2024 Evenings in the Garden Schedule Announced

JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK (June 6, 2024) — What could be lovelier than enjoying a warm summer evening amid flowers, friends, and passionate conversation about all things gardening? Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s Master Gardeners are excited to announce their 2024 Evenings in the Garden schedule, a learning program designed to inspire and delight the gardener in you through speakers, hands-on learning, and old-fashioned information sharing.

Evenings in the Garden are held the third Wednesday of every month from June to September, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, at the College Community Gardens on the campus of Jamestown Community College, Curtis Street (near the tennis courts). Evenings are enhanced by Master Gardeners and professionals speaking on a variety of topics that coincide with the Western New York growing season. This year’s dates and speakers include:

• June 19th Succession Planting with Master Gardener Coby Miller

Composting with Sarah Moller (Clearwater Compost) and Master Gardener Apprentice Bethany O’Hagan

• July 17th Growing Garlic with Master Gardener Faith Carlson

Tool Care with Master Gardener Steve Rees

• August 21st Seed Saving with Master Gardener Diane Hovey

Cold Frames with Master Gardener Laura Marsala

• Sept 18th All Things Trees with Dan Stone (Jamestown Parks Department)

Guests are invited to bring their questions—and their curiosity—on the topics of discussion as well as any garden-related subject. Members of the Master Gardener Demo Garden Committee will be on hand to guide the discussions and offer resources and solutions to growing challenges, from flowers and vegetables, shrubs and trees, to pest control and soil problems.

Evenings in the Garden are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Guests are asked to bring their own chairs, as there is no seating available at the gardens. Suggestions for future presentations and discussions are always welcome.

Why not make Evenings in the Garden part of your regular summer plans? You are bound to make new friends, discover a community of gardeners whose enthusiasm matches yours, and learn how to up your gardening game. See you in the garden!

Photo Caption: Discussion of all things gardening will continue with the 2024 season of Evenings in the Garden, presented at JCC by CCE master gardeners every third Wednesday, 6-8 p.m., through September. Events are free and open to the public.

The Evenings in the Garden Program is one of many programs offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County (CCE-Chautauqua). CCE-Chautauqua is a subordinate governmental agency with an educational mission that operates under a form of organization and administration approved by Cornell University as agent for the State of New York. It is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The association is part of the national cooperative extension system, an educational partnership between County, State, and Federal governments. As New York’s land grant university Cornell administers the system in this state. Each Cornell Cooperative Extension association is an independent employer that is governed by an elected Board of Directors with general oversight from Cornell. All associations work to meet the needs of the counties in which they are located as well as state and national goals. For more information, call 716-664-9502 or visit our website at www.cce.cornell.edu/chautauqua. Cornell University Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities.

Last updated June 6, 2024