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Gardening resources
Gardening resources Your portal to gardening information at Cornell.
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flower and vege- table growing guides, lawn videos & more.
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Virtual
Exhibits
Peek inside the pages of rare and historical books at Cornell's Mann Library. Subjects include seed catalogs, kitchen gardens, bees, mushrooms and more.
Fine Art and Horticulture Fine Art and Horticulture
Explore four centuries of rare-book illustrations, paintings, prints, engravings, botanical illustration and more at Cornell Adult University's Cybertower
Free registration required.
New York State IPM Program NY State IPM Program
Sustainable ways
to manage pests and
minimize environ-
mental, health, and economic risks. Helpful Factsheets include Weeds and Your Garden and other publications.
Cornell PlantationsCornell Plantations
Come explore the world famous arboretum, botanical garden, and natural areas of Cornell University in person, or take a virtual tour of some of our campus gardens.
Cornell CybertowerCornell Cybertower
[Free registration required.] Cornell Adult University site features 'study rooms' where faculty present topics via video lectures and demos. Garden-related topics include fine art and horticulture, propagation, Iroquois '3 Sisters' gardening, and spiders.
Climate Change in the Northeast proceedingsClimate Change in the Northeast
Developing an Education
and Outreach Agenda. Proceedings from a Nov. 2004 symposium.
.pdf | .doc
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About this site? Email cdc25@cornell.edu.

Local gardening info? Contact your local Cornell Cooperative Extension office.

Not from NY?
Contact your state's Coop. Extension Service.

Northeast gardeners:
The Home and Garden Information Center at the U. of Md. runs an online IPM 'hotline' for gardeners.

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Annual Flower Observations For 2006 at Cornell's Bluegrass Lane Research Center. Includes photos and gallery of highest rated varieties.

Site assessment & landscape design - Resources to help you plan what to plant.

Life-long learning - Continuing education, Master Gardener Program, college courses, etc.

Garden-based learning - Resources for educators, volunteers, and parents working with children and youth.

Gardening factsheets - Your comprehensive guide to online factsheets at Cornell.

First Steps - Advice and links for beginning gardeners.

Community gardening

Greenscaping - EPA details 5 easy steps to a greener, healthier yard. .html or handy brochure (.pdf)

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 		Look out for late blight - This aggressive disease affecting tomatoes and potatoes is worse than ever this season. More info.
See what late blight looks like.
Vegetable gardening highlights:
•Basics
•Soil basics
•Growing guides
•Varieties for NY Gardeners
•Growing in containers
•Local Extension offices
Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners - Is back! Read about, rate and find sources for more than 5,000 varieties. See also our list of 2010 recommended varieties for N.Y. home gardeners.
Fruit cultivars - Best bets for New York gardeners. Berries, grapes, tree fruit, and more.
In the news:
•Economy fueling surge in vegetable gardening
•Sharpen your mowing practices
New: Tree Fruit Field Guide - More than 500 color photos help you ID both pests and beneficial insect, mites and diseases.
Lawn Care without Pesticides Lawn Care without Pesticides
How to keep your grass healthy so that you can reduce or eliminate the need for lawn chemicals. Hard copies also available. See Lawn resources.
Other new titles online:

Multimedia:

Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners website featured on 'Real Dirt Radio' - Garden writer Ken Druse interviews Sr. Extension Associate Lori Bushway about our Vegetable Varieties website, where you can read about, rate and find sources for more than 5,000 varieties. Download mp3 podcast.

Zone Creep - NPR's Wired Science explores global warming and 'zone creep'. Clip features David Wolfe, climate change expert in Cornell's Department of Horticulture.

Garden podcasts from North Country Public Radio featuring horticulturist Amy Ivy, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex and Clinton Counties. Most recent episode:

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