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Make a Bee Hotel for Native Pollinators

Wednesday March 7, 6:30-8:30 pm

CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca

Cost: $10 per person – includes cost of materials

Help increase populations of native bees in your yard and garden with a handmade bee hotel! Native solitary bees, like mason bees and leafcutter bees, are gentle, easy to raise, and are as important for pollinating as honey bees.

Jacob Johnston from Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology will give a presentation on the life cycle of these fascinating native insects and show you how to make a bee hotel to attract them to your garden. Materials will be provided for participants to make bee hotels to take home. 

Pre-registration is required to hold your place in the class, and also in the event that a class is postponed or cancelled and we need to contact participants.   Register and pay online on the link below, or call CCE-Tompkins at 272-2292 and we will register you online with information you provide.

REGISTER & PAY ONLINE HERE

 

Seed Starting

Saturday March 10, 10 am – 12 pm

CCE Tompkins, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca

Cost: $7-$10/person self-determined sliding scale

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. All participants will leave with a few starts to take home.

Instructor Jennie Cramer is our Horticulture Program Manager and coordinates our Master Gardener Volunteer  Program. She is a former conservation biologist with a passion for organic gardening, regenerative agriculture, natural history and botanical education. She is especially smitten with the intricacies of seeds. 

Pre-registration is required. Register and pay online on the link below, or call CCE Tompkins at 272-2292 and we'll register you online with your input. Pre-registration is required to hold your place in the class, and also in the event that a class is postponed or cancelled and we need to contact participants.

REGISTER & PAY ONLINE HERE

 

 

Chrys Gardener
Commercial/Community Horticulture Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Tompkins County
615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
(607)272-2292, extension 241
www.ccetompkins.org