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Community Horticulture

How not to kill a raccoon: People are victims of pesticide blunders Fri, 02 May 2008 18:47:40
This article is for perspective…are your calls this bad? http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=8232 More reason why the Cooperative Extension educational system is needed.

Consumer Preferences and Perceptions of Gardening Information Fri, 02 May 2008 18:47:15
This article from Hort Technology January - March 2008 reveals that in MN gardeners most often obtain their garden or plant related information from friends and neighbors. …what this says to me is that our county community horticulture educators and volunteers are absolutely critical to our role in getting Cornell research based information to NYS citizen. [...]

Why Garden in New York Schools Fri, 02 May 2008 18:47:03
Are you looking for ways to share the excitement of school gardening with other teachers and educators? Need to convince your administrators of the benefits of beginning a garden in your school? Although you’re familiar with all the merits, are you looking for research-based justification of why gardening is so important? Use this Powerpoint presentation [...]

Richard Louv is coming to Cornell Fri, 02 May 2008 18:46:51
He wrote The Last Child in the Woods and is a featured speaker Cornell Plantations fall Lecture series on September 24 2008.

Find a Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Fri, 02 May 2008 18:46:40
This tool is on the website of the NYS Wildlife Management Association. Although the options are limited for some counties, this will hopefully improve in the relatively near future. http://www.nyswma.org/dnn/NWCOSearch/tabid/63/Default.aspx