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Green Visions
Stump the Chump
The Magic of Garden Follies
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Volume Twenty, Issue Five
September-October 2014
upstate gardeners’ journal - 1140 Ridge Crest Drive - Victor, new york 14564
SARA’S GARDEN
Summer’s Gone…
But the best days for planting are ahead of us! We love the autumn
season; brilliant colors, cool mornings, warm evenings & gardens
are full. For us, it is also the time of year we choose to thank all of
our customers who have been so loyal to us throughout the season
by giving back to them. Right now we are offering our best prices
on some of our best plant material. Fall is truly the perfect time for
planting & establishing all kinds of plant material. We’re planting
a new garden bed this fall too! September and October; good
weather, good plants, good prices.
Stone Wall Follies 2014
Have you seen the amazing stone work in our gardens lately? If
you haven’t been out to visit in a while you will be pretty surprised
at what 6 weekends of dedicated stone work can accomplish. The
2014 session of our dry-laid stone wall class is set for October 11th
and 12th.
A two day event that will give you the knowledge to build your
garden dream too! Spaces Available for Students!
You can join our students for an evening of inspiration featuring:
John Shaw-Rimmington, of the CSWA
Norman Haddow, of the DSWA
Saturday October 11th, 7:15 pm—
(remember, this event is free and open to the public)
Please check out John’s website & Norman’s blog:
CSWA.can and wallswithoutmortar.blogspot.com
We’re asking for a quick call or email to enable us to plan our space
requirements, and if you’re ready to take the weekend session here
is the contact info, thanks!
kkepler@rochester.rr.com or (585)637-4745
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Contents
Ear to the ground: Letter from the publisher...........6
Stump the chump........................................................9
Almanac: What to do in the garden in
September & October ............................................ 10
Publisher/Editor: Jane F. Milliman
Managing EDITOR: Debbie Eckerson
Graphic design: Cathy Monrad
Technical Editor: Brian Eshenaur
Proofreader: Sarah Koopus
Western New York Sales Representative:
Maria Walczak: 716/432-8688
CONTRIBUTORS:
Marion Morse | Michelle Sutton
Lyn Chimera | Carol Ann Harlos
Chris LeBeau | Cathy Monrad | Liza Savage-Katz
Goodness grows: Morgan Barry and the
Green Visions program.......................................12-14
Calendar...............................................................16-24
Calendar: The magic of garden follies................... 17
Recipe: Apple galette.............................................. 26
Cathy the crafty gardener: Autumn votives........... 29
Rooted: Salad days................................................... 30
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Q&A
Answer from LASt issue (JULY_AUGUST 2014):
Yellowwood, or Cladrastis kentukea syn. lutea.
Stump the chump
Name this plant!
This issue’s specimen is a toughie. It is a non-native and
rare in cultivation here in the States, despite being reliably
hardy. A small tree, it only reaches about 20 feet and is
generally multi-stemmed. The flowers are fragrant and all
above-ground parts are edible.
The first reader to guess correctly will win a 4 foot tall
Hamamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’ (witch hazel) from
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Submit answers to jane@janemilliman.com (fastest) or
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LEFT: A mature
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TOP RIGHT: Flowers
BOTTOM RIGHT: Fruit
and foliage
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Almanac
What to do in the garden
in September and October
Garden Maintenance
Continue to remove weeds to prevent the perennials from
having a head start in the spring and the annuals from shedding
seeds into the soil. If you don’t have time to weed at least cut off
and discard the seed heads.
Watering trees and shrubs is as important as watering your
perennials, especially anything planted this season.
Mulch newly planted perennials, trees and shrubs to prevent
heaving in the winter. Make sure the mulch is not touching plant
and shrub stems or tree trunks. Pile leaves on your macrophylla
hydrangeas.
Add compost to your beds now.
Allow annuals such as nicotiana, annual poppies, cleome, and
verbena bonariensis to drop seeds in the garden.
Prevent mouse and rabbit damage to thin-barked trees and
shrubs by installing 18 inch to 24
inch high hardware cloth. Cut any
grass around the base of trees short to
discourage nesting by these critters.
Perennials
Remove and discard all diseased
plant material. Do not place in
compost pile as some fungal spores can
winter over in ground litter and soil
and will re-infect plants next season.
Disinfect your pruner after working
on diseased plants before moving to
a new plant. A quick spray with Lysol or a dip in a 10% Clorox
solution works well.
Remove and destroy iris foliage to eliminate the eggs of the iris
borer.
Mound soil around your roses when the temperature drops.
Bring in fresh soil to avoid disturbing roots.
You can leave the seed heads of astilbe, black-eyed-Susan,
coneflower, daisy etc. intact to provide food for the birds as well as
giving winter interest.
Don’t cut back grasses and plants such as red osier dogwood.
They provide winter interest.
Divide any perennials that have become overgrown, diminished
bloom or have formed a “doughnut” shape with a bare spot in the
center of the clump. It’s best to transplant early in the fall while
there is still enough time for their roots to settle in for the winter.
Bulbs
Begin planting spring bulbs. You will get better results if you
plant when there is a month of 40 degree or above soil temperature
(mid Sept. - mid Oct. in our area). This allows the bulbs to set
strong roots and will give you better blooming.
Fertilize bulbs when you plant them using compost or 5-10-10.
Cover the planting area with 2-3 inches of compost.
To deter moles, voles and squirrels, put a layer of pea gravel or
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small gauge chicken wire between the bulbs and soil surface.
Plant bulbs 2 to 3 times as deep as their height, a little deeper
for naturalizing varieties.
Lawn
Over seed bare spots in the lawn. Filling in bare spots helps
prevent weeds in those areas next year.
September is the best time to fertilize your lawn and seed a new
one. A top dressing of good compost is an ideal natural fertilizer.
Remember to water the grass seeds regularly to keep the soil
moist and choose high quality seed appropriate for your site.
In early September check your lawn for grubs by lifting up
about a square foot of sod. If there are more than 10-12 grubs per
square foot you may want to treat for grubs. First identify what
type of grub you have so you know the proper treatment. Complete
your grub control program by the middle
of September. Contact your Cooperative
Extension for help in identification and
treatment options.
If the leaves aren’t too thick on your
lawn leave them there when you mow, it
feeds your lawn naturally.
Vegetables & Herbs
Any time after the first frost through
late October is a good time to plant garlic.
Pot up some parsley, chives, oregano, or
mints to use indoors.
Pick off the tomato blossoms that won’t have time to develop
tomatoes so the nutrients go into the tomatoes already growing on
the vine.
Plant cover crops such as peas or clover as you harvest your
vegetables. This will reduce the need for weeding and will add
nitrogen to the soil.
Another option is to sow a cover crop such as rye or winter
wheat in the vegetable garden. Turn it over in the spring.
Dig mature onions on a dry day. Store in well ventilated mesh
bags (or even panty hose).
Plant radish, kale, spinach, and lettuce seeds in early September
as your last crops.
Pull up your hot pepper plants and hang them until the peppers
are dry. (Or thread them on a string to dry.)
If you had any vegetables with fungal problems make sure that
area is cleaned of all plant debris and avoid planting the same
variety in the same spot next year.
Mulch your asparagus and strawberries.
Miscellaneous
For more miscellaneous tips, visit upstategardenersjournal.com/
tag/almanac.
—Carol Ann Harlos & Lyn Chimera, Master Gardeners,
Erie County Cornell Cooperative Extension
2014
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October 29
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Goodness grows
Morgan Barry and the
Green Visions Program
By Michelle Sutton (michellejudysutton.com)
Photos by Walter Colley (waltercolleyimages.com)
ABOVE: Green
VIsions' main flower
plot on Smith Street
in the JOSANA
neighborhood.
INSET: Morgan Barry.
T
his is a story about young Rochesterians learning critical work skills via a horticultural enterprise called Green Visions. It’s also about Morgan
Barry, who coordinates Green Visions, which is a program of Greentopia, which is a project of Friends of the
GardenAerial (see sidebar for more about each.)
Morgan Barry is a native
Rochesterian raised on Maplewood
Avenue. He attended city schools,
including alternative high school at the
district’s School Without Walls (SWW),
which had a community service emphasis; Barry volunteered at Foodlink and
as a coach at the neighborhood YMCA.
Even though he attended an excellent school and maintained a great first
job at Wegmans, in retrospect Barry
says he was following the expected college track, without adequate reflection
on what he really wanted to do. He went
to SUNY Oswego and got his BA in English. He says, “When
I graduated in 2003, I said, ‘Wait, what’s the plan here?’”
Thus began the building of what he affectionately terms
his “meandering résumé.” Barry worked in construction for
several years, and then made a foray into corporate America
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in New York City. Unsatisfied there, he started emailing the
writers whose online work he enjoyed the most—and talked
his way into an internship at Gawker.
Barry says, “I learned the ropes of how a website is run,
how social media works, and from that point on I was hustling. I was getting work experience in film and commercial
production, sponsored events, and marketing work. I even had a small photography
business with a friend at one point. It was
a grind, but I would never take back those
experiences.”
As Barry approached seven years working
in NYC, he felt on the fence about whether to
stay. He says, “I was sitting on our back deck
in Astoria, Queens, watching rain pouring
down. When I went back in the apartment, I
found that water had leaked through the roof
into my room, drowning most everything I
owned at the time. I took this as a very obvious sign that it really was time for me to
leave the city.” Barry had also been missing Rochester and
ruminating on a random scene from the TV show Parks and
Recreation, when Ron Swanson says to Leslie Knope, “You’ll
get a lot of job offers in your life, but you only have one
hometown.”
When he moved back to Rochester, Barry heard a lot
from his family and friends about the new GardenAerial
project and the fall Greentopia Festival about to take place
for the second year. His mother saw a natural connection,
and the GardenAerial cofounders coincidentally lived next
door to his brother and his brother’s girlfriend. Barry says,
“I always tell the Green Visions youth,
‘The best way to find work, is to work.’”
So he volunteered for the full two weeks
of the Greentopia Festival in September
of 2012 and after that, GardenAerial
cofounders Michael Philipson and Lewis
Stess told Barry they wanted to hire him.
Barry started out doing anything and
everything—copywriting, managing their
social media and public events, hauling
boxes—and still wears many hats. He’s
now Special Projects Director and a member of a small staff (four or five people at
any one time) and likes how ideas for the
organization are discussed and developed through communal brainstorming and strategy sessions.
When landscape designer Marci Muller, former director of Greentopia, the Rochester Landscape Technicians
Program and GreenWorks employment training, pitched
the idea for Green Visions, Barry got to be in on the visioning. When Muller left Greentopia to be a designer for Ted
Collins Tree and Landscape, Barry took over Green Visions
because he saw the program as a true chance to make a
positive difference in his city and neighborhood.
Muller still advises him on a regular basis, for which
he is deeply grateful, because he had no
gardening experience before this position.
And of course, she brings her years of
workforce development knowledge to share
as well. Of Barry, Muller says, “To see how
Morgan has grown over the past two years,
it shows that he was meant for this type of
work. His commitment to the young adults
in the program is so strong that it can be
overwhelming sometimes. I am so proud to
work alongside of him.”
Green Visions is a 22-week-long workforce development program for 17- to
21-year-olds in the JOSANA (Jay-Orchard
Street Area Neighborhood Association) neighborhood
in northwest Rochester that has taken over three vacant
lots for flower production. Bouquets of cut flowers from
the gardens are sold at the Rochester Public Market and
throughout the city. The program teaches participants work
TOP LEFT: Program
team member
Chandria Smith waters
cosmos.
BOTTOM LEFT:
Program team member
Norman Murray hard
at work.
RIGHT: Snapdragons
are popular and longlasting cut flowers.
INSET: Tiani Jennings,
site supervison and
returning program
grad.
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to see the program expansion. Many of the second-year
youth are friends or relatives of the first year’s graduates.
One of the first-year women, Tiani Jennings, returned
the following year as Barry’s assistant manager. Her position was formed thanks to the dynamic skills of Maranne
McDade Clay, Director of Grants. Barry calls Tiani “a
superstar at what she does. I see all the potential in the
world in Tiani.”
Jennings is thrilled to be back in this leadership role, as
site coordinator for the gardens. “This experience has been
great for me,” she says. “Morgan is awesome; he has taught
me so much through the trainings he does for us.” Jennings
also supervises youth in the City of Rochester’s Summer of
Opportunity Program. She hopes to study horticulture in
ABOVE: Clockwise
from top: Xavier Bostic,
lasal Cooper and
Morgan Barry confer
on site.
skills, builds their résumés, and teaches them about small
business management and horticulture. There is also a
phytoremediation component to the program as envisioned
by Muller. (Phytoremediation is using plants to extract or
neutralize contaminants in the soil.)
Currently the City of Rochester’s policy prohibits growing and selling food from vacant lots, due to the potential
presence of lead and other harmful toxins in the soil,
but the Friends of the GardenAerial’s hypothesis is that
phytoremediation could lead to a soil fit for food production. The soils on the three lots are being tested by Cornell
Cooperative Extension and Paradigm Environmental
Services, as are the tissues of some trial tomato and cucumber plants. This fall, Green Visions will have some data
points to share with the community about the phytoremediation experiment to date. Barry says the City is very
interested in the research findings and has been a very supportive partner to Green Visions.
In the first year, 2013, the program was geared toward
young women only, with spaces for eight participants and
one large city lot. In the second year, the program took on
twice as many participants, co-ed this time, and two more
lots in the same neighborhood, where neighbors are pleased
college.
Tiani and the Green Visions participants are encouraged to run much of the small business on their own, with
Barry in a coaching capacity. Participants give input into
the small business plan for the season, grow the plants and
sell the bouquets at the Public Market, handle the customer
service, and run the Facebook page and other social media
to promote Green Visions. He says, “I try to be as handsoff as possible. My biggest goal for the program is for the
participants to gain work experience—some of them for the
first time—and build a résumé that they can use to go out
in the world and feel confident applying for other jobs in
Rochester.”
Barry says there’s a lot of momentum building for
Green Visions, and he’s very grateful for the in-kind and
monetary donations that have come in. Foundation support
is never assured from year to year; community support is
needed to ensure the program’s continuation. Please see
their website where you can easily donate via PayPal or
credit card to Friends of the GardenAerial, which administers Green Visions. Go to the Green Visions Facebook page
for photo diaries and videos; you will be inspired!
Michelle Sutton (michellejudysutton.com) is a horticulturist, writer, and editor living in New Paltz, NY.
About the GardenAerial
From the Friends of the GardenAerial (FoGA) (gardenaerial.org) website: FoGA has worked to preserve
and steward the High Falls Heritage Area and Genesee River gorge through education, promotion, preservation and development of sustainable communities. It is dedicated to green education, advocacy and
sustainable development in downtown Rochester, New York.
The GardenAerial project will completely transform the immediate area of the rim of the Genesee Gorge
at High Falls, creating an exciting new public greenspace and trail destination at the very birthplace of
Rochester. You can see concept drawings at http://gardenaerial.org/fullscreen/gardenaerial-gallery.
About Greentopia Fall Festival
This year, Greentopia Fall Festival celebrates four years of educating and entertaining the public in all
things sustainable. Originally conceived as a two-day street festival, Greentopia has grown into a series
of events held throughout the year. The 2014 EcoFest and celebration of art, music, and design will take
place September 12 from 6 to 9 pm and September 13 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. around Brown’s Race and
the Centers at High Falls. Greentopiafest.com
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❀ Winter Pansies~Fall Mums~Flowering Kale~
Fall Marigolds
❀ Unusual Gourds and Exotic Pumpkins from
Our Own Fields
❀Fall Garden Fair ❀
Saturday, September 6, 9am – 4 pm
Sunday, September 7, 10am – 3 pm
Vendors, Classes, Food and Plant Specials
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put on a spectacular autumn display. Tour the
mansion, nine formal gardens, and greenhouses.
Daily wine tasting. Open
October 11
daily through October 31st,
Fall Gardening Symposium
9:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.
with Keynote Speaker Vincent Simeone For more information or to
Join Vincent Simeone to learn how to use register for an event, please
trees and shrubs to create visual interest
call 585.394.4922 or visit
and appeal all year long in your gardens and
www.sonnenberg.org.
landscaping. Vincent’s talks include: Popular
Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Old-Fashioned
Trees & Shrubs, & Four Season Gardening
with Woody Plants. Lunch & booksigning
included. Pre-registration required.
October 26
Haunted Garden Stroll
Apple Harvest
Saturday, September 20th 11:00am – 3:30pm
A family fun day. Call for details.
U Picked Apples Starting early September. Call for varieties
Nursery Open: Monday – Friday 8-5
Saturday & Sunday 9-5
After Oct. 31st, open by chance or appointment
Mail: 1104 Auburn Rd., Groton, NY 13073
(Rte. 34 in N. Lansing bet. Ithaca & Auburn)
Tel: 607-533-4653 email: info@bakersacres.net
www.bakersacres.net
Calendar
BUFFALO
REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS
African Violet and Gesneriad Society of WNY meets
the third Tuesday of each month, September June, at 7:30 pm, LVAC Building, 40 Embry Place,
Lancaster. avgswny@verizon.net; gesneriadsociety.
org/chapters/wny.
Alden Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of
the month (except July & August) at 7 pm, Alden
Community Center, West Main Street, Alden. New
members and guests welcome. Plant sale each May.
716/937-7924.
Amherst Garden Club meets the fourth Wednesday of
the month (except December, March, July & August)
at 10:00 am, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Main Street,
Williamsville. New members and guests welcome.
716/836-5397.
Buffalo Area Daylily Society. East Aurora Senior
Center, 101 King Street, East Aurora. 716/ 698-3454;
info@buffaloareadaylilysociety.com.
Federated Garden Clubs NYS – District 8. October
9: Luncheon and design program featuring Tony
Todesco, Salvatore’s Italian Gardens, Depew.
Reservation required. Arlene: 716/837-4014. Maryann
Jumper, District Director. 716/435-3412; mjump50@
gmail.com; gardenclubsofwny.com.
Garden Club of the Tonawandas meets the third
Thursday of the month at 7 pm, Tonawanda City Hall,
Community Room.
Garden Friends of Clarence meets the second
Wednesday of the month at 7 pm, September – June,
Town Park Clubhouse, 10405 Main Street, Clarence.
gardenfriendsofclarence@hotmail.com.
Hamburg Garden Club meets the second Wednesday
of every month at noon, summer garden tours,
Hamburg Community Center, 107 Prospect Avenue,
Hamburg. 716/648-0275; droman13@verizon.net.
Ken-Sheriton Garden Club meets the second Tuesday
of the month (except January) at 7:30 pm, St. Mark’s
Lutheran Church, 576 Delaware Road, Kenmore.
Monthly programs, artistic design and horticulture
displays. September 9: Table Talk, design demonstration presented by Melissa Marcus, Judges Council
Master Gardener. New members and guests welcome. 716/836-0567.
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 at 12 pm, Orchard Park Presbyterian
Church, 4369 South Buffalo Street, Orchard Park.
October 2: Holiday Flower Design by Cheryl
Gicewicz. October 18: OPGC Marketplace, see calendar (below). November 6: Gardening and Designing
Treasurers Auction. President: Joan Sutton, 716/6624777.
Silver Creek-Hanover Garden Club meets the second
Saturday of the month at 2 pm, First Baptist Church,
32 Main Street, Silver Creek. Sue Duecker, 716/9347608; duke.sue@roadrunner.com.
South Town Gardeners meets the second Friday of
the month (except January) at 10:30 am, Charles E.
Burchfield Nature & Art Center, 2001 Union Road,
West Seneca. New members welcome.
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Western New York Carnivorous Plant Club meets the
first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm, Menne
Nursery, 3100 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. wnycpclub@aol.com; facebook.com/wnycpclub.
Western New York Herb Study Group meets the
second Wednesday of the month at 7 pm, 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 New York Hosta Society. East Aurora Senior
Center, corner of Oakwood & King Streets. A group
of hosta lovers who have come together to promote
the genus hosta. 716/941-6167; h8staman@aol.com;
wnyhosta.com.
Western New York Hosta Society Breakfast
Meetings, a friendly get-together, first Saturday of
the month at 10 am, Gardenview Restaurant, Union
Road, West Seneca.
Western New York Iris Society meets the first Sunday
of the month in members’ homes and gardens.
Information about growing all types of irises and
complementary perennials. Shows. Sale. Guests
welcome. Pat Kluczynski: 716/633-9503; patrizia@
roadrunner.com.
Western New York Rose Society meets the third
Wednesday of each month at 7 pm, St. StephensBethlehem United Church of Christ, 750 Wehrle
Drive, Williamsville. September 17: Educational
Rose Show, learn how roses are judged. October 15:
Winterizing Your Rose Garden by Richard Giese &
Steve Styn. wnyrosesociety.net.
Wilson Garden Club generally meets the second
Thursday of each month at 7 pm, Community Room,
Wilson Free Library, 265 Young Street, Wilson.
Meetings open to all, community floral planting,
spring plant sale, local garden tours. 716/751-6334;
wilsongardenclub@aol.com.
Youngstown Garden Club meets the second
Wednesday of every month at 7 pm, 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.
BMAC: Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, 1610
Welch Road, North Java, NY 14113. 585/457-3228;
800/377-1520; buffaloaudubon.org.
CCE/EC: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Erie
County, 21 South Grove Street, East Aurora, NY
14052. 716/652-5400 x177; mgerie@cornell.edu;
counties.cce.cornell.edu/erie.
COOP: Chicken Coop Originals, 13245 Clinton
Street, Alden. 716/937-7837; chickencooporiginals.
com.
MENNE: Menne Nursery, 3100 Niagara Falls Blvd.,
Amherst, NY 14228. 716/693-4444; mennenursery.
com.
CLASSES / EVENTS
• Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.
• Ongoing through October 26: Family Walk at
Beaver Meadow, Sundays, 2 pm. Naturalist-led walk
through the preserve. Donations. BMAC
September 6: Walk at Knox Farm State Park – Ferns
of Knox, 9 am. Donations. BMAC
September 6: Landscape Bus Tour, 9 am – 4:30 pm.
Travel by air-conditioned bus for a guided tour of
landscapes including plantings, patios and water
gardens. At the end of the tour, relax and enjoy
refreshments in the garden at the home of hosts Gary
and Kathy Sokolowski. Lunch included. $48. Advance
registration required. MENNE
• September 6: Homestead Festival, 10 am – 5 pm.
Live music, period interpreters, vendors, food. $7
adults; $5 ages 12 & under; free ages 3 & under.
BMAC
September 6: Orchids 101: the Basics, 2 pm. Peter
Martin will demonstrate potting and pruning while
discussing requirements for growing media, light
and maintenance. Participants may bring an orchid
for consultation and advice after class. Registration
required. MENNE
September 6 – 7: Fall Garden Fair, Saturday, 9
am – 4 pm; Sunday, 10 am – 3 pm. Speakers: Tom
Szulist, The Garlic Guy; Lyn Chimera, Fall Plants
for Birds, Bees and Beauty; David Clark, Spring
Flowering Bulbs; Mike Masterson, Honey Bees
and Beekeeping; Sally Cunningham, Incredible
Gardens of 2014; Mike Frank, Outdoor Living;
Donna Connelly & Marge Vogel, Save the Annuals
& Houseplants. Vendors. $25 one day; $40 both
days; $10 individual lecture. Registration required.
Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark Street,
Hamburg. 716/649-4684; weknowplants.com.
September 6 – October 5: Succulents, daily, 10 am – 5
pm. Featuring different types of cacti and succulents
displayed in unique ways. Included with admission.
BECBG
September 8 – 29: Adult Watercolor Classes, four
Mondays, 8:45 – 10:45 am. All skill levels. Taught by
Joan Saba, professional artist and teacher. $60 series,
$17 single class, members; $66 series, $18 single
class, non-members. Registration required. BECBG
September 10 – October 1: Adult Drawing Classes,
four Wednesdays, 8:45 – 10:45 am. All skill levels.
Taught by Joan Saba, professional artist and teacher.
$60 series, $17 single class, members; $66 series,
$18 single class, non-members. Registration required.
BECBG
September 13: Tree Tour, 9 – 10:30 am. Led by Kristy
Blakely, Director of Education. Park & meet: South
Park Ring Road, look for Tree Tour sign. $5. BECBG
September 13: Bonsai Basic Care & Timely Tips, 2
pm. Bonsai technician Peter Martin will cover preparing for winter as well as basic care including watering
and fertilizing. Registration required. MENNE
September 13 – January 17: Horticulture I Certificate,
6 Saturdays, 11 am – 1 pm. Each session will cover a
different topic: Botany 101; Plant Propagation; Pest
Management & Disease; Shrubs & Trees; Annuals &
Perennials; Garden Design. Taught by David Clark.
$105 certificate, $20 single class, members; $130 certificate, $25 single class, non-members. Registration
required. BECBG
September 16: Awesome “Mossome” Terrarium
Workshop, 6:15 pm. Create a miniature moss
garden. Materials included. $25 members; $30 nonmembers. Registration required. BECBG
September 20: Fall Hosta Forum. Damn Right, I’ve Got
the Blues. Four speakers on the theme of blue hostas
and blue plants. Auction, vendors & lunch. Edinboro,
PA. wnyhosta.com.
Calendar
The Magic of Garden Follies
by Liza Savage-Katz (Lizasavagekatz@gmail.com)
photography by Tracy Grier (Tgrier@juno.com)
E
ngland and many parts of Europe are known for
their enchanting and beautifully-designed gardens.
A quintessential English garden typically has some
sort stone ruin or a garden “folly” that adds, as a point of
interest, an accent of antiquity and creates a bit of magic to
the layout and flow of the garden. As an architectural term,
folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, yet
suggests through its appearance another purpose. 18th century English gardens and French garden landscapes often
featured Roman temples, which symbolized classical virtues
and ideals. Other 18th century garden follies represented
ruined abbeys, Chinese temples, or Egyptian pyramids, to
represent different continents or historical eras. Some follies, particularly during famine, were built as a form of poor
relief, to provide employment for peasants and unemployed
artisans.
Typically follies have no other purpose than as ornamentation, to add a sense of majesty and magic. They will often
have the appearance of a building constructed for a particular purpose, such as a castle or tower. If they have another
purpose, it may be disguised. They are buildings, or parts
of buildings, and thereby distinguished from other garden
ornaments such as sculpture. Follies are deliberately built as
ornaments and are commissioned and built for pleasure.
Upstate New Yorkers have a rare opportunity to learn
the art of building garden follies with dry laid stone with
two highly skilled and accomplished artisan craftsmen,
John Shaw-Rimmington (founder of Dry Stone Walling
Across Canada, or DSWAC) and Norman Haddow (Official dyker of Balmoral Castle, Scotland). The “Walling
Weekend” will take place at Sara’s Garden Center in
Brockport the weekend of October 11th & 12th. At the
workshop, students will build a castle ruin folly. Student
space is limited. To register or for more information,
contact Kathy at Sara’s Garden Center via email:
Kkepler@rochester.rr.com or phone: 585-637-4745.
INSET: Norman
Haddow and John
Shaw-Rimmington
UPSTATE GARDENERS’ JOURNAL | 17
Calendar
BUFFALO cont.
September 20 – January 31: Horticulture II
Certificate, 6 Saturdays, 11 am – 1 pm. Each session
will cover a different topic: Soil Science; Advanced
Plant Propagation; Practical Principals of Pruning;
Hydroponics; Water Gardening; Introduction to
Landscape Design. Taught by David Clark. $105 certificate, $20 single class, members; $130 certificate,
$25 single class, non-members. Registration required.
BECBG
September 21: Tropical Terrariums, 2 – 3:30 pm.
Participants will learn how to make a terrarium. Bring
your own terrarium glass container or purchase one
at class. Also bring any trinkets/findings you would
like to include in your creation. All other materials
provided. $15 your container; $25 purchase container
with class. Registration required. BMAC
September 24: Old Woods Autumn Discovery Walk, 1
– 2:30 pm. Explore the old woods at Beaver Meadow
with naturalist Mark Carra. Donations. BMAC
September 24: Soil is the Key, 7 – 8:30 pm. Learn how
to improve your soil and the role of compost. Bring a
soil sample to test the pH. $15; $40 for 3 classes (see
also October 1 & October 8). Registration required.
CCE/EC
September 26: Western New York Garden &
Landscape Symposium, 8 am – 3:30 pm. Keynote
speaker Mark Whitmore, forest entomologist at
Cornell University: Invasive Landscape Pests: What’s
Here, What’s Coming & What Can Be Done. In addition: Tree Management: Back to the Basics with
Lori Brockelbank, certified arborist; Working with
Natives to Build More Sustainable Landscapes with
Ellen Folts, owner, Amanda’s Garden, Native Plant
Nursery; Pruning Small Tree Fruits and Berries with
Ken Lawton, Turnbull Nursery & Garden Center.
$100. Registration required by September 22. Camp
Mission Meadows, 5201 East Lake Road, Dewittville.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County
Master Gardener Program, 3542 Turner Road,
Jamestown. 716/664-9502 x204; emh92@cornell.edu;
chautauquacce.shutterfly.com.
September 26: Gala at the Gardens, 6 pm. Cocktails,
auctions, dinner, presentation. Proceeds benefit the
Gardens. Reservation required. 716/827-1584 x203.
BECBG
• September 27 – October 18: Kids’ Art Classes,
three Saturdays, 9 – 10:30 am. Ages 5-15. A different piece of art will be completed at each class.
Taught by Joan Saba. $35 series; $13 single class.
Registration required. BECBG
October 1: Good Garden Design, 7 – 8:30 pm. Or,
How to Have a Beautiful Garden. Learn about the
principles of good garden design to help achieve
the garden of your dreams. $15; $40 for 3 classes
(see also September 24 & October 8). Registration
required. CCE/EC
October 4: Walk at Knox Farm State Park - Autumn
Colors, 9 am. Guided walk along the Knox Farm trails
to experience the splendor of autumn. Donations.
BMAC
• October 4: Autumn Festival, 10 am – 6 pm. Kids’
activities, fresh fall produce, pumpkins, vendors, local
cheeses & wines, music. Harrington’s Produce, 5282
Clinton Street Road, Batavia.
October 8: Top Garden Problems of the Season and
What to Do About Them, 7 – 8:30 pm. The most
common problems of the past season will be discussed as well as how to avoid them in the future.
$15; $40 for 3 classes (see also September 24 &
October 1). Registration required. CCE/EC
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October 8 – 29: Adult Drawing Classes, four
Wednesdays, 8:45 – 10:45 am. See description
under October 1. $60 series, $17 single class, members; $66 series, $18 single class, non-members.
Registration required. BECBG
ITHACA
October 11: Iroquois Observation Program – Fall
Walk, 1:30 – 3 pm. Learn about Native American
folklore as it pertains to wild plants, food, medicine
and crafts. Meet: Kanyoo Trail, Iroquois National
Wildlife Refuge. Free. BMAC
Adirondack Chapter, North American Rock Garden
Society (ACNARGS). Meets in the Whetzel Room,
Room 404, Plant Science Building, Cornell University,
Ithaca. Free and open to all. acnargs.blogspot.com;
facebook.com/acnargs.
October 11 – 12: Orchid Show, Saturday, 10 am – 5
pm; Sunday 10 am – 3 pm. Hosted by Niagara
Frontier Orchid Society. Displays, workshops, vendors. BECBG
October 18: OPGC Marketplace, 9 am – 4 pm. Shop
a variety of handmade garden-related items: for
the birds, hypertufa, containers, notecards, pressed
flower nightlights, Christmas items, terrariums, dried
and fresh arrangements, gardening aprons and homemade goodies. Presented by Orchard Park Garden
Club. Orchard Park Train Depot, Orchard Park.
October 18 – November 9: Mums, daily, 10 am – 5
pm. Included with admission. BECBG
October 20 – November 17: Adult Watercolor
Classes, four Mondays, 8:45 – 10:45 am. See description under September 8. $60 series, $17 single class,
members; $66 series, $18 single class, non-members.
Registration required. BECBG
October 21: Succulent Tree, 6:15 pm. Create a living
succulent tree arrangement, decorations and ornaments can be added if desired. $40 members; $45
non-members. Registration required. BECBG
• October 25: Fairy Garden Workshop, 9 am. Ages
4-12. Make a miniature container garden using found
and natural materials to create acorn dishes, leaf
fences, seed mailboxes and more. $15 members; $20
non-members. Registration required. BECBG
November 1: Walk at Knox Farm State Park –
Skeletons of Winter, 9 am. Look for the dead plants
that are still standing and learn their value to the
creatures that stay active throughout the cold weather. Donations. BMAC
• November 1 – 15: Kids’ Art Classes, three Saturdays,
9 – 10:30 am. See description under September 27.
$35 series; $13 single class. Registration required.
BECBG
November 13 – 17: Christmas Open House. COOP
Save the date…
November 20 – 23: Christmas Open House. COOP
November 25: Fresh Thanksgiving Arrangement,
6:15 pm. Make your own fresh floral arrangement.
Materials included. $35 members; $40 non-members.
Registration required. BECBG
November 28: Christmas Centerpiece Workshop.
Make an all-natural pine arrangement with candle
and globe that will last through the holiday season.
Materials included. $35. Registration required. COOP
November 29: Christmas Centerpiece Workshop. See
description under November 28. $35. Registration
required. COOP
November 30: Christmas Centerpiece Workshop. See
description under November 28. $35. Registration
required. COOP
REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS
Windsor NY Garden Group meets the second and
fourth Tuesdays of the month at 10 am, members’
homes or Windsor Community House, 107 Main
Street, Windsor. windsorgardengroup.suerambo.com.
Frequent hosts
BAK: Bakers’ Acres, 1104 Auburn Road (Route 34),
Groton, NY. 607/533-4653; bakersacres.net.
CCE/TOM: Cornell Cooperative Extension,
Tompkins County, 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY
14850. 607/272-2292; tompkins@cornell.edu; ccetompkins.org.
CP: Cornell Plantations, 1 Plantations Road, Ithaca,
NY 14850. Inquire ahead for meeting locations.
607/255-2400; cornellplantations.org.
CLASSES / EVENTS
• Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.
Ongoing through September 28: Botanical Garden
Highlights Tour, Saturdays, 10 am; Sundays, 2 pm.
Tour content will vary from week to week, depending on the plants, season, interests of the group and
whim of the docent. Free members, volunteers &
Cornell students; $5 non-members. CP
September 9: Composting for Healthy Gardens and
People, 6 – 7:30 pm. Class will cover home composting with an emphasis on fall composting and preparing for winter. Class will mainly be outside. Free.
Registration required. 607/273-9550; aaron@folithaca.
org. Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Road,
Ithaca. CCE/TOM
September 9: Insect Identification and Integrated
Pest Management, 6 – 8 pm. Learn to identify
insects in the home garden. Class will go through
the major orders of insects, look at different types of
damage to plants by insects and practice identification skills on insect samples. There will be information
on dealing with major pests with non-toxic methods.
$5-$10, sliding scale. Registration required. CCE/
TOM
September 13: Faerie Gardens, 10 am – 3 pm. Refresh,
rebuild or create a new faerie garden. Low-light
plants available. Reenie will be on hand to offer assistance and answer questions. BAK
September 15: Seed Saving: Harvesting, Cleaning,
Drying and Storing, 6 – 8 pm. Class will harvest and
clean seeds from the CCE seed-saving garden including tomatoes, beans, lettuce and summer squash.
Participants can take gathered seeds home for their
own gardens. $5-$10, sliding scale. Registration
required. CCE/TOM
September 17: Fall Lecture Series, 7:30 – 8:30 pm.
Author Amy Stewart, The Drunken Botanist: The
Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks. Statler
Hall Auditorium, Cornell University. CP
• September 20: Apple Festival, 11 am – 3:30 pm.
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• September 21: Judy’s Day: A Fruit-ful Afternoon,
1 – 5 pm. Explore the world of fruits. Hands-on
activities, music, food. Parking & shuttle bus: Cornell
University, B-lot, off Route 366, Ithaca. $5 individual;
$10 family. CP
September 25: Identifying Plant Diseases, 6 – 8 pm.
Blights, wilts and mildews are more prevalent on
plants in wet summers like this one. Learn to identify
common plant diseases of vegetables and trees and
some non-toxic methods to treat or control these
diseases. $5-$10, sliding scale. Registration required.
CCE/TOM
September 27: Compost with Confidence, 11 am – 12
pm. Focus will be on ways to compost indoors. Free.
Compost Demonstration Site, Ithaca Farmers Market.
CCE/TOM
• October – December: Seed-to-Table Afterschool
Program. Information: ccetompkins.org/seed-totable; or email Josh Dolan at sapsquatch7@gmail.
com. Registration required. CCE/TOM
October 1: Permaculture Plants and People Tour, 5 –
7 pm. Visit an experimental nut planting and sample
nuts from mature wild and planted varieties with
John Wertis. Free. BWW Farm, 8144 Searsburg Road.
Trumansburg. CCE/TOM
October 1: Fall Lecture Series, 7:30 – 8:30 pm. Author
Andrea Wulf, Founding Gardeners. Statler Hall
Auditorium, Cornell University. CP
October 8: Permaculture Plants and People Tour, 4 –
7 pm. Visit the area’s largest paw paw orchard for a
tasting tour with orchard manager Erick Schatt and a
presentation on paw paws by Josh Dolan and Chrys
Gardener. Free. Cornell Orchards, Swayze Road,
Lansing. CCE/TOM
October 8 – 22: Advanced Composting, three
Wednesdays, 6 – 8 pm. Course will cover troubleshooting techniques including dealing with animal
pests plus basic compost chemistry and biology.
Intended for residents with some compost experience, educators and gardeners. $40. Registration
required. CCE/TOM
October 11: Super Tufa Planter Class, 10 am – 12 pm.
Make your own container, 3 shapes to choose from.
Materials included. $28; $20 per additional container.
Registration required by October 8. BAK
October 15: Fall Lecture Series, 7:30 – 8:30 pm. Julie
Zickefoose, author and illustrator, Personal Habitat:
Creating a Haven for Wildlife (and Yourself). Statler
Hall Auditorium, Cornell University. CP
October 18: Braided Rim Gourd, 9 am – 1 pm.
Learn to create a braided rim, choice of brown or
black leather, on a prepared gourd bowl. Materials
included. $55 members & Cornell students; $60 nonmembers. Registration required. CP
October 20: Getting Your Landscape Ready for
Winter, 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Class will cover what can still
be planted, when and what to cut back, mulching,
watering, protecting woodies from deer and rodents
and other seasonal tasks. Handouts will include
a list of deer-resistant plants. $5-10, sliding scale.
Registration required. CCE/TOM
October 25: Compost with Confidence, 11 am – 12
pm. Focus will be on ways to successfully compost outdoors over the winter. Free. Compost
Demonstration Site, Ithaca Farmers Market. CCE/
TOM
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October 29: Fall Lecture Series, 7:30 – 8:30 pm.
Scott Peters, faculty, Syracuse University, “A Living
Sympathy with Everything That Is” Liberty Hyde
Bailey’s Ecological and Civic Vision. Statler Hall
Auditorium, Cornell University. CP
• November 1: Worm Composting, 10 am – 12 pm.
Hands-on workshop will explain vermicomposting, an
easy indoor composting system that produces rich
compost for the garden and houseplants. Participants
will go home with a working worm bin. $10 per
household. Registration required. CCE/TOM
November 12: Fall Lecture Series, 7:30 – 8:30 pm.
William N. Valavanis, Bonsai Master, An Introduction
to Classical Bonsai Art. Statler Hall Auditorium,
Cornell University. CP
November 15: Gourd Basket, 1 – 5 pm. Start with a
whole gourd and cut, clean and finish it into a basket.
Materials included. $45 members & Cornell students;
$50 non-members. Registration required. CP
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December 5: Evergreen Wreath-Making Workshop,
6:30 – 8:30 pm. Fresh-cut greens, ring, wires and ribbons supplied. Session oriented towards those who
have participated before. $18. Registration required.
CCE/TOM
December 6: Evergreen Wreath-Making Workshop,
10 am – 12 pm. See description under December 5.
Session oriented for beginners with more instruction.
$18. Registration required. CCE/TOM
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 each month,
September – May, at 7 pm, St. John’s Home, 150
Highland Avenue, Rochester. All are welcome. Bob or
Linda Springer: 585/413-0606; blossoms002@yahoo.
com.
Big Springs Garden Club of Caledonia-Mumford
meets the second Monday evening of the following
months in the Caledonia-Mumford area: September –
November, January – May. New members and guests
welcome. 585/314-6292; mdolan3@rochester.rr.com.
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; bonsaisocietyofupstateny.org.
Fairport Garden Club meets the third Thursday evening of each month (except August and January).
Accepting new members. fairportgc@gmail.com;
fairportgardenclub.org.
Garden Club of Brockport meets the second
Wednesday of every month at 7 pm, Clarkson
Schoolhouse, Ridge Road, east of Route 19.
Speakers, hands-on sessions. Kathy Dixon: 585/4310509; kadixon@excite.com.
Garden Path of Penfield meets the third Wednesday
of the month from September through May at 7
pm, Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Road,
Penfield. Members enjoy all aspects of gardening;
new members welcome. gardenpathofpenfield@
gmail.com.
Genesee Region Orchid Society (GROS) meets every
month from September through May at the Jewish
Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue,
Rochester, on the first Monday following the first
Sunday of each month (dates sometimes vary due
to holidays, etc.). The GROS is an Affiliate of The
American Orchid Society (AOS) and of The Orchid
Digest Corporation. geneseeorchid.org.
Genesee Valley Hosta Society meets the second
Thursday of the month, April – October, at Monroe
County’s Cornell Cooperative Extension, 249
Highland Avenue, Rochester. 585/538-2280; sebuckner@frontiernet.net.
Genesee Valley Pond & Koi Club meets the first
Friday of the month at 6:30 pm, Cornell Cooperative
Extension, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, except
in summer when it tours local ponds. bobwheeler58@
gmail.com.
Gesneriad Society meets the first Wednesday of each
month, September – May, at 6:30 pm, St. John’s
Home, 150 Highland Avenue, Rochester. All are
welcome. Bob or Linda Springer: 585/413-0606; blossoms002@yahoo.com.
Greater Rochester Iris Society meets Sundays at 2 pm,
dates vary, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe
County, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester. September
14: How to Mulch Iris. October 12: The Internet as a
Gardening Tool. Public welcome. 585/266-0302; thehutchings@mac.com.
Greater Rochester Perennial Society (GRPS) meets
the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm, Monroe
County Cornell Cooperative Extension, 249 Highland
Avenue, Rochester, except in summer when it tours
members’ gardens. 585/467-1678; smag@rochester.
rr.com; rochesterperennial.com.
Greater Rochester Rose Society meets the first
Tuesday of the month, April through November,
at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 249 Highland
Avenue, Rochester. July & August meetings in members’ gardens, December meeting at a member’s
home. 585/377-0892; 585/621-1115; info@rocrose.
org; rocrose.org.
Henrietta Garden Club meets the third Wednesday of
the month (except May-August & December) at 6:45
pm, Riparian Lecture Hall at Rivers Run, 50 Fairwood
Drive, Rochester. September 17: Terry Ettinger, Plan
Now for Lawn, Landscape & Garden Success in 2015.
September 20: Plant Sale, see calendar (below).
October 15: Jack Kowiak, The Amazing World of
Plants. Open to all. 585/889-1547; henriettagardenclub@gmail.com; henriettagardenclub.org.
Holley Garden Club meets the second Thursday of the
month at 7 pm, Holley Presbyterian Church. 585/6386973.
Ikebana International Rochester Chapter 53 meets the
third Thursday of each month (except December and
February) at 10 am, First Baptist Church, Hubbell Hall,
175 Allens Creek Road, Rochester. 585/872-0678;
585/586-0794.
Kendall Garden Club meets the first Wednesday of the
month at 7 pm, Kendall Town Hall. 585/659-8289;
justadesignabove@hotmail.com.
Newark Garden Club meets the first Friday of the
month at 1 pm, Park Presbyterian Church, Newark.
Guests are welcome.
Pittsford Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of the
month, 11 am, at the Pittsford Public Library, Fisher
Meeting Room, 24 State Street, Pittsford, except
in July & August when it visits members’ gardens.
585/425-0766; BKRU888@aol.com.
Rochester Dahlia Society meets the second Saturday
of most months at 1 pm, Trinity Reformed Church,
909 Landing Road North, Rochester, except in the
summer, when it tours members’ gardens. Visitors
welcome. 585/249-0624; 585/865-2291; gwebster@
rochester.rr.com; Facebook; rochesterdahlias.org.
Rochester Herb Society meets the first Tuesday of
each month (excluding January & February) at 12
pm, Rochester Civic Garden Center, 5 Castle Park,
Rochester. June-August garden tours. New members
welcome.
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 each month, except January, in East
Irondequoit. Some meetings feature speakers and
some are visits to local gardens or special events. All
are welcome. President, Pat Plunkett: 585/342-5477;
grandmapat294@yahoo.com.
Frequent hosts
BRI: Bristol’s Garden Center, 7454 Victor Pittsford
Road, Victor, NY. 585/924-2274; customerservice@bristolsgrdencenter.com; bristolsgardencenter.com & Facebook.
RCGC: Rochester Civic Garden Center, 5 Castle
Park, Rochester, NY 14620. 585/473-5130; rcgc.
org.
SG: Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State
Historic Park, 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua,
NY 14424. 585/394-4922; sonnenberg.org.
TAS: Thousand Acre Swamp Sanctuary, 158l
Jackson Road, Penfield. 585/773-8911; facebook.
com/thousandacreswamp.
Valentown Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of
each month; time alternates between noon and 7 pm.
Victor. Kathleen Houser, president: 585/301-6107.
CLASSES / EVENTS
September 6: Master Gardener Plant Sale, 8:30 –
11:30 am. Presented by Master Gardeners of Orleans
County. Orleans County Fairgrounds, 12690 State
Highway 31, Albion. 585/798-4265; cce.cornell.edu/
orleans.
September 13: Gathering of Gardeners, 8 am – 4
pm. Featuring David Culp, author and plantsman,
& Elizabeth Licata, author and garden designer.
Parking lot sale featuring plants and garden-related
items. Presented by Master Gardeners of Cornell
Cooperative Extension, Monroe County. Eisenhart
Auditorium, Rochester Museum & Science Center,
657 East Avenue, Rochester. 585/461-1000 x225;
gatheringofgardeners.com.
September 13: Fall Container Garden, 11 am. Create
your own container using fall plants. Includes container of choice and 3 fall plants. $35. Registration
required. BRI
September 13 – 14: National Bonsai Exhibition,
Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm; Sunday, 9 am – 4 pm.
Demonstrations, exhibits, vendors. $15. Total Sports
Experience, 435 West Commercial Street, East
Rochester. 585/334-2595; WNV@internationalbonsai.
com; internationalbonsai.com.
September 13 – 14: Dahlia Show & Sale, Saturday, 1 –
6 pm; Sunday, 10 am – 12 pm. Saturday: flower show,
arrangements for sale. Sunday: show flowers for sale.
Perinton Square Mall, 6720 Pittsford-Palmyra Road.
Facebook; rochesterdahlias.org.
September 14: Fungi with Fun Guys, 2 pm. Led by
Dave Wolf, Carl Wolf & Don Wolf. Discover and
identify mushrooms and other fungi. Free. TAS
September 16 – 17: Hypertufa Garden Troughs,
Tuesday, 7 – 9 pm; Wednesday, 7 – 8 pm. Alana
Miller will guide participants in the creation of their
own hypertufa planter plus discuss curing, wintering
over, and various ways to use them in the landscape.
Materials included. $65 members; $75 non-members.
Registration required. RCGC
September 17: September Blooms Stroll at Michael
Hannen’s Nursery, 5:30 – 7 pm. Michael grows over
800 varieties of plants at his urban home-based nursery. Display gardens showcase the rare and unusual
plants that he specializes in. Arrive early to shop or
preview the gardens. $10 members; $15 non-members. Registration required. RCGC
September 19 – 21: Northeast Conifer Society
Regional Meeting. Program will include tours of local
gardens. Holiday Inn Rochester Airport. northeast.
conifersociety.org.
September 20: Henrietta Garden Club Fall Plant Sale,
11 am – 3 pm. Wide variety of member-grown plants.
Tinker Nature Park, 1525 Calkins Road, Henrietta.
585/889-1547; henriettagardenclub.org.
September 20 – October 27: Introductory Bonsai
Course, four sessions, choose either Monday evenings or Saturday mornings. Four bonsai will be created in addition to demonstrations and information
on how to create, care and appreciate fine classical
bonsai. Taught by Wm. N. Valavanis. $90. Registration
required. International Bonsai Arboretum, Rochester.
WNV@internationalbonsai.com; internationalbonsai.
com.
• September 21: Thompson Abbey Day, 9:30 am –
4:30 pm. A day of activities inspired by Downton
Abbey including picnics, lawn bowling, croquet,
period dress and more. Admission includes activities
and access to gardens & mansion. $12 adults; $10
seniors & AAA members; $6 military w/ ID, college
students w/ ID & youth (13-17); $1 children (4-12);
Free children 3 & under. SG
September 13: Fall Wildflowers, 10 am. Guided walk
led by Carol Southby & Carl Herrgesell. Hand lens
helpful. Free. TAS
• September 21: Fairy / Mini Gardens Workshop, 2
– 4 pm. All ages. Quick slideshow and treasure hunt
for the kids followed by planting session. A variety of
plants, containers and décor will be available. Cost
varies depending on materials selected. Registration
required. Wayside Garden Center, 124 PittsfordPalmyra Road (Route 31), Macedon. 585/223-1222
x100; trish@waysidegardencenter.com; Facebook;
waysidegardencenter.com.
September 13: Fall Garden Gala, 10 am – 1 pm. Plant
sale featuring indoor and outdoor plants, mums,
floral arrangements, chance auction, soil pH testing
and gardening advice by Master Gardeners. Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Genesee County, 420 East
Main Street, Batavia. 585/343-3040 x101.
September 23 – October 9: Basic Professional Floral
Design Certificate, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:30 – 9
pm. This 15-20 hour comprehensive program will
guide students through the basic principles and
techniques of floral design. Each intensive class will
include a lecture and hands-on workshop. Styles
discussed will include round, triangular, vase, symmetrical, elongated, corsages and more. Students
will create one or two arrangements to take home at
each class. Materials included. $395 members; $495
non-members. Registration required. RCGC
September 24: Visit Rochester’s Castle, 6 – 7:30 pm.
Enjoy a late-summer soirée at historic Warner Castle,
home of the Rochester Civic Garden Center. There
will be guided tours of the interior and the grounds,
including the Alling DeForest-designed courtyard and
sunken gardens. Peruse the Horticultural Library. $12.
Preregistration preferred. RCGC
October 2: Continuous Containers, 5:30 – 7 pm. RCGC
director and garden designer Christine Froehlich will
discuss how to choose plants and materials that will
last and demonstrate how to combine living plants
with materials already on hand in the yard to make
colorful and long-lasting containers for the winter. $22
members; $32 non-members. Registration required.
RCGC
October 4: Brush Hour, 10 am. Enjoy autumn’s show of
color and add to your knowledge of trees and shrubs.
Led by Frank Crombe & Shirley Shaw. Free. TAS
October 4: Fall is a Great Time for Propagating, 10
am – 1 pm. Michael Hannen will discuss which plants
to divide now, how to divide them and how to handle
them for fall or spring planting in the ground or in
pots plus how to plant and store divisions so they will
be in good condition for spring sales. He will demonstrate how to collect viable seed from plants and
winter-sow it for spring seedlings. $18 members; $25
non-members. Registration required. RCGC
October 4: Ikebana Exhibit, 10 am – 5 pm. Hourly
demonstrations showing the floral arrangement
style of a particular school of Ikebana: Ichiyo, Hijiri
Ikenobo, Ohara or Sogetsu. Presented by the
Rochester Chapter of Ikebana International. Free.
Community Room, Barnes & Noble, Pittsford Plaza,
3349 Monroe Avenue, Rochester. ikebanarochester.
org.
• October 5: Terrarium Workshop, 2 – 4 pm. All ages.
Presentation and workshop. Cost varies depending
on materials selected. Registration required. Wayside
Garden Center, 124 Pittsford-Palmyra Road (Route
31), Macedon. 585/223-1222 x100; trish@waysidegardencenter.com; Facebook; waysidegardencenter.com.
October 8: Botanical Drawing, eight Wednesdays,
6:30 – 8:30 pm. Deb Ver Hulst-Norris, a horticulturist
with a B.S. in Fine Arts, will teach participants to draw
plants and flowers in accurate detail. Drawing skills
will be developed by closely observing the structure
and textures of plants and flowers. Class will explore
the use of graphite pencils, with colored pencil
added to give depth and definition to drawings. No
previous experience needed. $99 members; $120
non-members. Registration required. RCGC
October 10: Botanical Drawing, six Fridays, 9 am – 12
pm. See description under October 8. $99 members;
$120 non-members. Registration required. RCGC
October 11: Fall Gardening Symposium, 10 am – 5
pm. Vincent Simeone will discuss how to use trees
and shrubs to create visual interest and appeal all
year long. He will present three lectures: Popular
Flowering Trees & Shrubs; Old-Fashioned Trees &
Shrubs and Four Season Gardening with Woody
Plants. Includes lunch. $75 members; $85 non-members. Registration required. SG
October 11: Grapevine Tree, 11 am. Wrap a coneshaped form with grapevines to make a tree to
decorate with lights, ornaments and fall accessories.
Registration required. BRI
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ROCHESTER cont.
October 12: Big Woods Preserve, 10 – 12 pm. Guided
walk of old growth woods led by Norma Platt & John
Boettcher. Park & meet: 674 Vosburg Road, Webster.
Genesee Land Trust, 585/256-2130; info@geneseelandtrust.org; geneseelandtrust.org.
October 14: Floral Design Workshop – Fall
Landscape-Style Arrangement, 7 – 9 pm. Floral
designer Alana Miller will use a zoning technique to
organize fall dried and everlasting materials into a
landscape-style arrangement which features planned
groupings and graduated heights, to create a composition that is larger than a simple floral arrangement.
Materials included. $30 members; $40 non-members.
Registration required. RCGC
October 15: Landscape Drawing Made Easy – A
Step-by-Step Plan for Success, 6 – 9 pm. Garden
designer Christine Froehlich will demonstrate the
planning method she uses and show how a drawing
is useful for choosing shapes, figuring out how many
plants are needed and what size and which plants to
choose. Bring a variety of photographs of a project
you want to work on, printed on 8 ½ x 11” paper.
Images can be black & white or color, you will be
tracing over them so make sure they are clear. $32
members; $42 non-members. Registration required.
RCGC
October 21: Grapevine Tree Workshop, 7 – 9 pm.
Charles Lytle will guide participants as they create
a 36”-tall stylized tree using a wire form and natural
grapevines. He will demonstrate different embellishments and discuss various seasonal uses. Trees will
last for several years. Materials included. $28 members; $35 non-members. Registration required by
October 16. RCGC
October 23: Putting the Garden to Bed, 1 – 3 pm. In
this outdoor class Christine Froehlich will cover what
to divide in the fall, what to leave alone, recordkeeping, why and how to cut things back, what to leave
up for winter interest and wildlife, fall fertilization,
cleaning and putting away tools and equipment. $22
members; $32 non-members. Registration required.
RCGC
October 25: Potions and Poisons, 10 am. Learn about
wild plants and the chemicals in them that are good
and bad for people, deer and other critters. Hike led
by Carl Herrgesell & Frank Crombe. Free. TAS
October 28: Make an Everlasting Wreath, 6:30 – 8
pm. Sue Lang and Sheryl Roets will guide participants
in creating an everlasting wreath using a base of
salal (lemon leaf) and baby’s breath (depending on
availability) to embellish with dried, fresh and/or silk
floral materials. Materials included. $55. Registration
required. RCGC
October 28: Combining Plants for Year-Round Color,
6:30 – 8:30 pm. Garden designer Marcella Klein will
present a slideshow of colorful garden groupings and
combinations of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals
and bulbs in addition to handouts with ideas to use at
home. $22 members; $32 non-members. Registration
required. RCGC
October 28 & 30: Intermediate Certificate –
Bouquets, 6:30 – 9 pm. Styles covered in this intermediate program will include vegetative, landscape,
botanical, Biedermeier, and bouquets. Students will
take home all arrangements created during class.
Prerequisite: Basic Professional Floral Design program
or floral shop experience. $150 members; $225 nonmembers. Registration required. RCGC
October 29: Hallo5ween Pumpkin Arrangement, 7 – 9
pm. Fill a real pumpkin with fresh fall flowers, wheat
and a variety of seasonal adornments. Instructor:
Alana Miller. Materials included. $30 members; $40
non-members. Registration required. RCGC
Gardeners of Syracuse meets the third Thursday
of each month at 7:30 pm, Reformed Church of
Syracuse, 1228 Teall Avenue, Syracuse. Enter from
Melrose Avenue. 315/464-0051.
Gardeners in Thyme (a women’s herb club) meets the
second Thursday of the month at 7 pm, Beaver Lake
Nature Center, Baldwinsville. 315/635-6481; hbaker@
twcny.rr.com.
Habitat Gardening Club of CNY (HGCNY) meets the
last Sunday of most months at 2 pm, Liverpool Public
Library. HGCNY is a chapter of Wild Ones: Native
Plants, Natural Landscapes; for-wild.org. Meetings are
free and open to the public. 315/487-5742; hgcny.
org.
Koi and Water Garden Society of Central New York
usually meets the third Monday of each month at 7
pm. See web site for meeting locations. 315/4583199; cnykoi.com.
Syracuse Rose Society meets the second Thursday of
every month (except December and February) at 7
pm. Public welcome. 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.
syracuserosesociety.org.
November 12: Marimo Moss Ball Terrarium
Workshop, 7 – 8:30 pm. Marimo moss balls are
formed by a unique species of alga (Aegagropila
linnaei) that grows in some lakes in the northern
hemisphere. The alga has several growth forms, but
in certain lakes it takes on the form of a fuzzy green
ball. In this workshop with teacher, artist and garden
enthusiast Sigriet Ferrer participants will craft an
aquatic ecosystem requiring minimal care – marimo
moss balls thrive on indirect sunlight and a monthly
water change. Materials included. $28 members; $35
non-members. Registration required. RCGC
Williamson Garden Club. On-going community projects; free monthly lectures to educate the community about gardening. Open to all. 315/524-4204.
grow14589@gmail.com; grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com.
November 15: Forever Green Auction, 6:30 pm. All
proceeds benefit Genesee Land Trust. Jack’s Place
at Durand Eastman Park, 1200 Kings Highway North,
Rochester. Genesee Land Trust, 585/256-2130; info@
geneseelandtrust.org; geneseelandtrust.org.
Save the Date…
• October 26: Haunted Garden Stroll, 6 – 8:30 pm.
Hear strange tales about Sonnenberg from the last
126 years and encounter spooky characters during
the walk including an apparition of a Civil War general who died in the mansion, the Lady in Black who
continues to walk the grounds and more. $5; under
age 5 free. SG
November 29: Grapevine Tree, 11 am. See description under October 11. Registration required.
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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.
November 3: Create a Fairy Garden, 6:30 – 8 pm. Sue
Lang and Joe Gallea will guide participants in building a Fairy Garden. Children may attend for free if
accompanying a registered adult. Materials supplied:
a pot, soil, 2 plants and 1 fairy garden accessory.
Additional embellishments will be available for purchase. $35. Registration required. RCGC
October 26 – November 23: Durand Eastman Park
Arboretum Tour, Sundays, 2 – 4 pm. Tours conducted by Community Forester Volunteers. Be prepared
to traverse moderate hills and wooded trails. Meet:
kiosk, Zoo Road, next to park offices lot. Donations.
585/261-1665; bob.bea@gmail.com.
October 27: Terrarium Workshop, 6:30 – 8 pm. Joe
Gallea will explain which plants are best for terrariums, show how to layer the soil with different planting media, provide tips on landscaping with unusual
stones and describe how to maintain them with the
proper lighting, watering and fertilizing. Bring a glass
container or purchase one from an assortment available. Materials provided include 3 plants, planting
medium and decorative stone. $35. Registration
required. RCGC
Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North Syracuse.
315/492-2562; kgarb@twcny.rr.com; avsofsyracuse.
org.
November 22: Thanksgiving Centerpiece, 11 am.
Use evergreens and fall accessories to create a
Thanksgiving-themed centerpiece. Materials included. $20. Registration required. BRI
December 6: Holiday Greens Workshop, 8:30 am – 12
pm. $30. Registration opens October 1, early payments will not be accepted. Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Wayne County, 1581 Route 88 North,
Newark. 315/331-8415.
SYRACUSE
REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS:
African Violet Society of Syracuse meets the second
Thursday of the month, September – May, Pitcher Hill
Classes / Events
• Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.
September 6: Seed Saving and Exchange in the
Gardens, 10 am – 12 pm. Learn the basic techniques
of saving seeds from flowers, vegetables and herbs in
this hands-on workshop, using plants from the Parker
F. Scripture Botanical Garden. Seed saving experts
will be on hand to provide seeds for exchange.
Participants may bring some of their own seeds for
exchange. Educational displays, plant sale, soil pH
testing. $5, includes one soil pH test. Registration
required. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Oneida
County, 121 Second Street, Oriskany. 315/736-3394
x125; cceoneida.com.
September 28: Make Sure Your Landscape is WellGrounded, 2 pm. Janet Allen will discuss the ground
layer and healthy soil needed to create a healthy
landscape. Presented by Habitat Gardening in Central
New York. Free. Liverpool Library 310 Tulip Street,
Liverpool. hgcny.org; ourhabitatgarden.org.
October 26: Learn to Identify Native Ferns and Fern
Allies, 2 pm. Environmental Consultant Joe McMullen
will explain how to identify common native ferns
and fern allies such as club mosses and horsetails.
Presented by Habitat Gardening in Central New York.
Free. Liverpool Library 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool.
hgcny.org; ourhabitatgarden.org.
πDeadline for Calendar Listings for the next
issue (November-December) is Friday,
October 10, 2014. Please send your submissions
to deb@upstategardenersjournal.com.
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From the garden
Apple Galette
Serves 6 – 8
Crust
1 cup all purpose flour
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ pound (1 stick) cold
unsalted butter, diced
2 Tbsp. ice cold water
ABOVE: Photo courtesy
Flickr: Goublegus
1. Place flour, sugar and
salt in food processor. Pulse
a few times to combine.
Add butter and pulse 12-15
times or until the butter
is the size of peas. With
processor running, add ice
water all at once through
the tube. Pulse a few times
to combine, but stop just
before the dough is a solid
mass. Put the dough onto a
well floured board and form into a disk. Wrap in plastic
and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
3. Flour the rolling pin and roll pastry into an 11" circle on
lightly floured surface. Transfer to baking sheet lined
with parchment paper.
Filling
1 ½ lbs. McIntosh, Macoun or Empire apples, 3 large
¼ teaspoon orange zest
¼ cup flour
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1⁄8 teaspoon allspice
4 Tbsp. (½ stick) cold unsalted butter, diced
1.Peel, core and cut apples into 8 pieces and cut each piece
into 3 chunks. Toss chunks with orange zest. Cover the
dough with the apples, but leave a 1½" border.
2.Combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon and allspice in
food processor and add butter and pulse until mixture
is crumbly. Work mixture with your fingers until holds
together and then spread over apples.
3. Gently fold the dough border over the apples to enclose
the dough, pleating it to make a circle. Bake for 20-25
minutes or until the crust is golden and the apples
are tender. If it is browning too fast, turn oven to
400 degrees. Allow to cool. Serve warm or at room
temperature. May be served with vanilla ice cream.
Recipe courtesy Marion Morse, Allyn’s Creek Garden Club.
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Cathy's Craft Corner
Autumn votives
by Cathy Monrad
T
hese votives bring fall colors and textures indoors
and the project is an easy one that kids will love to
help create.
Materials
Assortment of colorful leaves with stems removed
Waxed paper
Collage and decoupage medium like Mod Podge®
Small bunch of dry twigs (the straighter the better)
Hot glue sticks
Ribbon or twine
Glass votives
Fall scented candles like apple, pumpkin, or spice
Tools
Heavy books
Small paintbrush
Utility knife
Hot glue gun
Leaf Votive
1. Flatten the leaves by laying them between pieces of
waxed paper with heavy books stacked on top for a couple
of days. If the leaves are too dry, they will crumble; make
sure they still have flexibility before starting the next step.
2. Use the paintbrush to coat the vein side of a leaf with
Mod Podge®.
3. Place leaf on the glass, smooth out any wrinkles with
your fingers, then add a coat of Mod Podge® to the outside.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3, arranging the leaves around the
votive.
5. When you are happy with the look, add one more
coat of Mod Podge® to avoid missed edges.
6. Let dry for at least 24 hours before adding and
lighting candle. You may also choose to tie a piece of ribbon
or twine around your votive.
Stick Votive
1. Trim the twigs to the height of the votive. I found it
easiest to score the twigs with a utility knife, then break by
hand.
2. Add a line of hot glue on the twig, then place on
votive.
3. Repeat step 2, adding twigs around the entire votive.
Tip: Vary the twig size and spacing between each to allow
candlelight through.
4. Tie a piece of ribbon or twine around the sticks.
5. Add candle, light, and enjoy!
Cathy Monrad is the graphic designer for the Upstate
Gardeners' Journal.
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UPSTATE GARDENERS’ JOURNAL | 29
Rooted
Salad days
by Christina Le Beau
picked, chomping fistfuls of pea shoots like a cow. This was
before bugs became “gross,” so every wiggler and caterpillar
was a new friend. The memories of those days are etched in
the mommy memory bank. The salad days. Literally.
A couple years later, we switched to a CSA without a
work component, and while it’s been easier and we’ve loved
the variety on offer, it’s felt a bit weird to simply show up,
check our name off a list, and start bagging. No work at the
farm. No work at pickup. Just pay our money and get our
food.
This isn’t unusual, I understand. It’s how many CSAs
these days work, and how most people prefer it. But it
makes me a little sad. I miss the experience of working the
farm and the camaraderie of knowing fellow members as
more than faces in a line. Most of all, I miss exposing my
daughter to all of that and more.
So this season, instead of going back to our old CSA, we
did something radical: We skipped the CSA altogether. We
tried to skip it last year, then changed our minds, lured by
convenience. (And sure, all that good food.) But this year we
held firm.
Why? So we could shop the markets, one farm and
farmer at a time, picking just what we wanted and learning from the choices along the way. Times change, so we’ve
found new ways to get our farm fix. We grow a little at
home. We pick a lot at local farms. We’ve continued shopping the markets to supplement our CSA. But this summer
I wanted to slow it down and make each purchase a deliber-
ABOVE: Photo courtesy
Flickr: Wolfgang Lonien
M
y daughter was in a stroller the first summer
ate act. My daughter is young enough to love shopping by
my side, old enough to be shaped by the experience. The
salad days aren’t over yet.
she visited the farm. Six months old, with a
sunhat on her head and sunlight on her toes,
she watched (and snoozed) as my husband and I and our
CSA comrades picked the day’s crops, then washed and
packed them for the trip back to the city for distribution.
The following summer, we brought a little pop-up tent
for her and a friend. But by the next, she was working right
alongside us, eating a cherry tomato for every few she
30 | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2014
Christina Le Beau lives in Rochester. She writes about raising food-literate kids at www.spoonfedblog.net. A version
of this essay originally appeared on Spoonfed and in New
York Organic News.
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