Cornell Cooperative Extension

Spring Gardening Day

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2025/03/22/spring-gardening-day

Join us for Spring Gardening Day, a day filled with inspiring talks, hands-on learning, and great deals at our MGV Marketplace! Whether you're looking to expand your gardening knowledge, connect with fellow enthusiasts, or pick up some useful garden supplies, this event has something for ever...

Composting Made Easy: Layering for Success

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2025/09/28/composting-made-easy-layering-for-success

Join us at Thomas Cole National Historic Site for a hands-on outdoor composting workshop where we’ll demonstrate how quick and easy it is to build a compost heap. We’ll cover what materials can and cannot be composted, troubleshoot common composting challenges, and explore different compostin...

Deadline for Master Gardener Volunteer Training Applications

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2025/09/12/deadline-for-master-gardener-volunteer-training-applications

Are you passionate about gardening and ready to give back to your community? Apply now for the 2026 Master Gardener Volunteer Training with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties. This hybrid program includes self-paced online learning, weekly Zoom classes, and in-perso...

Putting the Garden to Bed: How to Prepare for Winter

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2024/10/23/putting-the-garden-to-bed-how-to-prepare-for-winter

Getting your garden ready for the winter involves several steps. A general garden cleanup in the fall will help you get your garden ready for spring planting. You may want to cut back certain plants, clean up debris, plant species that need to be in the ground in fall, protect plants from winter ...

CCE of Columbia and Greene Counties Annual Meeting

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2024/11/12/cce-of-columbia-and-greene-counties-annual-meeting

The Board of Directors and staff of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia & Greene Counties invite the public to join us for the Association’s annual meeting on Tuesday, November 12. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Meeting Hall of CCE’s Extension Education Center, 479 Route 66, Hud...

Fall Gardening: Extending the Growing Season

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2025/07/08/fall-gardening-extending-the-growing-season

The end of summer doesn't mean the end of the vegetable garden! Come learn how you can extend the season- what to plant, when to plant- and grow a bounty of vegetables right through to Thanksgiving.About Suzi: Suzi Novak lives and gardens in Windham. Before becoming a Master Gardener Volunteer ...

School Partners in Gardening: Educator Training on Soil Blocking

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2022/04/11/school-partners-in-gardening-educator-training-on-soil-blocking

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties for the annual School Partners in Gardening Educator Workshop. This workshop offers a unique opportunity for garden educators, teachers, and community youth group leaders, to learn all about soil blocking as a way of starting ...

Master Gardener Volunteer Fall Plant Sale

http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2019/10/05/master-gardener-volunteer-fall-plant-sale

Locally-grown perennials will be available for sale. Due to the invasive jumping worm occurrences reported in both counties and the lack of a proven, researched-based solution to the problem, this event will be strictly plant sales as opposed to swaps conducted in prior years. Master Gardener Vol...