of a deciduous tree canopy, reflected light from a pond or stream, or dense shade of a home's northern foundation, you can employ thought strategy and wonderful plant choices to create beautiful restful garden spaces.

Speaker: Leslie Duthie, Ecological Horticulturalist

In this time of native vs. garden perennial, who knows what to plant? Digging up your entire garden and replanting with something else is not necessary! Learn the difference between these different 'types' of plants and that a few changes can make a world of difference.

Speaker: Jen Werner, Horticulturalist, Retired Professor of Landscape Design Management at STCC

It is possible to have a healthy, more sustainable lawn without so many amendments. This workshop will show you how. In addition, information will be presented on low maintenance lawn alternatives.

Speaker: Chris Brown, Master Gardener

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to plant herb seeds, make an herbal vinegarette salad dressing, and make an herbal sachet.

Speaker: Ken Conway, Master Gardener
Companion planting, also known as intercropping, is a gardening technique that involves planting different plants together to deter pests, attract beneficial insects, and help increase soil nutrients. This workshop will introduce you to how to pair vegetables together that mutually benefit one another.

Speaker: Eric Toensmeier, author of Perennial Vegetable Gardening, Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City, and Edible Forest Gardens

Your backyard can become a rich source of edible plants, as well as being an ecological habitat. This workshop will provide basic design process ideas and key elements, including edible native plant options.

Speaker: Chris Ferrero, Cornell Master Gardener, Faculty Member at Berkshire Botanical Gardens

It's easy to admire cut flowers at the farmer's market, but why not grow your own? Even home gardeners with limited space have lots of options. You can dedicate space exclusively for cutting flowers, or interplant them among your existing beds and borders. We will explore lots of beautiful flowering plants and how to propagate, harvest and save them from year to year.

Speaker: Ed Sourdiffe, Master Gardner and Green Thumb Guru

If you've never had success with houseplants, or you simply want to increase your ability to grow them, then this class is for you. You will learn simply techniques, like amending your potting soil to suit the various types of indoor plants that you have, to tweaking your seasonal watering and fertilizing regime to ensure the right amounts at the right time. With the mastery of these few things and some other tips, in no time you will fin your greenery greener, your succulents more succulent, and your indoor flowers more floriferous.

Speaker: Larri Cochran, Master Gardener

Learn ways to update/redesign a current bed which supports pollinators and thrives in our changing climate. The design questions we will explore: What to Dig? Add? Move? Included will be plant lists and basic design principles. No previous design experience needed. Participants will walk away with a sketch of their selected garden bed.

Speaker: Janet Dolder, Master Gardener

Nature provides us with soil to indulge our imaginations and create beautiful gardens to please our eyes, noses and palates. In this workshop we will discuss the makeup of local soil and what we can do to protect and replenish its fertility with compost produced in our own back yard composting operations.