<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sandra Repp <<a href="mailto:sjr37@cornell.edu">sjr37@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 23, 2011 5:16:27 PM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:tc-HSC-L@cornell.edu">tc-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org">fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org</a>, <a href="mailto:nwaeg-l@cornell.edu">nwaeg-l@cornell.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:pc21@cornell.edu">pc21@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:dek22@cornell.edu">dek22@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:lam26@cornell.edu">lam26@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:mr55@cornell.edu">mr55@cornell.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:acm10@cornell.edu">acm10@cornell.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] Upcoming Gardening & Ag offerings at CCE-Tompkins</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div> Please visit our Calendar of Events at <a href="http://ccetompkins.org/calendar" eudora="autourl"> http://ccetompkins.org/calendar</a> for a complete list of workshops and events currently scheduled by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County! Call (607) 272-2292 with questions or to register!<br><br> <br> <b>Volunteer Work & Learning Sessions at ICG<br> Monday, May 23, 5:00-7:00pm <br> </b><i>Ithaca Children's Garden, Rt. 89 at Cass Park, Ithaca<br> </i>Drop in at the Ithaca Children's Garden for volunteer work and learning sessions on Monday evenings 5:00-7:00pm from May 16 - June 27. Volunteers will work with the guidance of professional horticulturist Linda Yannone to get the garden in shape this season. Come once or several times to learn gardening basics hands-on, or simply to help the Children's Garden look its best. No gardening experience required. All ages are welcome! For more information, contact Leigh MacDonald-Rizzo, ICG Garden Manager at (607) 272-2292 x186, or <a href="mailto:lam26@cornell.edu">lam26@cornell.edu</a>.<br><br><b>Introduction to Edible & Medicinal Herbs & Spices<br> Monday, June 6, 6:00-8:00 pm<br> </b><i>Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca</i> <br> Learn about the growing habits and benefits of herbs and spices culinary, medicinal, and aroma-therapeutic. Enjoy a hands-on class with a complete sampling of herbs and plenty of time for Q&A. Class will be taught by a member of the Auraca Herbarists, the herb group associated with Cornell Plantations and the NYS Robison Herb garden. Fee: $5. Please call (607) 272-2292 and register in advance so we can make a sufficient number of handouts! <br><br> <b>Garden Reprise<br> Thursday June 9, 6:30-8:30pm<br> </b><i>Groton Public Library, 112 East Cortland Street, Groton<br> </i>Gardening doesn't have to stop with spring planting! Find out what veggies and herbs can be planted in June or July for late summer/fall harvest. Patricia Curran, Horticulture Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, also will discuss ornamental plants, nursery sales. and late summer container plantings. Questions welcome! Sign up at the Groton Public Library, by email at <a href="mailto:director@grotonpubliclibrary.org"> director@grotonpubliclibrary.org</a> or by telephone at (607) 898-5055. For questions about the workshop, contact Pat Curran at <a href="mailto:pc21@cornell.edu">pc21@cornell.edu</a> or Cornell Cooperative Extension (607) 272-2292. <br><br> <b>2011 Open Days Garden Tour<br> Saturday, June 11, 10:00am-4:00pm<br> </b><i>Various locations in Tompkins County<br> </i>Visit any or all of 3 outstanding private gardens that are open to the public for one day only. $5 per person per garden, proceeds benefit the Tompkins County Community Beautification Program and the national Garden Conservancy. The tour goes on rain or shine. For garden addresses, maps and photos, visit <a href="http://ccetompkins.org/opendays"> http://ccetompkins.org/opendays</a> or contact Dan Klein at (607) 272-2292 ext 123 or <a href="mailto:dek22@cornell.edu">dek22@cornell.edu</a> <br><br> <b>Gardener's Pot Swap & Recycling Event<br> 9:00am-6:00pm on Friday, June 24 - Monday, June 27<br> </b><i>at Cooperative Extension Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY<br> </i>From Friday June 24 through Monday June 27, you can leave your plastic nursery pots, trays and cell packs in the designated area off the CCE-Tompkins main parking lot on Willow Avenue. You may take away as many pots as you can use, too! Plastic that is left after the weekend event will be taken to a recycler for processing. This is a FREE opportunity for gardeners to recycle their plastic plant containers instead of throwing them away. Questions? Contact Monika Roth at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (607) 272-2292 or <a href="mailto:mr55@cornell.edu">mr55@cornell.edu</a>.<br><br> <b>Compost with Confidence: Getting Started<br> Saturday, June 25, 10:00-11:00am<br> </b><i>at the Compost Demonstration site, Ithaca Community Gardens at the entrance to the Ithaca Farmers' Market<br> </i>Master Composter volunteers will provide information and hands-on demonstrations on how to set up and manage a compost system in any setting! This FREE 5-part series meets on the last Saturday of the month from June through October. Each class covers composting basics and a special topic. Just show up, or sign up in advance by contacting Liz Falk at <a href="mailto:erf59@cornell.edu">erf59@cornell.edu</a> or call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County at (607) 272-2292.</div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>