Our Mission:
We prepare volunteers to be peer educators who build relationships with community audiences to integrate local experience and research-based knowledge in planning for and initiating steps to manage gardens, lawns, and landscapes with an emphasis on food security and environmental stewardship.
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March 27th Horticulture Update
This month, we're focused on producing some virtual professional opportunities for MGV and Community Horticulture Educators. For the public, we're helping to organize behind a campaign for growing food for beginning gardeners. Please see gardening.cals.cornell.edu for more information, or in the Beginning Vegetable Gardening Box folder here :
All Recent MGV Focused Webinars for Professional Development have been Posted at:
http://gardening.cals.cornell.edu/for-cce-staff/cornell-cooperative-extension-master-gardener-volunteer-program/
CCE Tompkins Victory Garden Classes:
- Vegetable Gardening 101
Saturday, March 28, 10:00am-12:00pm
@YOUR DEVICE via ZOOM!
This class, taught by two of our Master Gardeners, will help the beginning vegetable gardener learn how to choose a site for their vegetable garden, prepare the soil, start and transplant seeds, how to choose and use compost and mulch, how to care for your plants throughout the season, and when to harvest. Get the basics so you can have a great garden no matter how much experience you have. Fee: $0-$30/person self-determined sliding scale, pay what you can afford. Register online at: https://civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/event/info?id=1772&reset=1 Questions? Contact Jennie Cramer, Horticulture Program Manager, at jrc10@cornell.edu or (607) 272-2292 ext. 146. Share via FACEBOOK.
Seed Starting 101
Wednesday, April 1, 6:00-8:00pm
@YOUR DEVICE via ZOOM!
Grow everything from artichokes to zucchini from seed at home. Save money and enjoy the miraculous process of seed germination and plant growth in your home to get you through these last weeks of winter and get your garden started early. We’ll cover techniques such as cold stratification and scarification as well as simple recipes for making your own potting and fertilizer mixes to save even more money. We’ll talk about tools such as grow lights and heat mats and soil blocks. Cost: $0-$30/person self-determined sliding scale, pay what you can afford. Register and pay online at: https://civi.ccetompkins.org/civicrm/event/info?id=1770&reset=1 . Questions? Contact Jennie Cramer, Horticulture Program Manager, at jrc10@cornell.edu, (607) 272-2292 ext. 146. Share via FACEBOOK.
- Shared Resources for Horticulture Remote Workshops & Professional Development
- Join us for an informal conversation about our shared resources for professional development at a distance. See resource list and ideas here
- To Join: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/6504160478
- March 29th, 10:00 - 11:00 am
INHABIT: A Permaculture Perspective
Free Online Screenings
VIDEO WATCH EVENT
View together with simultaneous text chat among all attendees.
Network and learn from each other while viewing from the privacy and safety of home.
SUNDAY, March 29, 2020
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Registration required. Limited capacity.
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5crduivqzguWJKyg_zR3BO-NaRNTFNCCQ
TUESDAY, March 31, 2020
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Registration required. Limited capacity.
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlfu-vrjwvqPBzcQT3dbjx4X4I3nAjgw
—>“…delivers a beautiful portrait of permaculture's potential in both rural and urban settings… does a great job of making permaculture more accessible. Not only does it make a compelling case for why permaculture solutions are needed, but it also highlights a number of people involved in permaculture, as well as some of the solutions that are working for them. The film presents a range of permaculture practices implemented across a variety of locations, from rural to urban and suburban areas, and the interviews with 'boots on the ground' permaculture practitioners offer plenty of food for thought about its applications and potential impact.” -TreeHugger.com
—>“The feature documentary Inhabit explores this human potential with a diverse range of examples from the Northeastern United States. Each illustrates how permaculture can be applied to suit it’s environment, in a way that regenerates the surroundings rather than just minimize impact." - PermaculturePrinciples.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is a critical moment to reflect on the broken systems that run our world. This film goal is to inspire and empower people. Costa Boutsikaris, the filmmaker, hopes that by offering the film for free it will have greater impact. If you are able to give a donation, all funds go towards a current film now in post-production called INHABITANTS: An Indigenous Perspective
http://inhabitfilm.com
This event is organized by Cornell Garden-Based Learning, in cooperation with the Permaculture Design Certificate course we offer online: https://hort.cals.cornell.edu/extension-outreach/distance-learning/
All Horticulture Seminar and Speaking Events Based on Cornell's Campus are cancelled until restarted virtually through Zoom April 6th:
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