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TOUR TIME PEER POWER Summer is here! It’s time to kick back I have known Carol Bradford for a long time, though and enjoy all of the hard work you have put not very well, admittedly. We tend to bump into each into your garden so far. Plus—and I know I other at industry events and because we had similar say this every year—get out there and see jobs for several years (local columnists for our respective what other folks around you are doing. cities' newspapers), we always had a lot to commiserate Touring other people’s gardens is with- about. So it was a special treat to learn more about her out a doubt the best way to gain inspiration in Michelle Sutton’s piece in this issue—she has had a for your own. (Reading magazines and fascinating life! Also, I am a sucker for Nicotiana sylvestris, books, too!) It doesn’t have to be Sissin- so we have that in common. ghurst, either (though I do recommend Sissinghurst). Wander over and visit your STUMP THE CHUMP neighbor. See something that grows well in We have a very special her yard you haven’t tried? Plant it! Find it stumper this issue. Don’t miss at a local garden club sale or ask for a divi- it. (It's on the facing page.) sion or a cutting. Gardeners tend to be very generous and giving people. Thank you so much for Check our calendar in this issue for picking up this issue of the UGJ. scads of garden tours across the region. I hope you love it! They are helpfully indicated with a “T.”

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UPSTATE GARDENERS’ JOURNAL | 5 Almanac What To Do in the Garden in July & August

Mid-to-late July is the usual time for harvesting garlic. sphere sticky traps per semi-dwarf tree and replace each week When about half the lower leaves are yellow or dry, pull the garlic starting the first of August through September. and let it dry in a well-ventilated area out of direct sunlight for Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, elderberries, cherries, several weeks. Once dry remove the tops and place in a cool, dry peaches, and other late summer fruit are susceptible to the location. Do not place the garlic in plastic bags. relatively new invasive insect, spotted wing drosophila. This From early July through August the raspberry cane borer insect appears similar to other fruit flies but causes tremendous is present and laying eggs in the tips of new raspberry canes. damage to the fruit, making the fruit inedible. Protective Upon hatching the larvae burrow down through the center pith, pesticide sprays containing the active ingredient spinosad provide reaching the plant crown by fall. Affected canes often die. One very good protection. Start looking for this pest in July and cultural practice to reduce the damage is to cut off infested canes throughout the rest of the growing season. as soon as tips wilt several inches below the affected portion. By late July petunias are getting straggly looking with a few Renovate your June-bearing strawberries immediately after blooms on the ends. Be selective and prune back these stragglers your last harvest for the season. Remove any weeds and then to two or three inches in height. It will take about four weeks cut off the strawberry leaves. Apply five pounds of 10-10-10 before you once again have flowers and a more compact plant. fertilizer per one hundred linear feet of row. Narrow the row Most of the hybrid summer squash develop male flowers width to twelve inches by rototilling excess before the female flowers appear. Be patient as the female plants, mulch and weeds that are between flowers and then the young fruit should start to appear within a the rows. Be sure to toss one half to one inch week or two of the male flowers. of soil over the remaining plants for better July through September is the time to divide and replant iris. root growth. Immediately after renovation, Cut back the foliage to a height of six to eight inches for ease irrigate the strawberry bed to promote new of handling. Dig the clump and separate into single or growth. double fans. Be sure to label each fan so they do Be sure to put bird netting over your not get mixed up. Prepare the soil and replant blueberries. The netting should go all the way being sure not to plant too deeply. down to the ground, otherwise birds will go Do not bend onion tops. They will fall up under the netting. over on their own when they are mature. To control a number of diseases on Bending the tops does not force the plant to tomatoes including late blight, monitor bulb sooner. If your onions are not developing for symptoms especially if the conditions the size they should, you probably need to have been wet. Be ready to treat if necessary. plant them earlier in the garden so they INSET: raspberry Remember most fungicides are plant protectants develop lots of leaves before they start to and do not kill the disease once established. So do produce the bulb. not wait to see the disease before starting your spray For best quality eggplant, harvest regimen. Multiple applications may be needed throughout the the fruit while young and immature. growing season. Read and follow label directions. Unfortunately, there are no signs to help Keep an eye out for the imported cabbage butterfly larvae gardeners determine when to harvest on your cabbage, broccoli, and other related crops. When eggplant other than size. If you cut into noticed, handpick and remove caterpillars or use the insecticide your eggplant and the seeds are brown, Bt, as needed. the fruit is past prime eating stage and you Try late plantings for fall harvest. Plant seeds of early should harvest sooner. cabbage, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, collards, kale, Be sure to keep your mower blades sharp. You will have a kohlrabi, Swiss chard, bok choy, beets, carrots, turnips, and better looking lawn, less disease, and your mower will be more rutabagas in the first half of July. efficient, saving you fuel. If squash vine borer has been a problem for you in the past, Look over the bulb catalogs and place your order early. hopefully you took precautions in late June. If you didn’t, be If you need to renovate your lawn or reseed an area, August watching the base and lower leaf stems for signs of an orangish- into September is the ideal time to do it. Be sure to have a soil brown frass. As soon as you see this, slit the stem lengthwise nutrient test done on your soil several weeks in advance of with a knife, find the larvae, and destroy it. Next cover the slit seeding. vine with several inches of soil. If caught soon enough the plant If you have planted any new trees or shrubs that have been will likely survive. planted in the past two years, be sure to water them during dry If your tomatoes have been growing well, but now some or all and droughty periods. Be sure to soak the soil ball area to a depth are wilting, you may have planted to close to a black walnut tree of ten to twelve inches. and are experiencing walnut wilt. These plants often die. Next Sit back on your patio or deck and enjoy your landscape and year plant farther away from the walnut tree. gardens. It doesn’t need to be all work. You may want to protect the developing apple fruit from apple maggot starting in late July with a home orchard fruit —Russell Welser, horticulture educator, Cornell spray or use kaolin clay. Your other option is to place 3 to 4 red Cooperative Extension of Ontario County

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Garden Writer Carol Bradford— on Carol Bradford

Story and photos by Michelle Sutton

any of you will know garden writer Carol T. a communicator. Bradford from her column in the Syracuse Post- Carol Bradford and I first crossed paths in the early Standard. She penned it twice a week from 1993 2000s when as a graduate student I taught a Master Mto 2016, contributing additional home and garden features Gardener class in greater Syracuse; Carol was part of the along the way. Upon retirement from that publication, welcoming group that took me to dinner the night before. Carol Bradford ABOVE: she calculated that she’d written the equivalent of twenty I’ve never forgotten how encouraging she was of me. I in her element novels for it! observed what a bright spirit she has and admired how Bradford’s writing is succinct, pragmatic, and accessible. knowledgeable and passionate about horticulture she is. In the Post-Standard column (available online) called “Acid So you can imagine my excitement when I had the chance Soil is Made from Granite and Shale Bedrock,” she conveys to see her garden and ask her questions about her life and a great deal about soils as they relate to gardening in six career thus far. short paragraphs—no easy task. It exemplifies her talent as

8 | JULY-AUGUST 2017 INTERNATIONAL HABITATS Bradford’s father was a bank officer who took assignments around the world. Her family lived in New York City, Florida, Arizona, and Massachusetts; Caracas, Venezuela; Geneva, Switzerland; Paris, France; Casablanca, Morocco; and Monrovia, Liberia. “As you can imagine, I saw all sorts of plant habitats,” she says. “I was fascinated by the flora in all these places.” There’s another reason for her strong affinity for gardening. “My parents never required us kids to weed their gardens or pick rocks,” she says, “so as adults my two brothers and I were free to gravitate toward horticulture on our own accord. By contrast, my husband and his siblings, who did have to weed their family gardens, don’t care for gardening now.” Bradford’s first gardens were vegetable and herb gardens she planted as a teenager in France. She was studying at the Cordon Bleu (as one does—no big deal) (!) and wanted to have fresh veggies to cook. Back in the States she went to Cornell, studying nutrition—but gradually realized she didn’t want to be a dietician after all. In her last semester she took Vegetable Crops 103 and found it thrilling. When she went to grad school in molecular biology and biochemistry at Syracuse University, she kept growing her own vegetables for cooking. Bradford’s grad school studies revolved around Drosophila (fruit flies): their life cycles, anatomy, and so on. Bradford thinks this training helped her later when answering questions from home gardeners about insects. “People didn’t realize that most of the bugs they were seeing on the plants were innocent bystanders,” she says. “The true offender insects were long gone by the time folks noticed damage to the plant.” Readers would send Bradford bugs in the mail; she’d open the envelopes to find little piles of dried-out bug parts—ah, the glamorous life of a garden writer! After grad school Bradford worked in Gardener course. “I’ve always been a problem solver and TOP: Come into the a research lab doing environmental analysis of pesticides I’m very linear so I was good at figuring out the steps to east-facing section of and writing environmental impact statements about them. recommend to people who called Extension with their the Bradford Botanical What she learned about pesticides also came in handy for gardening challenges,” she says. Garden. her garden writing career. Also, writing so many impact It was Horticulture educators at CCE who statements helped Bradford hone her technical writing recommended the Post-Standard hire Bradford for the BOTTOM: Take a skills. garden column. The letters rolled in. “So often readers had peek in from the side- Eventually Bradford’s first son was born and she most of the facts but they didn’t have some critical piece of walk. There are lots of decided to stay home with Andrew (and eventually younger info that would enable them to put it all together,” she says. native plants, but not son Tim), and she took the Onondaga County Master “It was thrilling when I could help find that piece.” exclusively.

UPSTATE GARDENERS’ JOURNAL | 9 GARDEN TRAVELS She’s ever-impressed by Cornell Botanic Gardens and (Note to Reader: Prepare for Extreme Envy) thinks Sonnenberg Gardens has huge potential. She loves Bradford is at home in airports. She says she loves the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario (“that’s to travel because she did so much of it as a child. Among an easy day trip from here”), the neighborhood gardens the many public and private featured at Garden Walk Buffalo, gardens she’s visited in and the PepsiCo Sculpture Gardens Europe, East Ruston Old in Purchase. She hopes someday to Vicarage in Norfolk, England get to the West Coast to visit Ganna is her favorite (check it out Walska Lotusland and the Japanese online). “It’s a series of garden Garden in Portland. rooms, it’s incredibly creative, and the guys have attended cleverly to every detail,” she BACK AT THE BRADFORD says. BOTANICAL GARDEN In England, she’s also Bradford has more than 400 been to garden writer Beth kinds of plants in her garden, many Chatto’s garden (Bradford of which are labeled with the help got to meet Chatto, who was of a Brother P-Touch Label Maker in her 90s), Sissinghurst, and zinc plant markers; she says Great Dixter, Kew Gardens, she’d do stainless steel markers the Blooms of Bressingham in future because they’re more garden center and display durable and would better resist gardens, the University of trampling by her two dogs. In terms Cambridge Botanical Garden, of records, she keeps a spreadsheet and the exotic tropical garden for seasonal bloom. “I like to have of the late Will Giles. As a flowers 12 months a year,” she says. longtime member of the (In Syracuse, hellebores provide Royal Horticultural Society, the flowers for the deepest winter Bradford has visited RHS months.) INSETS: Providing Wisley Gardens and RHS A pond went in several years ago habitat for multitudes. Hyde Hall, the Chelsea Flower (“I love it so much, I wish I had put Show, the Hampton Court it in sooner”) and a garden was built Palace Flower Show, and the around that. “At first I was going to Tatton Park Flower Show, and use only native plants for the pond she hopes to visit the newest itself but I got seduced by the tropical Flower Show at Chatsworth water lilies and such,” Bradford says. next year. While natural pond edges are soggy, In Wales, Bradford loved constructed liner-based ponds tend Bodnant Gardens. She’s been to be quite dry on their perimeters, to the famous Floriade, a outside their liners. There, Bradford World’s Fair for horticulture, has planted drought-tolerant things held only every ten years like prickly pear cactus, succulents, in the Netherlands, to alliums, and lewisias. Keukenhof to see the annual Bradford grows a great many food Dutch bulb industry trade crops including peaches and apples. show, and to De Tuinen van “Unfortunately, last spring we had Appeltern, the inspiring a bizarre spring temperature drop Dutch idea garden. She went of fifty degrees and the flowers got to Powerscourt Estate and zapped; it was the first year since to Helen Dillon’s famous they started fruiting that the apples walled garden in Dublin, and peaches didn’t bear a fruit.” It Ireland before it closed. She was a challenging season all around— has toured famous public and drought and high temps, and private gardens in China and powdery mildew was “on everything.” Japan. She also grows small fruits including In the United States her favorite public garden among gooseberries and black and white currants. And of course, the dozens (hundreds?) she’s seen is Chanticleer. Her she has a large veggie garden. Last year she had fun trying favorite New York public garden is the New York Botanical out the new currant tomato ‘Candyland’. Garden, and she was totally blown away by the High Line. In a nod to the famous White Garden at Sissinghurst,

10 | JULY-AUGUST 2017 Bradford has her own white garden. It contains Japanese were everywhere—I just love them.” She hopes they are ABOVE: A banner year hydrangea vine (Schizophragma ‘Moonlight’) growing on naturalizing in her yard to stay. for Nicotiana sylvestris an apple tree; ‘Honorine Jobert’ anemone (a cultivar of All of Bradford’s plants have stories connected to them. volunteers Anemone x hybrida and the Perennial Plant of the Year in She has a Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Toyama Nishiki’ 2016); ‘Royal Standard’, ‘El Niño’, and ‘Praying Hands’ that she planted in honor of her daughter-in-law Ai, who is hosta; white-flowered bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis Japanese. A hosta called ‘Andrew’ brings to mind her older ‘Alba’); bugbane (Cimicifuga spp.); goatsbeard (Aruncus son. Her ‘Julia Child’ rose reminds her of her time studying dioicus); Clematis ‘Paul Farges’; Japanese painted fern at the Cordon Bleu as a teenager (no big deal!)…and so on. (Athyrium niponicum); a white-flowered pulmonaria called ‘Sissinghurst’; and a white-blooming swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). There’s even a dove tree (Davidia involucrata), the tree whose flowers look like white Michelle Sutton (michellejudysutton.com) is a handkerchiefs, which is not reliably hardy in Syracuse and horticulturist, editor, and writer. hasn’t flowered in fifteen years…but hope springs eternal. Speaking of white flowers, last year Bradford was delighted with volunteer Nicotiana sylvestris that sprung up all over. It’s a plant that is fragrant at night and hardly open during the day. “I bought the plants a few years ago and for a season they didn’t reappear, but then one summer one plant appeared, and then last summer they

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Attracting Butterfly Pollinators to Your Home Garden by Jennie Cramer, Angela Loh, and Mary Squyres

reating a butterfly garden is a wonderful way for stages throughout the growing season. With the right plant your gardening obsession benefit the world at choices and landscape features, our yards and gardens can large. Pollinators are a key component of global support many of the 163 species of butterflies found in biodiversity,C providing vital ecosystem services to garden New York State. and wild plants. There is clear evidence of recent declines in As butterflies go through their life cycle from egg both wild and domesticated pollinators. While butterflies to caterpillar to adult, they obtain food from two types aren’t quite as efficient at pollination as bees, they are a of plants: nectar plants for the adults and host plants critical piece of the pollination puzzle that keeps our native for the caterpillars There are countless species of plants ABOVE: Eastern Tiger ecosystems and many of our food crops productive. that provide much-needed nectar for butterflies. Native Swallowtail with But- In order for butterflies to effectively pollinate they have plants support three times as many species of butterflies terfly Bush flowers a few requirements that cannot be ignored. They prefer as nonnative plants. The following plant species produce flowers that provide broad surfaces for landing and have nectar and are particularly attractive to butterflies in their a narrow, spurred tube shape. Flowers with bright colors flight stage: but faint scents are generally most attractive to butterflies. - Joe-Pye weed* - Lantana They also prefer flowers with features that help them find - Goldenrod* - Nasturtium their way to the food source called nectar guides. Perennial flowers in several plant families fit this description, - Aster* - Anise hyssop including the mint, milkweed, and sunflower families. - Coneflower* - Cosmos Butterflies also pollinate members of other diverse plant - Bee balm* - Zinnia groups including lupines, wild hollyhocks, violets, and even - Liatris* - Chives hostas. - Black-eyed Susan* - Yarrow Our butterfly friends require certain special amenities, - Beauty bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) including sunshine and shelter from the wind, water and minerals, and food choices for both caterpillar and butterfly *Native plant

14 | JULY-AUGUST 2017 Host plants provide specific foods for caterpillars to grow and develop into adults. Some species of larva require a very specific host, while others may be less finicky and can munch on the leaves and stems of many plants. Different species of butterflies are adapted to different groups of closely related plants, their host plants. Some, such as monarchs, develop successfully only on milkweeds, while others have a wider array of host plants. For example, painted ladies have about 100 different species of host plants, from yarrow to sunflower and lamb’s quarters. Borage can be another fantastic host plant for a number of butterfly species. Following is a short list of other commonly found butterflies and their host plants: - Fritillary: violet - Mourning cloak: willow, birch - Eastern black swallowtail: golden Alexander, parsley, other carrot family plants - Eastern tiger swallowtail: aspen, tulip tree, pussy willow - Spring/summer azure: dogwood, black cherry, sumac - Viceroy: willow, pussy willow - Pearl crescent: aster - Sulphur: clover, other pea family plants, marigolds

For a list of butterflies in your county, their host plants, and their favorite nectar plants, go to butterfliesandmoths.org/ checklists and search your location. You might notice that some of the host plants are native trees and shrubs. These plants are an important part of supporting caterpillars. For example, native oaks can support over 400 species of caterpillars! If planting a tree is beyond the scope of your current garden planning, be sure to keep in mind the importance of native trees when choosing a tree or shrub in the future. In addition to food, a source of water, even a small puddle, is essential for butterflies. A mud puddle can provide water in addition to minerals they require. For a healthy environment for butterflies, use a minimum of pesticides. Learn to tolerate some damage. It is also important to be aware of how and where the butterflies spend their winter. Many eggs or caterpillars are hidden among their host plants. A few species, such as mourning cloaks and tortoiseshells, actually hibernate as hardy adults in crevices, under leaf litter, or among evergreen vegetation. To increase the likelihood that your butterflies will survive the winter, reduce the amount of fall cleanup, postpone cutting down the host plants till late spring, and use the leaf litter as mulch in your garden beds. It is a joyous wonder to make our gardens into homes for our beautiful winged friends. Once you’ve turned your yard and garden into a butterfly haven, you will have done a service not only to the butterflies and the plants they pollinate but also to native ecosystems and their inhabitants across the region.

Jennie Rebecca Cramer is horticulture program manager, Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Angela Loh and Mary Squyers are Master Gardeners. Calendar

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Facebook; Menne Nursery, 3100 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. gardensbuffaloniagara.com. 716/836-5397. [email protected]; Facebook.com/wnycpclub. T- July 15: Garden Walk of Niagara Falls, USA, Bowmansville Garden Club meets the first Monday of Western New York Herb Study Group meets the 10am–4pm. Tours, speakers, informational brochure the month (except June, July, August & December) second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Buffalo with event map, transportation to each venue at 7pm, Bowmansville Fire Hall, 36 Main Street, and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park provided by NYS Parks Trolley. Donations accepted. Bowmansville. New members and guests welcome. Avenue, Buffalo. Facebook; gardensbuffaloniagara.com. For more information 716/361-8325. Western New York Honey Producers, Inc. Cornell , 10am–4pm. . East Aurora Senior Center, T- July 15: Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk Buffalo Area Daylily Society Cooperative Extension of Erie County, 21 South Grove Self-guided tour of 70 private gardens and public 101 King Street, East Aurora. Friendly group who get Street, East Aurora. wnyhpa.org. spaces in the neighborhoods surrounding the UB together to promote daylilies. Open Gardens in July. South Campus. [email protected]; August 26: Hosta & Daylily Sale, Buffalo & Erie County Western New York Hosta Society. East Aurora Senior ourheights.org/gardenwalk. Botanical Gardens (see calendar, below). October 21: Center, 101 King Street, East Aurora. Meetings with Hybridizer Curt Hanson, Forestview Restaurant. 716/ speakers, newsletter, sales. August 26: Hosta & Daylily • July 15: Search for Monarchs, 10:30am. Learn about 698-3454; Facebook; buffaloareadaylilysociety.com. Sale, Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens (see the monarch butterfly’s life cycle and help search calendar, below). September 16: Fall Hosta Forum, for eggs, caterpillars and adult butterflies during meets the third Wednesday of Buffalo Bonsai Society four speakers, lunch, auction, vendors, Edinboro, PA. the hike. For adults & children ages 10 and older. the month at 7pm, Buffalo Botanical Gardens, 2655 716/941-6167; [email protected]; wnyhosta.com. Registration required. Reinstein Woods Nature South Park Ave, Buffalo. Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew. 716/683-5959; Western New York Hosta Society Breakfast Meetings, Federated Garden Clubs NYS – District 8. dec.ny.gov. a friendly get-together, first Saturday of the month at Marcia Becker, District Director. 716/681-3530; 10am, Forestview Restaurant, Depew. wnyhosta.com. T- July 15: Capen at Night, 8–10pm. Self-guided [email protected]; gardenclubsofwny.com. evening tour of Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk usually meets at Friends of Kenan Herb Club meets Monday evenings, Western New York Iris Society (above). [email protected]; ourheights. Kenan Center for the Arts, 433 Locust Street, members’ homes and gardens. Information about org/gardenwalk. Lockport. Meeting dates, times and campus locations: growing all types of irises and complementary T- July 16: South Buffalo Alive, 9am–3pm. Self-guided. kenancenter.org/affiliates.asp; 716/433-2617. perennials. Guests welcome. August 26: Plant Sale, Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens (see $2. Facebook; gardensbuffaloniagara.com. meets the third Garden Club of the Tonawandas calendar, below). Carolyn Schaffner, 716/837-2285; July 16: Summer Tree Tour, 11am. Learn about the trees Thursday of the month at 7pm, Tonawanda City Hall, [email protected]. and shrubs that have been planted at the Gardens. Community Room. $10. Western New York Rose Society meets the third BECBG meets the second Garden Friends of Clarence Wednesday of each month at 7pm, St. Stephens- • July 17–21: Nature Explorers Art & Science Camp Wednesday of the month at 7pm, September—June, Bethlehem United Church of Christ, 750 Wehrle – Pollinators, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. Children Town Park Clubhouse, 10405 Main Street, Clarence. Drive, Williamsville. July 19: June Rose Show Awards who have completed kindergarten through 6th grade [email protected]. Presentation. August 16: Tour Delaware Park Rose will discover plants and the natural world through Hamburg Garden Club meets the second Wednesday Garden, 6pm. wnyrosesociety.net. art and science. Campers will complete multimedia of every month at noon, summer garden tours, art projects, learn about plants, play games and Wilson Garden Club generally meets the second take home their own plants to care for. Week: $180 Hamburg Community Center, 107 Prospect Avenue, Thursday of each month at 7pm, Community Room, Hamburg. 716/648-0275; [email protected]. members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 Wilson Free Library, 265 Young Street, Wilson. members; $40 non-members. Registration required. Meetings open to all, community floral planting, Ken-Sheriton Garden Club meets the second Tuesday BECBG of the month (except January) at 7:30pm, St. Mark’s spring plant sale, local garden tours. 716/751-6334; Lutheran Church, 576 Delaware Road, Kenmore. [email protected]. T- July 21–22: Ken-Ton Garden Tour – Night Lights, Monthly programs, artistic design and horticulture 8:30–11pm. See gardens illuminated at night. Part of meets the second displays. New members and guests welcome. August Youngstown Garden Club the Ken-Ton Garden Tour (see below). Self-guided. Wednesday of every month at 7pm, First Presbyterian 8: How to Have a Continuously Blooming Garden, Rain or shine. Free. kentongardentour.com. Church, 100 Church Street, Youngstown. 7–8pm, with Julie McIndoo. September 12: Bugs T- July 22–23: Ken-Ton Garden Tour, 10am–4pm. See and How They Enhance Your Garden, 7–8pm, with open gardens in the village of Kenmore and town MaryJane Bolo. 716/833-8799. of Tonawanda. Self-guided. Rain or shine. Free. kentongardentour.com. Lancaster Garden Club meets the second Wednesday FREQUENT HOST of the month at 7pm, St. John’s Lutheran Hall, 55 , T- July 22–23: West Seneca Garden & Home Tour, Pleasant Avenue, Lancaster. No meetings January, BECBG: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14218. 10am–4pm. Self-guided. Free. 716/824-3995; July & August. 716/685-4881. gardensbuffaloniagara.com. 716/827-1584; buffalogardens.com. Niagara Frontier Koi and Pond Club meets the second • July 24–28: Nature Explorers Art & Science Camp Friday of the month at 7pm, Zion United Church, 15 – Plants We Eat, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. See Koening Circle, Tonawanda. description under July 17–21. Week: $180 members; CLASSES / EVENTS $200 non-members. Single day: $36 members; $40 Niagara Frontier Orchid Society (NFOS) meets the first non-members. Registration required. Tuesday following the first Sunday (dates sometimes • Indicates activities especially appropriate for BECBG vary due to holidays, etc.), September—June, children and families. T- July 29–30: Garden Walk Buffalo, 10am–4pm. Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo. S- Indicates plant sales. Self-guided, over 400 gardens. Free. Facebook; niagarafrontierorchids.org. T- Indicates garden tours. gardenwalkbuffalo.com.

16 | JULY-AUGUST 2017 • July 31–August 4: Nature Explorers Art & Science September 22: Gala at the Gardens, 6pm. Dinner, this introduction to botanical watercolors. Includes Camp – Plants and our Planet, Monday–Friday, silent and live auctions, raffles and more. Reservation light snacks & basic watercolor materials; wine by 9am–4pm. See description under July 17–21. Week: required. BECBG the glass available for purchase. Participants must $180 members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 be 21 or older. $36 members; $40 non-members. members; $40 non-members. Registration required. Registration required. CBG BECBG T- August 5: Beyond Flowers Bus Tour, 10am–3pm. Visit 7 progressive gardening and farming sites in Buffalo ITHACA including the community-based rooftop garden ROCHESTER above Broadway market, an ecological land revival at REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS the Central Terminal, reclaimed residential sites that now feature urban farms, neighborhood rain gardens Adirondack Chapter, North American Rock Garden REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS meets the third Saturday of the and the bio-retention cell on the Medical Campus. Society (ACNARGS) 7th District Federated Garden Clubs New York month (except in summer) at 1pm, Whetzel Room, $35; includes round-trip transportation, guides, tip State, Inc. meets the first Wednesday of the month. & box lunch. Registration required. 716/247-5004; 404 Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca. 7thdistrictfgcnys.org. gardensbuffaloniagara.com. Meetings are open to all. 607/269-7070; acnargs.org; Facebook.com/acnargs. African Violet and Gesneriad Society of Rochester T- August 5: Riverside Tour of Gardens, 10am–4pm. meets the first Wednesday of each month, meets the third Self-guided, features more than 50 gardens. New: Finger Lakes Native Plant Society September–June, at 7pm, St. John’s Home, 150 Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Unitarian Church 14207 Day, local activities throughout the area. Free. Highland Avenue, Rochester. All are welcome. Stacey annex, corner of Buffalo & Aurora, Ithaca. Enter side 716/851-5116. brrtourofgardens.com. Davis, 585/426-5665; [email protected]; avgsr.org. door on Buffalo Street & up the stairs. 607/257-4853. T- August 5: Starry Night Garden Tour, 8–10pm. Big Springs Garden Club of Caledonia-Mumford meets meets the second and Self-guided, features 20 gardens. Part of Riverside Windsor NY Garden Group the second Monday evening of the following months: fourth Tuesdays of the month at 10am, members’ Tour of Gardens (see above). Free. 716/851-5116. September–November, January–May. New members homes or Windsor Community House, 107 Main brrtourofgardens.com. and guests welcome. 585/314-6292; mdolan3@ Street, Windsor. windsorgardengroup.suerambo.com. August 5–September 16: Docent Training, Saturdays, rochester.rr.com; Facebook. 9am–2pm. Docents lead tours, teach hands-on Bloomfield Garden Club meets the third Thursday of programs and help with education events. $25. FREQUENT HOST the month (except May, July & August) at 11:45am, Registration required. BECBG Veterans Park, 6910 Routes 5 & 20, Bloomfield. CBG: Cornell Botanic Gardens, formerly known as • August 7–11: Nature Explorers Art & Science Cornell Plantations, 1 Plantations Road, Ithaca, New members and guests welcome. 585/657-4489; Camp – Rainforests, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. See NY 14850. Inquire ahead for meeting locations. [email protected]. description under July 17–21. Week: $180 members; 607/255-2400; cornellplantations.org. Blue Belles & Beaus Garden Club (formerly Valentown $200 non-members. Single day: $36 members; $40 Garden Club) meets the third Tuesday of each month. non-members. Registration required. BECBG CLASSES / EVENTS Victor. Contact Pat Bartholomew; 585/869-5062. • August 8: Medicinal Herb Walk, 11am. Enjoy a walk Bonsai Society of Upstate New York meets the fourth to learn about the medicinal values of the herbs • Indicates activities especially appropriate for Tuesday of the month at the Brighton Town Park that grow at Reinstein Woods. For adults & children children and families. Lodge, Buckland Park, 1341 Westfall Road, Rochester. ages 12 and older. Registration required. Reinstein S- Indicates plant sales. 585/334-2595; bonsaisocietyofupstateny.org. Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew. T- Indicates garden tours. 716/683-5959; dec.ny.gov. Creative Gardeners of Penfield meets the second Monday of the month at 9:15am (except July & , Ongoing through October 1: Garden Tours, Saturdays T- August 12: East Side Momentum Bus Tour August), Penfield United Methodist Church, 1795 9am–1pm. Visit diverse projects in Buffalo from & Sundays, 2–3pm. Guided tours will include the Herb Baird Road, Penfield.Visitors welcome. Call 585/385- community gardens to urban farms, a Buddhist Garden, Flower Garden, Groundcover Collection, 2065 if interested in attending a meeting. community garden and more. $25; includes round- Tropical Container Display and more. Content will vary week to week depending what is in bloom and trip transportation, guides, tip & snack. Registration Fairport Garden Club meets the third Thursday the interests of the group. $5 suggested donation. required. 716/247-5004; gardensbuffaloniagara.com. evening of each month (except August and January). Registration not required. CBG Accepting new members. [email protected]; • August 14–18: Nature Explorers Art & Science July 26 & 30: Floral Portraits – Photography fairportgardenclub.org. Camp – Woodland Adventures, Monday–Friday, , Wednesday, 6–9pm; Sunday, 1–4pm. 9am–4pm. See description under July 17–21. Week: Workshop meets the second Learn how to approach garden photography Garden Club of Brockport $180 members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 Wednesday of every month at 7pm, Jubilee Church, as portraiture. Session one will be spent mostly members; $40 non-members. Registration required. 3565 Lake Road, Brockport. Speakers, hands-on taking photos in the gardens; session two will use BECBG sessions. Georgie: 585/964-7754; georgietoates@ participants’ photos to explore the editing process. All yahoo.com. S- August 26: Hosta, Iris & Daylily Sale, 9am–2pm. digital camera types and experience levels welcome; Hundreds of daylilies, hostas and irises, labeled and participants should have basic familiarity with their Garden Path of Penfield meets the third Wednesday described, for sale at reasonable prices. Experts camera’s operation. $65 members; $70 non-members. of the month, September–May at 7pm, Penfield will be on hand to answer questions. Presented by Registration required. CBG Community Center, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield. Western New York Hosta Society, Western New , Members enjoy all aspects of gardening; new York Iris Society & Buffalo Area Daylily Society. Free. July 29: Compost with Confidence – Troubleshooting 12:30–1:30pm. Master Composters will cover members welcome. gardenpathofpenfield@gmail. BECBG compost basics with focus on how to avoid or fix com. September 2–October 1: Succulents, 10am–5pm. common problems. Compost Demonstration Site, Genesee Region Orchid Society (GROS) meets every Included with admission. BECBG Ithaca Community Gardens. Free. Registration month, September–May, at the Jewish Community required. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Tompkins September 9: Fall Garden Fair. Lockwood’s Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester, on the Greenhouses, 4484 Clark Street, Hamburg. 716/649- County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca. 607/272-2292; first Monday following the first Sunday of each month 4684; weknowplants.com. [email protected]; ccetompkins.org. (dates sometimes vary due to holidays, etc.). GROS is an affiliate of the American Orchid Society (AOS) , 6 Saturdays, August 14–18: The Arboretum En Plein Air, daily, September 9–October 21: Horticulture I and Orchid Digest Corporation. September 10: 11am–1pm. Horticulturist David Clark will cover: 10am–2pm. Sketch and paint the landscape from Orchid Auction, see calendar (below). facebook.com/ Botany 101, Plant Propagation, Pest Management different locations in the F.R. Newman Arboretum. geneseeorchid; geneseeorchid.org. & Disease, Shrubs & Trees, Annuals & Perennials, This week-long intensive with local artist Camille Doucet will provide opportunities to learn different Garden Design. Suitable for beginners or gardeners Genesee Valley Hosta Society meets the second and landscapers wishing to brush up on their techniques and subject matter, light and shadow, Thursday of the month, April–October, at Eli skills. Series: $105 members; $135 non-members. composition, texture and mood. Open to adults and Fagan American Legion Post, 260 Middle Road, Single session: $20 members; $25 non-members. youth ages 12 and older. All skill levels welcome. $180 Henrietta. 585/538-2280; [email protected]; members; $200 non-members. Registration required. Registration required. BECBG geneseevalleyhosta.com. 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Stafford Garden Club meets the third Wednesday of round, triangular, vase, symmetrical, elongated, ROCHESTER cont. the month (except December and January) at 7pm, corsages and more. Students will create one or two Stafford Town Hall, 8903 Morganville Road (Route arrangements to take home at each class. Materials Greater Rochester Iris Society (GRIS) meets Sundays at 237), Stafford. Plant auction in May. All are welcome. included. $395 members; $495 non-members. 2pm, dates vary, St. John’s Episcopal Church Hall, 11 585/343-4494. Registration required. RCGC Episcopal Avenue, Honeoye Falls. Public welcome. July 22–23: Iris Sale, 50%—75% off rhizomes, Victor Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the July 19: Soirée – An Asian/Contemporary Fusion Gro-Moore Farm Market, 2811 E. Henrietta Road, month (except January & February) at 6:30/6:45pm. Garden in Pittsford, 6:30–8pm. The owner of this Henrietta (see calendar, below). October 21: Water New members welcome. Meeting and location details property, an interior designer, has added her personal Lovers of Asia with Chad Harris of Mt. Pleasant Iris at victorgardenclubny2.com or 585/721-5457. touch to the style of the gardens. The property Farms. 585/266-0302; [email protected]. includes mature trees as well as examples of the latest Williamson Garden Club. On-going community projects; ornamental plants. Mike Tanzini has been involved Greater Rochester Perennial Society (GRPS) meets the free monthly lectures to educate the community about here over the years, pruning the mature shrubs to add first Thursday of each month at 7pm, Twelve Corners gardening. Open to all. 315/524-4204; grow14589@ ambience. $15. Registration required. RCGC Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 1200 South gmail.com; grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot. Winton Road, Rochester, except in summer when com. July 22: Growing Roses, 11am. An overview of it tours members’ gardens. 585/467-1678; smag@ successful types of roses and their growing needs. Free. Registration required. BGC rochester.rr.com; rochesterperennial.com. FREQUENT HOSTS S- July 22–23: Iris Sale, 10am–4pm. Presented by Greater Rochester Rose Society meets the first , 2755 Penfield Greater Rochester Iris Society. Club members will Tuesday of the month, April–November, at First BGC: Broccolo Garden Center Road, Fairport 14450. 585/424-4476; info@ be on hand to offer expert advice on planting and Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Room 110, broccologroup.com. growing iris. Gro-Moore Farm Market, 2811 E. Rochester. July meeting is a garden tour. 585/694- Henrietta Road, Henrietta. [email protected]. 8430; [email protected]; Facebook. CCE/GC: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Genesee , 420 East Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020. meets the second Wednesday County T- July 23: Rochester Museum & Science Center Henrietta Garden Club 585/343-3040; genesee.cce.cornell.edu. , 10am–4pm. Explore of the month (except May–August & December) Women’s Council Garden Tour six local home gardens containing diverse plants at 6:30pm, Department of Public Works Building, , 5 Castle Park, RCGC: Rochester Civic Garden Center and garden styles including perennial borders, a koi 475 Calkins Road, Henrietta. Guests welcome. Rochester, NY 14620. 585/473-5130; rcgc.org. pond, no-mow lawn, shade and kitchen gardens and 585/889-1547; [email protected]; RBC: Rochester Butterfly Club. Field trips generally more. Tour booklet available at Cunningham House, henriettagardenclub.org. last about 2 hours, some continue into the RMSC campus, day of. Self-guided. Rain or shine. $18 Holley Garden Club meets the second Thursday of the afternoon, especially those that are further away. advance; $22 day of. rmsc.org. month at 7pm, Holley Presbyterian Church. 585/638- Long pants and appropriate footgear strongly July 25: Oh No, Now What – Creative Perennial 6973. recommended. Free and open to the public. Garden Maintenance, 6–8pm. Christine Froehlich rochesterbutterflyclub.org. Hubbard Springs Garden Club of Chili meets the third will share professional methods to keep the garden Monday of the month at 7pm, Chili Senior Center, SG: Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic looking fresh including proper staking; deadheading 3235 Chili Avenue, Rochester. dtoogood@rochester. Park, 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua, NY & deadleafing; cutting back plants to prevent rr.com. 14424. 585/394-4922; sonnenberg.org. straggliness, promote a new burst of growth and rebloom; pruning of perennials that have gotten too meets the Ikebana International Rochester Chapter 53 dense; weeding quickly; and identifying problems like third Thursday of each month (except December and low fertility, water and pests. $22 members; $32 non- February) at 10am, First Baptist Church, Hubbell Hall, CLASSES / EVENTS members. Registration required. RCGC 175 Allens Creek Road, Rochester. 585/301-6727; • Indicates activities especially appropriate for , 5–7pm. Cobbs 585/402-1772; ikebanarochester.org. children and families. July 26: Daylily Garden Open House Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), Kendall Garden Club meets the first Wednesday of the S- Indicates plant sales. Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester. month at 7pm, Kendall Town Hall. 585/ 370-8964. T- Indicates garden tours. 585/461-3317. Newark Garden Club meets the first Friday of the month , July 26: Hundreds of Hydrangeas – And How to at 1pm, Park Presbyterian Church, Newark. Guests are Ongoing through July: Lavender Farm & Market Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–5pm. Pick your own Maintain Them for Blooms, 6:30–8:30 pm. Join welcome. lavender: over 2000 plants, 20 different varieties. Tim Boebel at his home garden in East Bloomfield Pittsford Garden Club meets the third Tuesday Shop the Lavender Market. Lockwood Lavender to see hundreds of blooming hydrangea cultivars. of the month at 11am, Pittsford Public Library, Farm, 1682 West Lake Road, Skaneateles. 315/685- He will discuss his latest findings on how to maintain Fisher Meeting Room, 24 State Street, Pittsford, 5369; lockwoodfarm.blogspot.com. macrophyllas for more reliable bloom, the merits of except in July & August when it visits members’ the different hydrangea cultivars, growing hydrangea gardens. 585/425-0766; [email protected]; Ongoing through July 28: Moonlight Stroll Music in patio containers and answer questions. $18 pittsfordgardenclub.wordpress.com. Series, Fridays, 8–10pm. Stroll the grounds, lit for members; $25 non-members. Registration required. after-dark, and enjoy live entertainment. A different RCGC Rochester Dahlia Society meets the second Saturday of performer each week. Refreshments available. Rain or , 9am–12pm. Join the month at 12:30pm, Trinity Reformed Church, 909 shine. $8 members; $10 non-members; $5 ages 6–17; July 29: Jelly and Jam Workshop Nancy Marrer at her professional home kitchen in Landing Road North, Rochester, except July, August, free ages 5 and under. SG September. Visitors welcome. 585/865-2291; djohan@ Penfield where participants will make a savory jelly frontiernet.net; Facebook; rochesterdahlias.org. July 16: Butterflies and the Plants they Need – and a sweet jam to take home along with recipes. Mendon Ponds Park, 10am. Geared for beginners, Materials included. $35 members; $45 non-members. Rochester Herb Society meets the first Tuesday of the group will discuss butterflies and caterpillar plants. Registration required. RCGC each month (excluding January & February) at Meet: Visitors’ Center / Wild Wings parking lot, 27 12pm, Rochester Civic Garden Center, 5 Castle Park, July 29: From the Earth, 9am–5pm. Presentations, Pond Road, Honeoye Falls. 585/383-8168. RBC Rochester. June–August garden tours. New members demonstrations and hands-on activities. Topics welcome. July 16: Daylily Garden Open House, 1–5pm. Cobbs include agriculture, gardening, crafts made with Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), natural materials and appreciation of natural beauty. Rochester Permaculture Center, meets monthly to Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester. Event takes place at several locations around Alfred. discuss topics such as edible landscapes, gardening, 585/461-3317. 607/587-9877. farming, renewable energy, green building, rainwater harvesting, composting, local food, forest gardening, July 18: For the Love of Lavender, 6:30–8:30pm. Arleen July 29: Butterflies and the Plants they Need – herbalism, green living, etc. Meeting location and Thaler will discuss growing, propagating, harvesting Ganargua Creek Meadow Preserve, 10am–12:30pm. details: meetup.com/rochesterpermaculture. and the benefits and uses of lavender. Participants Meet: entrance near intersection of Wilkinson & Victor will create their own lavender herbal blends and Roads, 727 Wilkinson Road, Macedon. 585/383-8168. meets the fourth Seabreeze Bloomers Garden Club facial tonic to take home along with a lavender plant RBC Wednesday of the month (except January) at 7pm, and recipes. $32 members; $40 non-members. Transfiguration Lutheran Church, 3760 Culver Road, • July 30: Family Fun Day, 1–4pm. Interactive and Registration required. hands-on activities include history, science, fun and Rochester. Some meetings feature speakers others RCGC flowers. $7 adults; $6 seniors (60+); $3.50 students; $1 are visits to local gardens or special events. Members July 18–August 3: Basic Professional Floral Design ages 4–12; free ages 3 and under. receive a monthly newsletter. July 26: Private tour of Certificate, six sessions, Tuesdays & Thursdays, SG a hosta garden. August 23: Visit to the green roof at 6:30–9pm. Professional floral designer Alana Miller July 30: Daylily Garden Open House, 1–5pm. Cobbs I-Square with Terry Schmitz. All are welcome. Contact will cover the basic principles and techniques of floral Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), Suzanne Flanigan: 585/544-1356; sflaniga192@gmail. design. Each intensive class will include a lecture and Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester. com. hands-on workshop. Styles discussed will include 585/461-3317.

20 | JULY-AUGUST 2017 August 1: Lunchtime Garden Talk – Terrarium Demo, Chris will discuss how her garden evolved as she Gardeners in Thyme (a women’s herb club) meets the 12:15–12:45pm. Attendees will go home with a list of constructed fences, arbors, stone paths, a patio and second Thursday of the month at 7pm, Beaver Lake materials and directions on how to create their own pergola to alleviate challenging conditions. $22 Nature Center, Baldwinsville. 315/635-6481; hbaker@ terrarium. Bring lunch. Free. CCE/GC members; $32 non-members. Registration required. twcny.rr.com.

August 2: Gardening with Deer, 6–8pm. Join Carol RCGC Habitat Gardening Club of CNY (HGCNY) meets Southby at her wildlife-friendly garden in Penfield to August 19: The 3 C’s of Containers, 11am. Learn the last Sunday of most months at 2pm, Liverpool learn useful tips on gardening despite heavy deer about color, contrast and container choice. Free. Public Library, 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool. HGCNY pressure. Carol will discuss appropriate plant and Registration required. BGC is a chapter of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural design decisions as well as protective measures Landscapes; for-wild.org. Meetings are free and open , 10am–5pm. Juried such as deer-repellent sprays, fencing and pokey August 19–20: Arts at the Gardens to the public. 315/487-5742; hgcny.org. fine art & crafts show and sale. $7. sticks. $22 members; $32 non-members. Registration SG Home Garden Club of Syracuse usually meets the required. RCGC September 5: Lunchtime Garden Talk – How to Bring first Tuesday morning of the month. Members are in Houseplants & Annuals for the Winter, 12:15– August 3: Butterfly and Hummingbird Friendly active in educating the community about gardening, 12:45pm. Bring lunch. Free. Garden, 6:30pm. Learn which plants will attract CCE/GC horticulture & floral design and involved with several and provide food sources for butterflies and September 9: Gathering of Gardeners, 9am–4pm. civic projects in the Syracuse area. New members hummingbirds. Free. Registration required. BGC Speakers Janet Macunovich and Steven Nikkila will welcome. [email protected]; present, Making the Most of Change. Parking lot plant homegardenclubofsyracuse.org. • August 5: Ethnobotony Workshop, 9–11am. Participants will learn about traditional sale. Presented by Monroe County Master Gardeners. Koi and Water Garden Society of Central New York Haudenosaunee planting and picking practices, learn DoubleTree by Hilton, 1111 Jefferson Road, usually meets the third Monday of each month at to work with sweet grass, taste-test teas from the Rochester. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Monroe 7pm. See website for meeting locations. 315/458- time of Seneca inhabitance at Ganondagan and learn County, 2449 St. Paul Blvd., Rochester. 585/753-2550; 3199; cnykoi.com. culinary uses of plants along the Green Plants Trail. monroe.cce.cornell.edu. Syracuse Rose Society meets the second Thursday of Ages 8 and up. Free. Registration required by August September 10: Orchid Auction, 12pm. Presented by every month (except December) at 7pm, Reformed 1. Ganondagan State Historic Site, Environmental Genesee Region Orchid Society. Free & open to the Church of Syracuse, 1228 Teall Avenue, Syracuse. Field Office, 1488 Route 444, Victor. Brigitte. public. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Enter from Melrose Avenue. Club members maintain [email protected]. Avenue, Rochester. geneseeorchid.org. the E. M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden, Thornden Park, August 5: Daylily Garden Open House, 1–5pm. Cobbs Syracuse. Public welcome. syracuserosesociety.org. Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), SAVE THE DATE… Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester. 585/461-3317. S- September 16: Fall Garden Gala, 10am–1pm. Plant sale featuring indoor and outdoor plants, mums, FREQUENT HOST , 6–8pm. August 6: Moonlight Stroll Music Series basket auction, free soil pH testing. CCE/GC CCE/ONE: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Oneida Stroll the grounds, lit for after-dark, and enjoy live County, & Parker F. Scripture Botanical Gardens, entertainment by Paulsen & Baker with Tim Chaapel. September 21: Fall Wreath Making, 6:30pm. Use dried local flowers and grasses to create a one-of-a-kind 121 Second Street, Oriskany. 315/736-3394 x125; Refreshments available. Rain or shine. $8 members; cceoneida.com. $10 non-members; $5 ages 6–17; free ages 5 and wreath. $15. Registration required. BGC under. SG October 7: Fall Gardening Symposium, 10am–5pm. Featuring keynote speaker Claudia West, garden August 8: Tour Erie Way Flower Farm & Decorate a CLASSES / EVENTS Twig Wreath with Fresh Flowers, 6:30–8pm. Learn speaker and writer. Planting in a Post-Wild World: about the seasonal process of flower farming and how Learn how to marry aesthetic and ecological goals in • Indicates activities especially appropriate for Jill and Mike Bower got started in the business. After your next planting project. Creating Stunning Plant children and families. the tour, Jill will guide participants in decorating a 22” Communities that Stand the Test of Time: Learn about S- Indicates plant sales. twig wreath (made on the farm) with an arrangement perennials and grasses that used in combination T- Indicates garden tours. of flowers from the farm. Materials included. $38 increase the ornamental, functional and ecological members; $48 non-members. Registration required. value of the landscape. Book signing and books Ongoing through July: Lavender Farm & Market, RCGC available for purchase. Includes lunch. $55 members; Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–5pm. Pick your own $65 non-members. Registration required. SG lavender: over 2000 plants, 20 different varieties. , 6:30–9pm. August 9: Corsages and Boutonnieres Shop the Lavender Market. Lockwood Lavender Floral designer Alana Miller will cover new techniques Farm, 1682 West Lake Road, Skaneateles. 315/685- and products to create pin-ons and wristlets. 5369; lockwoodfarm.blogspot.com. Participants will take home their designs. Materials provided. $30 members; $40 non-members. SYRACUSE July 12: Summer Soiree to Benefit Symphoria, 6:30pm. Registration required. RCGC An evening of music, food, cocktails and a garden- themed silent auction. Carol Watson Greenhouse, August 10: Gardening with Edibles, 6:30–8:30pm. REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS 2980 Sentinel Heights Road, Lafayette. 315/677-0286; Nancy Marrer grows much of the produce that her African Violet Society of Syracuse meets the second carolwatsongreenhouse.com. family eats throughout the year by integrating edibles Thursday of the month, September–May, Pitcher Hill , 10am–12pm. Learn and ornamentals throughout her gardens rather than Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North Syracuse. July 22: Sustainable Gardens the process to create a sustainable garden using planting vegetables in traditional rows. She will share 315/492-2562; [email protected]; avsofsyracuse. permaculture principles. Meet in the garden. Rain or tips and discuss her process during this tour of her org. Penfield property. $18 members; $25 non-members. shine. Free. CCE/ONE usually meets on the Registration required. RCGC Bonsai Club of CNY (BCCNY) , 10am–12pm. Explore the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Pitcher August 26: Delicious Dishes gardens and learn a few easy ways to enjoy the fruits August 15: Butterflies and the Plants they Need Hill Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North of your labor. Meet in the garden. Rain or shine. Free. – Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area, Syracuse. September 9–10: Annual Show, Liverpool CCE/ONE 9am–4pm. Meet: Park and Ride at Rt. 15 & Rt. 251, Public Library (see calendar, below). 315/436-0135; Rush exit 11 off I-390. Bring lunch and a folding chair. [email protected]. September 9–10: Bonsai Show. Presented by Bonsai 585/383-8168. RBC Club of CNY. Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip Street, meets the first Sunday Central New York Orchid Society Liverpool. 315/436-0135; [email protected]. August 17: Soiré – An Artist’s Garden on the Lake, of the month, September–May, St. Augustine’s 6:30–8pm. The gardens of Deb and Rob Ver Hulst Church, 7333 O’Brien Road, Baldwinsville. Dates may Norris’s spacious property near Hilton are full of vary due to holidays. 315/633-2437; cnyos.org. SAVE THE DATE… colorful annuals, perennials, shrubs, vines and over 100 containers decorating the terraces, all designed Gardening Friends Club meets the third Tuesday of September 23: Preservation of Herbs & Vegetables, for entertaining and enjoyment of the lakefront the month, March–December, at 6:30pm, Wesleyan 10am–12pm. Learn various methods to preserve the setting. Enjoy refreshments and stroll the wide lawn Church, 4591 US Route 11, Pulaski. 315/298-1276; harvest for enjoyment later. Meet in the garden. Rain or shine. Free. and gardens. $15. Registration required. RCGC Facebook: Gardening Friends of Pulaski, NY; CCE/ONE [email protected]. August 19: Structured Spaces, Inviting Places, 10:30am–12:30pm. Join Christine Froehlich in Gardeners of Syracuse meets the third Thursday of each Deadline for Calendar Listings for the next issue her Sodus Point garden to learn a few tips on month at 7:30pm, Reformed Church of Syracuse, 1228 (September–October 2017) is Wednesday, interweaving structures with plants to achieve privacy, Teall Avenue, Syracuse. Enter from Melrose Avenue. August 9, 2017. Please send your submissions beauty, comfort and protection from sun and wind. 315/464-0051. to [email protected].

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