Upstate Gardeners' Journal July-August 2022

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Volume Twenty-eight, Issue Four July-August 2022

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SARA’S GARDEN

Summer Wisdom A customer recently said that you should never plant anything during a month without the letter ‘R’ in its name. What? You mean I’m done on April 30th?? Wow, how do you possibly adhere to that?

We get the logic, sort of, but that would surely leave many plants out of the repertoire, like, we can’t imagine not planting in May, June, July, and yes, even August.

Our motto is, if you have a hose, you can plant it!

This brings us to our next summer point. If you bought it and planted it, the plan should include how you’re watering it. Watering is tricky. It sounds easy enough, but every plant has very individual needs, and when you throw in the weather and soil quality, things can get dicey pretty quick! However, here are a few general and straightforward rules that can help.

• Overhead watering, like sprinklers on a bed mixed with a different blend of plants, will not always provide optimum results. (So get the sprinklers on the lawn thing? All the same plants.)

• Overhead watering means a lot of wet foliage, which can lead to mildews and other issues that, while they may not kill your plant, can make it very unattractive, which is disappointing.

• Watering directly at the soil level is always the best method.

• Thorough, deep waterings done less frequently are always better than little bits of water every day.

• Recovering from brief wilt from dry soil is a much easier recovery for most plants than drowning, so erring on the drier side can often help.

• Please pay attention to your plants; they’re constantly furnishing you with info.

Are we giving up summer planting? Not on your life!! For one, there are not enough days of good weather to cut them short. There are too many plants and not enough hours in the day. There are too many spaces left to fill! If you are with us, we’ll see you soon.

To contact us, call the nursery at 585-637-4745 or email us at kkepler@rochester.rr.com.

45 Year Mission!

It is our greatest desire to provide our customers with top quality, well-grown plant material at a fair and honest price. We will strive to provide an unmatched selection of old favorites and underused, hard-to-find items, along with the newest varieties on the market. We will eagerly share our horticultural knowledge gained from years of education and experience. Lastly, we offer all this in a spirit of fun and lightheartedness.

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Contents

PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Jane F. Milliman MANAGING EDITOR: Kimberly Burkard GRAPHIC DESIGN: Cathy Monrad TECHNICAL EDITOR: Brian Eshenaur CIRCULATION & CALENDAR: Kimberly Burkard

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: MICHELLE SUTTON | CATHY MONRAD | LIZ MAGNANTI JULIE BROCKLEHURST-WOODS | PETRA PAGE-MANN

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Almanac

What to do in the garden in July & August Root cuttings of coleus, strobilanthus, and scented geraniums for use indoors later.

Have some autumn crocus corms? Plant about three inches deep now or they will bloom without being planted.

VEGETABLES, FRUITS, AND HERBS

Protect any fruit (elderberries, raspberries, etc.) you want to keep away from birds with netting. (You may wish to share some of the fruit with the birds, though.)

Plant new leafy greens now for a fall harvest.

Continue harvesting herbs—dry, freeze, or enjoy now.

Keep an eye on your garlic. The leaves begin to brown in July. Take samples of hard neck and soft neck to gauge readiness for harvest. (Soft neck garlic tends to mature about two weeks before hard neck.)

WOODY PLANTS

Avoid pruning spring flowering woody trees or shrubs.

You can, however, remove dead or remove crossing branches now. Keep them well watered.

ABOVE: Root coleus cuttings now.

There is always something that needs to be done in the garden. So before you read the suggestions below please follow the directive in the next sentence. Ready? Take a walk in your garden with no pruners, shovels, or buckets for weed collecting. You can simply wander or bring a notebook or camera to record your gardens at a certain moment in time. Lovely, isn’t it? Ok, now let’s get to work!

FLOWERS AND GRASSES

Raise the height of your mower to three inches. This shades sun-loving weeds, cools roots, and cuts down the need for watering.

Slugs? Remove damaged leaves. Use beer in a container at soil level to drown slugs or lay down a piece of wood— slugs gravitate toward the underside of the wood and can be scraped off the next day. Copper tape around plants will also repel them.

Weed!

Divide oriental poppies and bearded irises.

Continue removing faded annual flowers to promote new flower production. Or plant some new annuals.

Do the same for container plants. Top dress containers.

Remove and replace faded plants.

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GENERAL

Take the time to look closely for insect damage. Use Integrated Pest Management in your approach to minimize damage to pollinator species, other beneficial insects, and the environment.

Make sure that there are floating plants in your pond to help fish escape direct sun. Provide fish caves for protection both now and later in the season. Make sure beneficial bacteria are part of your pond upkeep.

Continue to add compost or well-rotted manure to your gardens.

Keep birdbaths and fountains clean and full of fresh water.

Provide puddling stones for butterflies and water for bees and other pollinator species. Shallow containers with pebbles keep them from drowning when sucking up water.

Kill Japanese beetles by knocking them into a container of detergent water. It not only kills them but makes you feel good as well!

— Carol Ann Harlos and Lyn Chimera, Erie County Master Gardeners

Ear to the ground

Dear friends, This May I was lucky enough to attend the Chelsea Flower Show in London, England. My brain is still processing everything I saw and learned there.

I’ve been twice before, both times with groups, but I mostly went around and saw everything on my own, maybe meeting up for lunch or a break with a friend.

This time was different. My boyfriend and I went with another couple, and it was clear by about an hour in that the men were getting antsy. (They are both avid gardeners, but not so crazy about big crowds.) So my friend, Catherine, and I politely suggested that perhaps they would find some other locations in London more entertaining. Once they left, I thought to myself, “Ah! Now I can see the show the way I want—alone.”

It didn’t work out that way, though. Catherine and I decided to look at one or two displays together before going our separate ways, but, once we started, we found that the conversations we were having about the plants, the designs, and the products were adding to our experience. She might notice something I didn’t—like

the fabulous raincoats we bought in the retail gauntlet. I might have grown a plant she hadn’t and would be able to address is appropriateness for upstate New York conditions.

But the most interesting aspect of it was listening to other people talk to their friends about all the same things.

We realized that everyone there was as fanatical as we were. People were really taking their time, truly looking, and discussing every little thing.

My point? It’s one I make often— there is no better way to learn than to spend time with other gardeners looking at other gardens.

Thanks, as always, for reading—

ABOVE: Taking a Pimm’s Cup break at the Chelsea Flower Show

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Advice gems … part one

By Michelle Sutton

LEFT: Horticulturist Tim Sternhoff with a ‘David Howard’ dahlia Photo

by Larry Decker

RIGHT: Cactus collector and photographer Larry Decker Photo by Michelle Sutton

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riting for Upstate Gardeners’ Journal and other publications is an ongoing education for me.

What a joy—to interview people eager to share their knowledge. Here’s some of the best advice I’ve gotten about …

DAHLIAS

I urge folks to label your tubers as you dig them up, even if you think you will remember. One year I thought I had saved fifteen different kinds of dahlias, but it turned out I had only two! I recommend putting a nametag on a string around each tuber and then putting them in bags or newspaper. I store mine in my basement where it’s about sixty degrees in the winter—and the tubers do fine. Some people store tubers in peat or vermiculite—I don’t because I want to be able to easily inspect the tubers in the winter.

I cull any rotting ones and can also see which ones are producing eyes. There will always be some tubers that don’t produce viable eyes and these have to be chucked.

—Horticulturist Tim Steinhoff 8 | JULY-AUGUST 2022

ORCHIDS

Well-cared-for orchids don’t get many insects or diseases. In terms of insects, the riskiest time for the plants is when they are outside on their summer vacation.

But even if I find that something’s eating the soft buds, for example, I can spray with a non-toxic insecticidal soap, and that’s knocked out any bug I’ve encountered. As to disease, if a plant is sickly, just get rid of it rather than let the disease spread to other plants.

—Orchid collector Rick Foster CACTUS HOUSEPLANTS

When it’s time to repot a cactus, tongs can be used for the flat pads of prickly pear, but for most cylindrical, round and other upright cacti, tongs won’t work. Take a towel—the size depends on the size of the cactus, but one that’s big enough to completely wrap around the cactus and then some. You roll it and then wrap it around the middle of the cactus and then twist your towel to give you

a cloth “handle.” Don’t roll too tight. Lightly tug on the towel and pull the cactus out of the pot. Then take it and set it into the new pot. Before releasing the cactus from the rolled towel, use a spoon to put cactus mix carefully around it until it is stable and upright.

—Cactus collector Larry Decker GROWING GARLIC

When it comes time to dry/cure garlic, it likes what we like: warm, breezy, low humidity, and shady conditions.

You can dry your garlic in the shade of a tree. Dry weather is best for curing—humidity slows it down. Cornell research and my own observations show that removing the top leaves before drying helps the bulbs dry faster.

—Garlic grower Suzanne Kelly WEEDS

With invasive weeds especially, prevention is always best—control is very hard once they’re established. I scan and scout the landscape for new weeds—much like IPM specialists who scout for insect populations while they are still small. If you leave soil bare, something’s going to cover it. To prevent weed seed from germinating, keep the soil covered at all times. That could mean dense planting—lush growth of desired plants shades out the soil—mulching, or covering bare soil temporarily with an inorganic material like black plastic. Further, having rich, well amended soil helps in two ways: weeds are easier to pop out of friable soil, and your desired plants will grow

more lushly and therefore more thoroughly cover and shade the earth, slowing down weed seed germination.

—Horticulturist Laura Wyeth HIRING AN ARBORIST

You should call an arborist before any construction or sewer line digging starts, when there are dead branches, when there are girdling roots around the base of your tree, or when you see early signs of decline, like branch tips dying back. Most people wait until the last minute, when trees are half dead—hanging over with big dead branches, the leaves fall off in June, or when they see indicators it’s hollow, like carpenter ants in the tree or sawdust on the ground. That’s too late to save the tree. A good arborist will, while on your property, assess the health of your cherished trees and be on the lookout for future problems that can be averted. That will save you money in the end.

—Arborist Phil DiLorenzo

LEFT: Grower Suzanne Kelly of Green Owl Garlic Photo by Larry Decker

RIGHT: Horticulturist Laura Wyeth Photo by Larry Decker

MANURES

Lots of home gardeners show up at our farm wanting manure, but they are surprised that the manure is not already finished compost like what’s on offer in the 40-pound bags you find in garden stores. Once you find a source for manure, let it compost on your property for a year. Plan ahead, get manure now and layer it with your garden waste and leaves this entire season. By the following spring, you’ll have great compost.

—Lee Ranney, Kinderhook Farm UPSTATE GARDENERS’ JOURNAL | 9

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It’s important to know that dwarf conifers and other plants can vary greatly in their growth rate and ultimate size ... some max out at 6 feet tall, some at 16 feet.

‘Dwarf ’ is a relative thing. For instance, there are dwarf giant sequoia cultivars that range greatly in ultimate dimensions.

Dwarf means it grows slowly, but doesn’t necessarily stay small.

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—Dianne Bordoni NO-TILL GARDENING

NATIVE PLANTS

If you till every year, you’re constantly going to get weeds. For no-till, start with a small area and expand each year. You can overwhelm yourself if you to start with too big an area because there will be weeds like quack grass that will get through the first year and you’ll have to dig them up. But after a few years of putting more and more compost down—basically, using compost as your mulch— eventually, you don’t have weeds.

I think one of the great advantages with natives is you can observe them in the wild and you learn so much about where they want to grow. So for instance, if you see Monarda didyma growing in wet shade, that tells you where this plant wants to be grown. Or take Rudbeckia laciniata, one of my favorite native perennials—it is a wetland plant all over Tompkins County, growing in conditions a little drier than where you find cattails. That tells us about how to grow it in the nursery and where to plant it—in wet spots in lawns and in rain gardens.

—Jay Armour, Four Winds Farm DWARF CONIFERS LEFT: Dwarf conifer collector Dianne Bordoni Photo by Michelle Sutton

RIGHT: Japanese maple grower Diana Smith of Topiary Gardens with Bully the cat Photo by Michelle Sutton

—Dan Segal, owner, The Plantsmen

A lot of the newer varieties haven’t been around long enough to see them mature and know the potential pitfalls, like whether they keep their shape—or open up and become rangy. Oriental spruce (Picea orientalis) varieties keep their shape as they grow and they always look good—they never brown out. They’re so reliable, I’ll snatch up any new variety.

—Dwarf conifer collector Dianne Bordoni MULCHING IN PLACE

HEIRLOOMS

Heirloom tomato growers should be prepared to lose the top quarter or third of every fruit in a phenomenon called “green shoulders,” where that part of the tomato never ripens. Some heirlooms are just more prone to green shoulders, no matter what the site conditions. However, the bottom two-thirds of the tomato is delicious enough to make you forget about having to cut off the top.

— Horticulturist Susan MacAvery

We use a variety of lightweight, dry perennial stalks, known as “haulm,” to mulch other plants on the farm.

Fern fronds were used traditionally for haulm to be applied as a light mulch and covering for frost protection.

We save fennel, okra, and asparagus stems and pull them over fall veggie seedlings on the first really cold nights to act as an insulating blanket. It’s the free version of floating row covers; thin-leaved grasses work great as mulch, too. Having a big clump of grass is like having your own little straw factory in the yard.

—Jenks Farmer, in Deep-Rooted Wisdom [Author’s note: this is my favorite book in the horticultural realm!]

[NOT] WATERING TURFGRASS

Most lawns in New York rarely need watering, except possibly for a few weeks in summer. It is normal for cool-season grasses to experience summer dormancy in response to lack of moisture. Studies show that as little as a quarter inch of water over a three-week period can be enough to keep the sod from drying. Under all but the most severe conditions, it is better to avoid lawn watering, especially if your watering system isn’t precise. Too much or too little supplemental water can weaken plants, making them more susceptible to pest problems and less likely to recover when cool, moist conditions return.

—Cornell professor Frank Rossi 10 | JULY-AUGUST 2022

GROWING JAPANESE MAPLES IN ZONE 5A

Avoid planting where you’ll have southwest winds if you can.

Water new plantings really well right to the point that the ground is persistently frozen, because the more hydrated the plant is going into winter, the better it can withstand the desiccating winds. Then, wrap the plant in burlap for at least the first two winters.

Unfortunately, however, winters with extreme freeze-thaw zigs and zags are hard on the trees no matter where they are sited or how well hydrated or covered they are. The best thing you can do to mitigate against the freeze-thaw challenge is to use big boulders, rocks, stone mulch—the stone will hold and absorb heat and can help keep the trunk warm, making it less susceptible to the freeze-thaw effect.

Even Christmas lights can help; I tell clients to wrap lights around the trunk to help keep it warm, and/or put a spotlight on the tree at night or hang a light bulb in it. All of these things can bump your tree’s microclimate up—half a hardiness zone in the country, or a full zone in the city.

—Diana Smith, owner, Topiary Gardens HARD PRUNING SHRUBS

I used to try to give folks a specific time on the calendar for hard pruning, but that’s become much harder with our freaky weather.

What’s worked better for me is noting when the forsythia buds are starting to show some yellow—that’s when I know it’s time to hard prune. I have hard pruned many different species of shrubs, but in the rose arena specifically, I recommend hard pruning overgrown shrub roses and ramblers, but not climbing roses—they don’t stand for it.

Depending on whether the kind of shrub in question blooms on old or new wood, you may lose flowers for one season, but a well pruned shrub looks good in the landscape all year long!

—Lee Ginenthal, owner, DerRosenmeister

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Backyard habitat

Nature and birding apps

by Liz Magnanti

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ith so many advances in technology it only makes sense that there would be advancement in apps that revolve around nature. There are a few that I have found to be very helpful with discovering more about the world around me! These apps are not only fun to explore, but some use the sightings logged in by users to create a large citizen science database that is important for conservation.

Merlin is an app designed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Not only is it a field guide, but it can help you ID birds by sight and sound. If there is a bird you are unable to identify, Merlin can use your location plus the size, color and habits of the bird to come up with a list of possibilities. If you happen to have a picture of the bird in question it can be uploaded to Merlin to give you a list of possible identities. Since last summer, Merlin has a feature that is quite spectacular—it can listen to the birds calling around you and identify what they are! While other apps in the past have had similar technology, Merlin takes it to the next level with its accuracy and ease of use. Best of all, this app is completely free. eBird is another app by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. eBird allows you to log your bird sightings and in turn gives you a digital life list. Not only can you keep track of which birds you have seen where and when, but you can explore the sightings submitted from other users. This is extremely useful if there is a species you are seeking to find. Simply search for that bird to see where it has been reported by other users. Best of all, this app takes the data logged to create state-of-the-art range maps and identify important areas in need of conservation.

While my bird identification skills are above average, my plant ID skills are in need of much improvement. There is an app called PictureThis that has come to my rescue. It is a plant identifier and encyclopedia in the palm of your hands. Simply scan the plant, tree, or shrub in question and PictureThis will identify it for you. This app is free but does have a premium version for $30 a year. I have found it to be extremely helpful while trying to determine friend vs foe in the garden.

For those interested in pollinators and other insect species, Picture Insect will identify the things that go buzz in the garden. Just like PictureThis it is an online encyclopedia as well. While showy insects like Monarch butterflies are easy to identify, there are many different species that can be found in the garden and this app will help you keep track of them all.

Another app in the “Picture” series, Picture Mushroom, came to my rescue last summer when I discovered huge patches of mushrooms and fungi emerging in the forest. With the snap of a photo Picture Mushroom can identify the species, tell you about its toxicity, and keep a database of your findings.

Seek, by iNaturalist, is an app that will identify more than just birds and plants. It uses image recognition technology to identify insects, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and more. It also offers fun challenges that encourage the user to go out and explore nature and earn badges. No registration is required for this app so it is not only great for adults but children as well. iNaturalist, the parent company to Seek, is an additional app that is used to log sightings of all nature you come across. Unlike eBird, which only lets you log birds, iNaturalist lets you log sightings of plants, insects, amphibians, reptiles, and more. You can also explore the sightings from others to learn more about the nature around you.

It’s great to see so many new resources available for people to explore nature. While I still love flipping through paper field guides, I have found these apps to be very helpful for when I am stumped or want a second opinion.

They have helped open my eyes to the vast amount of diversity that can be found even in my own backyard.

ABOVE: Bird watching

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Alden Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except July & August) at 7pm, Alden Community Center, West Main Street, Alden. New members and guests welcome. Plant sale each May. 716-937-7924.

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Buffalo Bonsai Society meets the 2nd Saturday of the month at The Critchen, 3377 Clinton St. West Seneca, NY 14224 at 1pm except for the March and April meetings. buffalobonsaisociety.com.

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Forest Stream Garden Club meets the third Thursday of the month (September–May) at 7pm, Presbyterian Village, 214 Village Park Drive, Williamsville and other locations. Summer garden teas & tours. Ongoing projects include beautification of the Williamsville Meeting House, garden therapy at a local nursing home, youth gardening & Victorian Christmas decorating. eileen.s@markzon.com Friends of Kenan Herb Club meets the fourth Monday of the month at 6pm (January–March), 5:30pm (April– November), Kenan Center for the Arts, 433 Locust Street, Lockport. Meeting dates, times and campus locations: kenancenter.org/affiliates.asp, 716-4332617.

Hamburg Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month at 10am, VFW Post 1419, 2985 Lakeview Rd, Hamburg, NY. June plant sale. Summer garden tours. Guests are welcome. Contact lonabutler4@ gmail.com.

Kenmore Garden Club meets the second Tuesday of the month (except July, August & December) at 10am, Kenmore United Methodist Church, 32 Landers Road, Kenmore. Activities include guest speakers, floral designs and community service. New members and guests welcome. songnbird@aol.com.

Ken-Sheriton Garden Club meets the second Tuesday of the month (except January) at 7pm, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 576 Delaware Road, Kenmore.

Monthly programs, artistic design and horticulture displays. New members and guests welcome. 716833-8799, dstierheim@gmail.com.

Lancaster Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except January, July & August) at 7pm, St. John Lutheran Church, 55 Pleasant Avenue, Lancaster. All are welcome. Meetings are currently on hold. 716-685-4881.

Lewiston Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of the month. See website for meeting information, lewistongardenfest.com/garden-club.html or contact at PO Box 32, Lewiston, NY 14092.

Niagara Frontier Koi and Pond Club meets the second Friday of the month at 7pm, Zion United Church, 15 Koening Circle, Tonawanda.

Niagara Frontier Orchid Society (NFOS) meets the first Tuesday following the first Sunday (dates sometimes vary due to holidays, etc.), September–June, Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo. niagarafrontierorchids.org.

Orchard Park Garden Club meets the first Thursday of the month except July and December at 11:30am at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 4536 South Buffalo St., Orchard Park. Contact Diana Szczepanski at 716-6748970 for membership information. Guests are always welcome.

Ransomville Garden Club meets the third Wednesday or Saturday of the month at 5:45pm, Ransomville Community Library, 3733 Ransomville Road, Ransomville. Meetings are open to all. Community gardening projects, educational presentations, June plant sale. bbonnie2313@gmail.com.

Silver Creek-Hanover Garden Club meets the second Saturday of the month at 11am, Silver Creek Senior Center, 1823 Lake Road (Rte. 5), Silver Creek. edlorrie@yahoo.com, Facebook.

South Towns Gardeners meets the second Friday of the month (except January) at 9:30am, West Seneca Senior Center. New members welcome.

Town and Country Garden Club of LeRoy meets the second Wednesday of the month (except February) at 6:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, 7 Clay Street, LeRoy. New members and guests are welcome. 585768-2712, ritawallace005@gmail.com, Facebook.

Western New York Herb Study Group meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo.

Western New York Honey Producers, Inc. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County, 21 South Grove Street, East Aurora. wnyhpa.org.

Western NY Iris Society meets the first Sunday of the month at the Julia B. Reinstein Public Library, 1030 Losson Road, South Cheektowaga, NY 14227. For info, contact Vel Szczesny, 716-741-2912.

Western New York Rose Society meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm. WNYRS has gone back to Zoom meetings. Check the website or Facebook page for updates. St. Stephens-Bethlehem United Church of Christ, 750 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. wnyrosesociety.net.

Youngstown Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7pm, First Presbyterian Church, 100 Church Street, Youngstown.

FREQUENT HOSTS BECBG: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14218. 716-827-1584; buffalogardens.com.

MARTIN: The Martin House, 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14214. 716-856-3858; info@ martinhouse.org; martinhouse.org.

REIN: Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew, NY 14043. 716-6835959; reinsteinwoods.org..

CLASSES / EVENTS F Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.

S Indicates plant sales/swaps.

T Indicates garden tours.

O Online event.

July 14: Colorful Landings, 1–4pm. Inspiration comes from many places, and this is your chance to let your watercolor painting become looser by using a combination of wet-in-wet as well as wet-in-dry techniques. $40/general, $36/members. BECBG July 14: Mixology Workshop Using Martin House Herbs, 5 & 6pm. Join local mixologist Zachary Bellus to learn about herbs, their properties, and how to use them in delicious cocktails. All supplies provided. $20/person MARTIN T July 15–17: Lancaster Garden Walk, July 15, 8:45– 11pm and July 16–17, 10am–4:30pm. For details see lancastervillage.org.

July 16: 716 for 514, 10am–4pm. Special $7.16 admission with 100% of proceeds going directly to the Buffalo Together Community Response Fund.

BECBG July 16: Life in the Layers, 10am. Learn what plants and animals can be found in the different layers of the forest, from the forest floor to the canopy.

Registration required, call 716-683-5959. REIN July 16: Reinstein Woods 2nd Artisan Market, 11am– 4pm. Support and shop local for Buffalo’s very own #716day. Browse more than 20 local artists, get some delicious BBQ, and enjoy the fresh air at Reinstein Woods. Artists and vendors will be selling their nature-inspired items. REIN

Garden Club of the Tonawanda meets the third Thursday of the month at 7pm, Tonawanda City Hall, Community Room.

Western New York Hosta Society. East Aurora Senior Center, 101 King Street, East Aurora. Meetings with speakers, newsletter, sales. Hosta teas first Saturday of July, August, September. h8staman@aol.com, wnyhosta.com.

July 16: Woods Walk: What’s Flying Today?, 1pm. We usually think of birds, but how about the “butter” and other flies? Join a guided walk to look for fliers. No registration required. REIN

Garden Friends of Clarence meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, September–June, Town Park Clubhouse, 10405 Main Street, Clarence. gardenfriendsofclarence@hotmail.com.

Western New York Hosta Society Breakfast Meetings, a friendly get-together, first Saturday (winter months only) at 10am, Forestview Restaurant, Depew. wnyhosta.com.

T July 16: Capen by Night, 8–10pm. Free and selfguided, sixth annual Capen Garden Walk by Night.

Visit some of their gardens under the light of the moon. ourheights.org/gardenwalk

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T July 16–17: East Aurora Garden Walk, 10am–3pm. gardensbuffaloniagara.com/events/east-auroragarden-walk T July 16–17: Village of Williamsville Garden Walk. facebook.com/gardenwalkwilliamsville.

T July 16–17: Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk, 10–4pm. Various homes and public spaces in the neighborhoods of the University District of Buffalo, Eggertsville, Amherst and Tonawanda. ourheights. org/gardenwalk.

TF July 17: An Evening In The Garden #1—at Lasting Dreams Daylilies, 7–9pm. Enjoy “Peak Bloom Season” with a unique perspective at dusk and stroll through over 2000 varieties of AHS Registered Cultivars, featured in easy to navigate walkways, with long flowing beds of daylilies in bloom. See website for more details. LastingDreamsDaylilies.com.

LastingDreams@verizon.net, 716-648-4920.

July 21: Selecting and Caring for Perennials with Urban Roots, 6pm. Whether you’re a new gardener planning your first perennial bed or an experienced gardener hoping to improve your existing plantings, this workshop can help. The workshop is a step-bystep guide through designing a perennial garden, choosing plants, preparing the beds, and maintaining your garden. $15/person. MARTIN T July 22: City of Tonawanda Garden Walk Friday Night Lights, 8:30–11pm. Free self-guided tour. Visit CityofTonawandaArtsBoard.com/2018-garden-walk.

T July 22–23: Northwest Buffalo Tour of Gardens Starry Night, 8:30–10:30pm. Visit brralliance.org/ gardens for full schedule, additional activities and updates.

T July 23: City of Tonawanda Garden Walk, 10am– 4pm. Over 30 beautiful gardens open for your viewing pleasure. The City of Tonawanda Garden Walk features water gardens, rock gardens, koi ponds, and breathtaking arrangements in meditation gardens. Visit CityofTonawandaArtsBoard.com/2018garden-walk.

F July 23: Family Summer Nature Walk, 10 am. Join a naturalist to search for summer wildlife in the woods.

Registration required. REIN T July 22–23: Ken-Ton Garden Tour—Night Lights, 8:30–11pm. See the gardens illuminated Friday and Saturday night. Free self-guided tour in the Village of Kenmore and Town of Tonawanda. kentongardentour. com.

T July 23–24: Ken-Ton Garden Tour–Day Tour, 10am– 4pm. Free self-guided tour Saturday and Sunday in the Village of Kenmore and Town of Tonawanda. kentongardentour.com.

T July 23–24: East Side Garden Walk, 10am–4pm.

Free, self-guided tour of 70+ gardens. Visit EastSideGardenWalk.com.

TF July 24: Sunday in the Garden #2—Open Gardens at Lasting Dreams Daylilies, 10–5pm. Enjoy “Peak Bloom Season” with a stroll among over 2000 varieties of AHS registered cultivars, featured in easy-to-navigate walkways with long flowing beds of daylilies in bloom. See website for more details: LastingDreamsDaylilies.com. LastingDreams@verizon. net, 716-648-4920.

July 24, August 28, September 18, October 2: Dining at Dusk, 5–7pm. Food and live music at the Erie County Botanical Gardens. See website for details and tickets. BECBG

July 27: Going Batty!, 8pm. Bats are amazing animals but are often misunderstood. Separate fact from fiction and learn about the only true flying mammals.

Registration required. REIN

S August 16: NYS Iris Society Iris Sale, 9am–1pm.

Beautiful prize-winning irises for sale. Buffalo Botanical Gardens 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo NY.

July 28: Raised Bed Gardening with Grassroots Gardening WNY, 6pm. Join for a discussion of the pros and cons of gardening in raised beds, what to consider when using raised beds, and ways to efficiently grow vegetables in raised beds with some basic gardening techniques. The team from Grassroots Gardening will also discuss how they construct the raised beds placed in their community gardens and will provide many different options for starting at home. $15/person MARTIN

August 18: Night Walk for Adults, 8:30pm. Search for owls, bats, beavers, and moths on this quiet evening stroll. For adults only. Registration required. REIN

July 30: Summer Birds, 10am. Search for the birds that call Reinstein Woods home for the summer.

Registration required. REIN T July 30–31: Garden Walk Buffalo, 10am–4pm.

America’s largest garden tour! The self-guided tour is absolutely free. Just pick up a map and start touring more than 300 gardens. No shuttle buses this year.

More info at gardensbuffaloniagara.com/gardenwalk-buffalo.

TF July 31: An Evening in the Garden #2—at Lasting Dreams Daylilies, 7–9pm. Enjoy the transition of “Peak Bloom Season” to “Late Bloom Season” with a unique perspective at dusk; stroll through over 2000 varieties of AHS Registered Cultivars, featured in easy to navigate walkways, with long flowing beds of daylilies in bloom. See website for more details.

LastingDreamsDaylilies.com. LastingDreams@verizon. net, 716-648-4920.

August 2–3: Summer Teacher Institute, 9am–3:30pm.

This two-day workshop will train educators in placebased data collection and interpretation using the nationally recognized Project Learning Tree (PLT) and NASA’s Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) programs. Educators will become GLOBE-certified teachers and take home PLT’s new flagship curriculum, Explore Your Environment: K–8 Activity Guide, as well as a tool kit for schoolyard and community data collection.

For educators of students in grades K–12. Twelve CTLE hours provided. $30 fee to cover program experiences. Register online at reinsteinwoods.org/ explore/programs-services/educator-workshops. REIN F August 6: Stories in the Woods, 10am. Enjoy hearing a nature story, followed by a guided walk in the woods. For children ages 3–7. Registration required.

REIN TF August 7: Sunday In The Garden #3—Open Gardens at Lasting Dreams Daylilies, 12–5PM. Enjoy the transition of “Peak Bloom Season” to “Late Bloom Season” with a stroll among over 2000 varieties of AHS Registered Cultivars, featured in easy to navigate walkways, with long flowing beds of daylilies in bloom. See website for more details, LastingDreamsDaylilies.com. LastingDreams@verizon. net, 716-648-4920.

August 6: Woods Walk: Nature Guide’s Choice, 1pm.

Join a guided nature walk through the woods. No registration required. REIN August 11: Ribbit, Slither, Croak!, 10am. Discover snakes, turtles, frogs, and salamanders as you explore the ponds and forests at Reinstein Woods.

Registration required. REIN August 13: Fern Foray, 10am. Become familiar with the fabulous ferns that fill our forest floor with feathery fronds. Registration required. REIN F August 16: Fairy Houses at Amherst State Park, 10:30am. Join a naturalist from Reinstein Woods in creating a house to attract nature’s fairies. Once you learn how, you can make one anywhere. For ages 5–10 and their caregivers. This program takes place at Amherst State Park. Registration required. REIN

August 18: Mountain Mystery, 1–4pm. This is your chance to create the mystery of a distant mountain scene by using different values of watercolor layered one in front of another. $40/general, $36/members.

BECBG F August 20: Stroller Strut, 10am. Bring your stroller or wagon and share a sensory exploration of nature with your young child. For children ages 3 and under.

Registration required. REIN August 20: Woods Walk: Nature Guide’s Choice, 11am. Join a guided nature walk through the woods.

No registration required. REIN August 23: Creek Critters at Amherst State Park, 10:30am. Discover what amazing animals are lurking underwater in Ellicott Creek. For children ages 7–12 and their caregivers. This program takes place at Amherst State Park. Registration required. REIN T August 27: Urban Farm Day, 10am–3pm. Free, self-guided tour featuring 18 urban farms. Talks, shopping, and food. Visit gardensbuffaloniagara.com/ urban-farm-day-tour.

August 27: Restoration Walk, 10am. Learn how Reinstein Woods is transforming an area dominated by invasive plants into a restored native ecosystem.

Take home tips for native plantings and invasive species removal. Registration required. REIN

SAVE THE DATE… S September 24: Plant and Seed Exchange, 10am–2pm. Free exchange of perennials, herbs, vegetables, annuals and tropicals. Seeds accepted and distributed by ARTseeds of the University Heights Arts Association. University Presbyterian Church 3330 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214 at Niagara Falls Blvd. capengardenwalk@gmail.com.

ITHACA REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS Adirondack Chapter, North American Rock Garden Society (ACNARGS) plans to meet in person in the fall of 2022 on the third Saturday of September and October, and the second Saturday of November at 1pm. Meetings are open to all. Check the current newsletter on the website for meeting location: acnargs.org or Facebook.com/acnargs.

Auraca Herbarists, an herb study group, usually meets the second Tuesday of the month at noon, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Ithaca. Brownbag lunch at noon followed by the program and herb of the month.

Field trips during the growing season. All are welcome. Contact: Pat Curran, pc21@cornell.edu.

Elmira Garden Club meets the first Thursday of the month, April–December, at 6pm, 426 Fulton Street, Elmira. Annual plant sale, workshops, monthly meetings, local garden tours and community gardening services. Karen Coletta, 607-731-8320; Facebook.

Finger Lakes Native Plant Society meetings are usually on the third Tuesday of the month Sept-May. flnps. org; info@flnps.org.

Windsor NY Garden Group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 10am, members’ homes or Windsor Community House, 107 Main Street, Windsor. windsorgardengroup.suerambo.com.

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Calendar ITHACA cont FREQUENT HOSTS CBG: Cornell Botanic Gardens, 1 Plantations Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. Inquire ahead for meeting locations. 607-254-7430; km274@ cornell.edu; cornellbotanicgardens.org.

and guests welcome. 585-314-6292, mdolan3@rochester.rr.com; Facebook.

Bloomfield Garden Club meets the third Thursday of the month at 11:45am, Veterans Park, 6910 Routes 5 & 20, Bloomfield. Visitors and prospective new members welcome. Marlene Moran, 585-924-8035; Facebook.

FLLT: Finger Lakes Land Trust, 202 East Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850. 607=275-9487, fllt.org.

Bonsai Society of Upstate New York meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Brighton Town Park Lodge, Buckland Park, 1341 Westfall Road, Rochester.

585-334-2595, Facebook, bonsaisocietyofupstateny. org.

NYFA: New York Flora Association, PO Box 122, Albany, NY 12201. nyfa@nyflora.org, nyflora. org, 518-250-6244.

Canandaigua Botanical Society meets for in-person botanical events. See website for event schedule. canandaiguabotanicalsociety.blogspot.com

CLASSES / EVENTS F Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.

S Indicates plant sales/swaps.

T Indicates garden tours.

O Online event.

T July 10: Annual Fall Creek Neighborhood Garden Tour, 11am–3pm. Self-guided walking tour of beautiful gardens, landscaping, and yards in Ithaca.

Visitors will see enticing, well-tended front yards plus the hidden delights of private backyards. Begin the tour at Thompson Park (corner of N. Cayuga and Cascadilla Creek) to pick up maps and garden descriptions. Rain or shine. Free.

July 15: Mindful Botany Walk, 12–1pm. Join Cornell Botanic Gardens staff to observe the beauty and drama of nature unfolding on monthly nature walks.

While exploring various paths and gardens each month, participants will practice mindfulness by dedicating their attention to the present moment and fully observing and appreciating the amazing plant transformations that take place throughout the year.

Walks will be held rain or shine on the third Friday of each month, May 20–October 21. Free—donations welcome. CBG July 18: Latino Conservation Week: Hike at Thayer Preserve and Happy Hour, 4:30–6:30pm. A bilingual guided hike at the Thayer Preserve followed by socializing at South Hill Cider in Ithaca. Registration required. FLLT August 5–August 7: Late Season Grasses of NY Workshop. This workshop will focus on the identification and ecology of grasses that occur in New York with a focus on late season species. There will be a lot of time in the field and lab time as well, where access to dissecting microscopes will make examination of the small floral structures easier. $165/ person. Register at website. NYFA

ROCHESTER REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS 7th District Federated Garden Clubs New York State, Inc. meets the first Wednesday of the month.

7thdistrictfgcnys.org.

African Violet and Gesneriad Society of Rochester meets the first Wednesday of the month (except in summer), 7–9pm, Messiah Church, 4301 Mount Read Blvd., Rochester. All are welcome. Meetings are on hold until further notice. Stacey Davis, 585-426-5665, stacey.davis@rit.edu, avgsr.org.

Big Springs Garden Club of Caledonia-Mumford meets the second Monday evening of the month, September–November, January–May. New members 18 | JULY-AUGUST 2022

Conesus Lake Garden Club meets the third Wednesday of the month (April–December) at 7pm, Watershed Education Center, Vitale Park, Lakeville. Welcoming new members. Contact Rosemary Fisher, 716-9838630.

Country Gardeners of Webster Do you like to dig in the dirt, smell the roses, learn about the birds and bees, take a walk in the park, eat, drink, and be merry, or live in Webster? Then the Country Gardeners of Webster would love to have you join them! They meet the second Monday of the month. Contact Elaine at 585-350-8270 to try this fun-loving club out.

Creative Gardeners of Penfield meets the second Monday of the month (except July & August) at 9:15am, Penfield United Methodist Church, 1795 Baird Road, Penfield. Visitors welcome. Call 585-3852065 or email 09green17@gmail.com if interested in attending a meeting.

Fairport Garden Club Member club of Federated Garden Clubs of NY State. Meets 3rd Thursday evening of the month (except January & August), members’ homes. Educational topics through speakers, workshops or local tours. Accepting new members. fairportgc@gmail.com, fairportgardenclub. com.

Finger Lakes Daylily Society members garden in westcentral NY, covering an area from Batavia to Syracuse and the Southern Tier. Meetings are held in Rochester or the Canandaigua area. There are generally four regular Saturday meetings held in February, March, May, and September. Visitors and prospective new members are welcome to attend. Contact Deb Lawrence for information, binxers1@yahoo.com.

Garden Club of Brockport meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7pm, Jubilee Church, 3565 Lake Road, Brockport. Speakers, hands-on sessions. Georgie: 585-964-7754, georgietoates@ yahoo.com.

Garden Club of Mendon meets the third Tuesday of the month, 10am–1pm, Mendon Community Center, 167 North Main Street, Honeoye Falls. Work on community gardens and gather new ideas in a casual, social environment. 585-624-8182, joanheaney70@ gmail.com.

Garden Path of Penfield meets the third Wednesday of the month, September–May at 7pm, Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield.

Members enjoy all aspects of gardening; new members welcome. gardenpathofpenfield@gmail. com.

Gates Garden Club meets the second Thursday of the month (except July & August) at 6:30pm, Gates Town Annex, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. New members and guests welcome. 585 247-1248, scece6@yahoo. com.

Genesee Region Orchid Society (GROS) meets the first Monday following the first Sunday of the month.

The meeting on November 8 will be an in-person orchid auction at the Jewish Community Center (JCC)

in Brighton. Meetings in December, January, and February will be virtual. It is likely that meetings from March–May will be in person at the JCC. Please see the website for information, geneseeorchid.org.

Genesee Valley Hosta Society meets the second Thursday of the month, April–October, at Eli Fagan American Legion Post, 260 Middle Road, Henrietta. 585-889-7678, sebuckner@frontiernet.net, geneseevalleyhosta.com.

Greater Rochester Iris Society (GRIS) meets Sundays at 2pm, dates vary. September 12: Iris Society meeting, 2 PM, St. John’s Episcopal Church Hall, 11 Episcopal Ave. Honeoye Falls, NY. Public welcome. 585-2660302, thehutchings@mac.com.

Greater Rochester Perennial Society (GRPS) meets the first Thursday of each month at 7pm, Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 1200 South Winton Road, Rochester, except in summer when it tours members’ gardens. Lectures being held virtually and garden tours are being scheduled. See website or Facebook for updates. cap704@frontiernet.net, Facebook, rochesterperennial.com.

Greater Rochester Rose Society meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7pm, Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Rd., Penfield, NY 14526. Summer meetings may be garden tours Meetings are March– December. Contact j.chorder@gmail.com or 585-6948430 for information. Facebook: Greater Rochester Rose Society.

Henrietta Garden Club meets the 2nd Wednesday, except May-Aug and Dec at 6:30pm in the lower level of the Henrietta Town Hall, 475 Calkins Rd. September 14 meeting will feature “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hostas” with Bill Hegeman from Genesee Valley Hosta Society. Guests are welcome for a free visit. Handicap accessible. sites.google.com/site/henriettagardenclub or call 585-747-6780 Holley Garden Club meets the second Thursday of the month at 7pm, Holley Presbyterian Church. 585-6386973.

Hubbard Springs Garden Club of Chili meets the third Monday of the month at 6:30pm at the Chili Community Center, 3237 Chili Ave., Rochester. dtoogood@rochester.rr.com.

Ikebana International Rochester Chapter 53 meets the third Thursday of each month (except December and February) at 10am, First Baptist Church, Hubbell Hall, 175 Allens Creek Road, Rochester. 585-3016727, 585-402-1772, rochesterikebana@gmail.com, ikebanarochester.org.

Kendall Garden Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Kendall Town Hall. 585- 370-8964.

Klemwood Garden Club of Webster meets the 2nd Monday of the month at 7pm (except January & February) in members’ homes or local libraries.

Accepting new members. 585-671-1961.

Lakeview Garden Club (Greece) meets the second Wednesday of the month (except January & February) at 7pm, meeting location varies depending on activity. Meetings may include a speaker, project or visits to local garden-related sites. New members always welcome. Joanne Ristuccia, rista1234@gmail. com.

Newark Garden Club meets the first Friday of the month at 1pm, Park Presbyterian Church, Newark.

Guests are welcome.

Pittsford Garden Club Pittsford Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of the month at 10:30am at the Spiegel Center on Lincoln Avenue in the Village of Pittsford.

The club usually meets in Room 18, but ask at the desk. Masks are required at all times in the building unless requirements change. New members are always welcomed. May 21 plant sale, location TBD. Look for signs in the village.

Rochester Dahlia Society meets the second Saturday of the month (except August & September) at 12:30pm, Trinity Reformed Church, 909 Landing Road North, Rochester. Visitors welcome. Meetings currently on hold. See website for up-to-date information concerning meetings & shows. 585-865-2291, Facebook, rochesterdahlias.org.

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Rochester Herb Society meets the first Tuesday of each month (excluding January, February & July) at 12pm, Potter Memorial Building, 53 West Church Street, Fairport. Summer garden tours. New members welcome. rochesterherbsociety.com.

O Online event.

Rochester Permaculture Center meets monthly to discuss topics such as edible landscapes, gardening, farming, renewable energy, green building, rainwater harvesting, composting, local food, forest gardening, herbalism, green living, etc. Meeting location and details: meetup.com/rochesterpermaculture.

Seabreeze Bloomers Garden Club meets the fourth Wednesday of the month (except January) at 7pm, location varies depending on activity. Meetings may include a speaker, project or visit to local gardenrelated site. Monthly newsletter. New members welcome. Meetings are currently cancelled; contact Bonnie Arnold with any questions. Bonnie Arnold, 585-230-5356, bonniearnold@frontiernet.net.

Stafford Garden Club meets the third Wednesday of the month (except December & January) at 7pm, Stafford Town Hall, 8903 Morganville Road (Route 237), Stafford. Plant auction in May. All are welcome.

585-343-4494.

Victor Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except January & February) at 6:30/6:45pm. New members welcome. Meeting and location details: victorgardenclubny2.com, 585-3303240.

Williamson Garden Club. On-going community projects and free monthly lectures to educate the community about gardening. Open to all.

315-524-4204, grow14589@gmail.com, growthewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com.

FREQUENT HOSTS BGC: Broccolo Garden Center, 2755 Penfield Road, Fairport 14450. 585-424-4476; broccolotreeandlawn.com.

CBS: Canandaigua Botanical Society, See website for event schedule and details. canandaiguabotanicalsociety.blogspot.com CCE/MON: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Monroe County, 2449 St. Paul Blvd., Rochester, NY 14617. 585/753-2550; monroe.cce.cornell. edu.

FLLT: Finger Lakes Land Trust, 202 East Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850. 607=275-9487, fllt.org.

FRUIT: Fruition Seeds, 7921 Hickory Bottom Road, Naples, NY 14512. petra@fruitionseeds. com, fruitionseeds.com GCVM: Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford, NY 14511. 585538-6822; gcv.org.

GLT: Genesee Land Trust, 46 Prince Street, Suite LL005, Rochester, NY 14607. 585-256-2130; info@geneseelandtrust.org; geneseelandtrust. org.

HPC: Highland Park Conservancy 180 Reservoir Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620. 585-7537275, markquinn@monroecounty.gov. highlandparkconservancy.org.

NYFA: New York Flora Association, PO Box 122, Albany, NY 12201. nyfa@nyflora.org, nyflora. org, 518-250-6244.

F Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.

S Indicates plant sales/swaps.

T Indicates garden tours.

July 15, August 12, September 2: Summer Sunset Series, 5:30–8:30pm. Enjoy the Museum grounds after-hours, live music, and chicken BBQ dinner. GCVM T July 16: Tour the Warner Castle Gardens, 1011:30am. Enjoy a garden tour and historic overview of the Warner Castle grounds led by Milli Piccione, HPC board member. Registration required. HPC T July 16: Canandaigua Garden Tour, 11am–4pm. Get out and enjoy a garden tour in beautiful Ontario County. Six gardens of varying styles will inspire ideas for your own garden. Hosted by the Ontario County Historical Society. $25/garden tour ticket, $50/garden tour patron ticket. ochs.org.

T July 16: NY Flora Association, “Learn Ten Mosses,” 10am–2pm. Join in and discuss common, charismatic bryophytes that occur in most of our local habitats.

To start off the day, a PowerPoint presentation will be provided to discuss the morphology, life history, and adaptive strategies of mosses while also including an overview of common genre and species that can be found locally in our region. After lunch, take a leisurely two-mile walk through Ganondagan’s woodlands where you will observe and practice various field techniques that are necessary for proper moss identification. NYFA July 16: Decoupage Stepping Stones, 10–11:30am.

Celebrate pollinator week and create one-of-a-Kind steppingstones for a patio or garden using stunning nature-themed fabrics. Learn to decoupage with fabric to decorate ordinary steppingstones and transform your walkways and use as unique garden accent pieces. $25/person. BGC T July 17, 26, and August 7: Daylily Garden Open House—Cobbs Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), July 7 & 26: 4–7pm. July 17 & August 7: 2–6pm. Visitors may safely walk through the garden or view the garden from the road. Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester 14610.

Please call 585-461-3317 ahead of time if you have any questions.

T July 20: Great Gardens of Wayne County Tour, 4–8pm. Tour five gardens in the Sodus/Sodus Bay area. Ticket sales begin July 1st. You will receive a ticket and map of the tour in the mail. If payment is received late you will get a site location day of the event where you may receive a ticket and tour map.

Tickets can be purchased at our office or by mailing $10.00 per person to: Cornell Coop Ext. of Wayne Co., 1581 Rte. 88 N. Newark, NY 14513-9739.

July 21: Intro to Nature Photography with Your Cell Phone‑Volunteer Training, 6–7:30pm. Beautiful images that help tell the stories of the local land, water and wildlife are so important. At Genesee Land Trust they are always looking for more great photographers that will explore our preserves and share the images they capture. Want to join their team of volunteer photographers? Training at Salmon Creek Nature Preserve 475 Bennett RoadHilton, NY, 14468. Register on website. GLT July 21: Creating a Bird Habitat in your Backyard, 6:30–7:30pm. With just a little knowledge, time and effort, you can transform your yard into a beautiful bird sanctuary. Learn how easy it is to bring colorful songbirds to your backyard. Register at website. Free.

CCE/MON T July 23: Tour of the NYS Park’s Plant Materials Program at Sonnenberg Gardens, 10am. See about the program at nystateparks.blog/tag/plant-materialsprogram. CBS

July 23: Pressed Flowers on Glass Vase, 10–11:30am.

Join J as she guides you through decorating your choice of glass vase with real, colorful pressed flowers. Make a one-of-a kind gift for someone or yourself. (Ages 14 and up) $25/person. BGC T July 23: Daylilies in the Finger Lakes—Region 4 Summer Meeting of the American Daylily Society Garden Tours, 9am–3pm. The Finger Lakes Daylily Society (FieLDS) is hosting the summer meeting for Region 4 of the American Daylily Society (ADS).

Region 4 includes ADS members from New England, New York and eastern Canada. As a major part of the event, FieLDS members open up their gardens for visitors as tour gardens. Everyone interested in daylilies is invited to visit any or all of the three tour gardens that will be open to the public. These Tour gardens are: 1) FieLDS Daylily Garden, Webster Arboretum, 1700 Schlegel Rd. Webster, NY 14580.

2) Fox Gardens, 157 West Jefferson Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. 3) QB Daylily Garden, 577 Sand Hill Rd., Caledonia, NY 14423. Each of these gardens is a National Daylily Display Garden. Free admission.

T July 24: Maplewood Garden Walk, 10–4pm. The event will include: 21 private gardens, 4 public gardens, Maplewood Rose Garden, Maplewood Park, and Seneca Parkway. Free. See website for self-guided map, Maplewood.org. Hosted by the Maplewood Neighborhood Association of Rochester.

July 30: “Ice Cream Cone” Door Swag, 10–11:30am.

Using common materials, J creates a door or wall decoration that looks almost good enough to eat. All materials are provided as you are lead through the process. (Ages 14 and up) $25/person. BGC O August 3: Apple Q&Q: Signs of a Healthy Tree in Year 1, 6:30–7pm. Apple tree Q&Q webinar series.

Register at website. FRUIT August 6: Made in the Shade, 10–11:30am. Cool off with some very special plants that make having a shade garden a breeze. Challenges like poor soil, deer tolerance, and water issues with be discussed as Jeanine “J” takes you through the Broccolo shade garden. $25/person. BGC T August 6: Moody Trail Hike, 10am. Located in the village of Rushville with Bruce Gilman. CBS August 6: Summer Butterflies and Wildflowers Guided Walk, 10am–12:30pm. Join naturalists Carol and David Southby from the Rochester Butterfly Club to look for butterflies and flowers in this lovely wildflower meadow. Bring your water bottle, binoculars and optional picnic lunch to eat back at your car. Long pants and sneakers or similar footwear recommended, as there is poison ivy in the trails.

More details and registration at website. GLT F August 7: Celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th Birthday: Concert! Food! Kid’s Activities!, 4–7:30pm.

Free concert held in Highland Bowl Performing Arts Stage plus food available for purchase and children’s activities available. Registration at website. HPC August 12: Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America Movie in Highland Bowl, 7:30–9:30pm. A free screening of the PBS Documentary “Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America!” Ice cream and popcorn for sale. Registration at website. HPC August 13: Houdini Hydrangeas—Where did they go?, 10–11:30am. The 6 types of hydrangeas are covered with Jeanine “J” Fyfe as well as their care, feeding, pruning, and ideal locations. $25/person. BGC S August 13–14: Greater Rochester Iris Society Annual Iris Rhizome Sale, 9am–4pm. Purchase new and reliable iris rhizomes and receive expert advice on planting and care of iris. Bristol’s Garden Center, 7454 Victor-Pittsford Rd. (Rte. 96) Victor, NY. O August 17: Sowing Autumn Abundance in August, 6:30–7pm. Sowing & growing webinar series.

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August 20: Photo Tour with Image City Photographers, 9–11am. Join HPC and photographers Luann Pero and Dick Bennett, partners at Image City Photography Gallery, for a “photo tour” of Highland Park. Registration at website. HPC August 20: Glass Lantern Planter, 10–11:30am. Use sand and succulents to create an easy care decorative piece suitable for indoors or sheltered outdoors. All materials provided. (Ages 18 and up) $25/person.

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Baldwinsville Women’s Garden Club meets the first Thursday of each month except January at St Marks’ Lutheran Church in Baldwinsville at 7pm. The club plants the village flower barrels, raises money for the village flower hanging baskets, maintains the Pointe Garden, donates Arbor Day trees to schools, and gets involved in village improvement projects. Perennial sale yearly on Memorial Saturday morning in the village. See more information at Facebook, Women’s Garden Club of Baldwinsville.

Bonsai Club of CNY (BCCNY) usually meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Pitcher Hill Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North Syracuse.

315-436-0135, lnewell1@gmail.com, cnybonsai.com.

August 27: Design with Fresh Flowers, 10am. Cydney and Jeanine (“J”) highlight balance, theme, color, height, and more as you create your own floral masterpiece. Ages 18 and up. $25/person. BGC

Central New York Orchid Society meets the first Sunday of the month, September–May, St. Augustine’s Church, 7333 O’Brien Road, Baldwinsville. Dates may vary due to holidays. 315-633-2437, cnyos.org.

September 3: Marbleize Fall Pots w/ Nail Polish, 10–11:30am. We all have nail polish we don’t use any more or that are favorite go-to’s. Bring your fall and festive color nail polish and create a one-of-a kind marbleized pot with an autumny flair. $25/person.

Marbeleize Winter Pots w/ Nail Polish running at the same day/time. BGC

Fairmount Garden Club meets the third Thursday of the month (March–November) at 6:30pm, Camillus Senior Center, 25 First Street, Camillus. Speakers & community projects. July 21, 4pm, Sycamore Hill Gardens, Marcellus, NY. Tour and covered dish dinner.

Call 315-729-3297 for more information. August 18, 1pm, Tour of Dr. E. M. Mills Rose Garden, Thornden Park Dr., Syracuse, NY. September 15, 6pm, Pumpkin planter creations, Silver Springs, Farm Market, 4461 W. Seneca Tpke, Syracuse, NY. All are welcome. tooley.susan@yahoo.com.

O September 7: Apple Q&Q: Preparing for Fall, 6:30–7pm. Apple tree Q&Q webinar series. Register at website. FRUIT September 10: Talks & Treks: Fungi Walk with the Rochester Area Mycological Assoc., 10am. Wesley Hill Nature Preserve. Registration required. FLLT September 15: Invasive Plants in New York Gardens, 6:30–7:30pm. What is an invasive plant? What are New York State’s regulations for invasives? What invasives am I likely to find as weeds in my garden and how can I control them? Learn the answer to these questions, discover what common garden and landscape plants are considered invasive, and get suggestions for native plants to replace them with.

Register at website. CCE/MON S September 16, 17, and 18: The Sad Little (and Big) Plant Sale. Oriental Garden Supply, LLC, 448 W. Bloomfield Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Sale during normal business hours–see website orientalgardensupply.com.

SYRACUSE REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS African Violet & Gesneriad Society of Syracuse meets the second Thursday of the month, September– December and March– May. Pitcher Hill Community Church, 605 Baily Rd., North Syracuse. 315-492-2562. jimviolets@verizon.net

Federated Garden Clubs NYS–District 6. 315-4814005, dist6fss@gmail.com.

Gardening Friends Club meets the third Tuesday of the month, March–December, at 6:30pm, Wesleyan Church, 4591 US Route 11, Pulaski. 315-298-1276, Facebook: Gardening Friends of Pulaski, NY, VicLaDeeDa@frontiernet.net.

Gardeners in Thyme (a women’s herb club) meets the second Thursday of the month at 7pm, Beaver Lake Nature Center, Baldwinsville. 315-635-6481, hbaker@ twcny.rr.com.

Habitat Gardening in CNY (HGCNY) meets the last Sunday of most months at 2pm. Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool. HGCNY is a chapter of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes; wildones.org. Free and open to the public. 315-487-5742, info@hgcny.org, hgcny.org.

Home Garden Club of Syracuse usually meets the first Tuesday morning of the month. Members are active in educating the community about gardening, horticulture & floral design and involved with several civic projects in the Syracuse area. New members welcome. homegardenclubofsyracuse@gmail.com, homegardenclubofsyracuse.org.

Koi and Water Garden Society of Central New York usually meets the third Monday of each month at 7pm. See website for meeting locations. 315-4583199, cnykoi.com.

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Men and Women’s Garden Club of Syracuse meets the third Thursday of the month at 7:30pm, Reformed Church of Syracuse, 1228 Teall Avenue, Syracuse.

Meetings feature guest speakers on a variety of gardening and related topics. Members maintain gardens at Rosemond Gifford Zoo and Ronald McDonald House. Annual spring and fall flower shows. 315-699-7942, Facebook.

Southern Hills Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month, February–November at the LaFayette Community Center, 2508 US Route 11, LaFayette, NY 13084. Meetings typically take place 7pm. Some meetings are off site and generally have an earlier start time. Guests are welcome and membership is open to anyone interested in gardening. For information regarding meetings or membership, please contact Cathy Nagel 315-677-9342, CEN42085@aol.com.

Syracuse Rose Society meets the second Thursday of the month (except December) at 7pm, Reformed Church of Syracuse, 1228 Teall Avenue, Syracuse.

Enter from Melrose Avenue. Club members maintain the E. M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden, Thornden Park, Syracuse. Public welcome. syracuserosesociety. org.

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- Mow your lawn less or replace part of it with native flowering plants.

- Add native plants, trees, and shrubs to your landscaping and gardens.

- Go organic and avoid pesticides.

- Leave untended, wild areas.

- Skip leaf blowers and allow fallen leaves to remain over the winter.

- Do garden cleanups in the spring after the weather warms to allow insects overwintering in fallen leaves and hollow stems a chance to leave.

There is a saying, “If something is not eating your plants, then your plants are not part of the ecosystem.” Allow yourself a different mindset—that

Story and photo by Kimberly Burkard

ABOVE: This was a new native plant addition to the garden, the native showy tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense). I rejoiced to see it was quickly found by a native leaf cutter bee.

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nsects evolved millions of years ago, and their appearance coincided with the first terrestrial plants. Which came first—insects or land plants? There are theories.

But for this conversation it matters not, as most plants on the planet require insect pollination to create fruit and seeds, thereby reproducing. Whether it is insects as food, food from the plants they pollinated, or the services they render like eating carrion or dung, the rest of the life on the planet, us included, are dependent upon them.

World-wide insect numbers have sharply declined, alarmingly so. Exact numbers depend on locations and

seeing a few chewed leaves is natural and something that can mean survival for butterflies, birds, and other native species.

And remember that even the tiniest backyard or window box can be a stopover for the smallest of beings upon whom we all depend.

Kimberly Burkard is the Upstate Gardeners‘ Journal‘s managing editor and a life-long gardener and plant nerd.

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Sprinkle the salt on the cucumber rounds, knead gently, and squeeze out the liquid. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. (Note: English cucumbers can be used in place of Japanese cucumbers.)

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Put yogurt in a bowl. Add the garlic, mint, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste. Stir well. Add the cucumber and toss to combine. Cover with wrap and chill thoroughly. Serve with warm pita bread.

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Umbrella planter

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ant to dress up your outdoor table with an umbrella planter? After a quick online search, I found these style planters cost $30 or more.

While many of these are two piece—fitting together around the umbrella post making removal easy for cleaning the table—I felt the cost wasn’t worth the convenience.

My bestie relayed a DIY idea she came across: use a gelatin mold as an umbrella planter! I found a vintage copper mold with an embossed fruit design at my favorite thrift store priced at $3.

When mulling over plant material, I concluded I needed something low-maintenance with a low profile that could handle a shallow planter with no drainage holes.

Succulents fit the criteria—they are nearly impossible to kill, don’t need to be watered often, and are short in stature. To create visual interest, I used a variety of different sizes, textures, and colors.

Cathy Monrad is the graphic designer for Upstate Gardeners’ Journal.

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