A daylong seminar called the 2014 Communities in Bloom Spring Gardening Class will be held in April and again in May by Cornell Cooperative Extension Erie County Master Gardeners in cooperation with Buffalo in Bloom.
The cost $20.
Your first chance to attend will be 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Parkside Lodge in Delaware Park, 84 Parkside Ave., Buffalo.
Pre-registration is required. The deadline to register is Friday, April 4.
The same seminar will be held again from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 in the Demonstration Room at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County office, 21 South Grove St., East Aurora.
Pre-registration is required. The deadline to register is Friday, April 25. (You’ll use the same online form that was used for the first event. The form has April 4 listed as the deadline, but don’t worry, the deadline for the second event is April 25.)
Seminar topics include:
- Perennials
- Annuals
- Seed starting
- Soils
- Fertilizers
- Organic gardening
- Disease and pest prevention (IPM)
- Growing vegetables
- Pruning
Please bring a bagged lunch and drink, plus pen and paper for note taking.
Should be very helpful to many, newbies and long time gardeners alike.