Minns Garden on the Cornell University campus (Cornell University Photography).  garden bench, container garden
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Our speakers can tell you how to make a striking container garden...

seedlings in a flat
Image by Sandy Repp

how and when to start seeds...

coneflowers and black eyed susans (echinacea & rudbeckia)
Image by Sandy Repp

teach you perennial basics...

and so much more! Call today to schedule a presentation!

Gardening Speakers


Gardening Presentations for Community Education

Cornell Extension Staff and Master Gardeners are available to provide 45-60 minute presentations for your organization. We offer a variety of research-based programs to Capital area civic and community associations, libraries, adult educational programs, garden clubs and societies for a nominal donation.



GENERAL GARDENING

  • Awakening the Garden in Spring
  • Creating a Miniature Garden
  • Designing Your Garden: Tools and Tips
  • Gardening Basics 101
  • Gardening in a Changing Climate
  • Healthy Habits for Gardening
  • Honey, I Shrunk the Lawn
  • Keeping a Garden Journal
  • Latin Lovers: Understand and Appreciate Botanical Names
  • Putting Your Garden to Bed
  • Renovating Your Garden
  • Shade Gardening: Dream of the Possibilities
  • Trees to Love
  • Waking Up the Garden, Waking Up the Gardener
  • Weeds: An Ounce of Prevention...
  • Winter Interest

FLOWER GARDENING

  • Clematis – Queen of the Flowering Vines
  • Creating a Night Garden
  • Dahlias
  • Lower-Maintenance Perennial Gardening
  • Perennial Garden Basics

NATIVE PLANTS & POLLINATORS

  • Bringing Native Plants into Your Garden
  • Creating a Welcoming Garden for Hummingbirds and Butterflies
  • Harvesting, Saving, and Planting Native Seeds

INDOOR PLANT CARE

  • The Care and Feeding of Holiday Plants
  • The Care and Feeding of Houseplants

VEGETABLE & HERB GARDENING

  • Creating a Backyard Vegetable Garden
  • Companion Planting: What Is It & Why?
  • Introduction to Herbs: Growing, Using and Drying
  • Pests and Diseases in the Vegetable Garden
  • The Magic of Herbs
  • The Shaker Herb Garden: Creating a Heaven on Earth
  • Why Raised Beds for Gardening and How to Build Them

CONTAINER GARDENING

  • Container Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Success
  • Gardening in Containers: Small Spaces, Big Results

GARDENING IN ART & LITERATURE

  • Monet: Artist and Gardener
  • Shakespeare in the Garden
  • Wildflowers: Faces, Facts and Folklore

Last updated April 25, 2023