GARDEN DAY 2008

How Green is your Garden
featuring an array of experts talking on a variety of the hottest trends in environmentally safe gardening techniques

Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge

Hands-on and how-to classes for gardeners – from the newest beginners to the most advanced veterans

Keynote speaker, author and radio personality from WAMC and NPR, Larry Sombke will present 
“How to Have a Beautiful Garden that is Easy to Maintain Without the Use of Chemicals”

Classes will be presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s Community Horticulture Educator, Teresa Rusinek who has over 15 years of horticulture experience; Lee Reich, PhD, who’s spent over a decade in plant and soil research with the USDA and Cornell University; Sally Spillane, professional gardener and host of the Gardening Show on WKZE radio; as well as other horticulture professionals and Master Gardeners.

16 Classes to choose from including:

   Gardening Without the Big Guns - The Skeptical Gardener - Easy Care Gardens for Busy People -  Drying Flowers From Your Garden - What’s Bugging My Garden? - Go Ahead & Eat the Daisies - Container Grown Vegetables - Foundation Planting Alternatives - Daylilies – Who’s Your Daddy? - Start Smart-Gardening Basics -  Planting for 4 Seasons of Interest - Pruning Trees & Shrubs - Ground Covers-Garden Enhancers - Yoga for Gardeners - An Herbal Journey

$30/person before April 28 -- $35/person at door
A boxed lunch may be pre-purchased for $6 or participants may bring their own lunch. 

Click here for complete registration and course information

or call: 845-340-3990/ 845-340-3478

 In addition to a day full of great classes, free soil testing and plant identification will be available.