The 2016 Winter Lecture Series consists of four different 90-minute lectures designed to prepare the avid home gardener for the upcoming growing season. The courses will provide information on how to properly start your seedlings, care for your house plants during the winter, successfully prune those small fruit plants, and plant the bulbs that will give you fabulous summer blooms.

The Lectures will be held on Thursdays in February and March from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the CCEUC Education Center located at 232 Plaza Road in Kingston. The fee is $15 per person, per lecture, or participants may choose to take all four for $50 and save $10! Class sizes are limited and pre-registration is encouraged to ensure a seat in each course.

March 10   Small Fruit Pruning   Jim O’Connell

Early spring is the best time to prune most small fruit, blueberries, raspberries and grapes. Learn the techniques to produce bigger and better berries.

Instructor: Jim O’Connell is an Ulster County CCE Educator based mostly at the CCE Fruit Lab in Highland with an expertise in small fruit. He primarily works with commercial growers in the Hudson Valley and is also very knowledgeable about growing cranberries.

– See more at: http://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/events/2016/02/11/2016-winter-lecture-series-for-home-gardeners#sthash.6EIeL240.dpuf

To register, mail or drop off this printable registration form. For more information contact Dona at 845-340-3990 x335 or email dm282@cornell.edu.  Full details on all lectures can be found below.   – See more at: http://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/events/2016/02/11/2016-winter-lecture-series-for-home-gardeners#sthash.9aZMhBTI.dpuf

– See more at: http://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/events/2016/02/11/2016-winter-lecture-series-for-home-gardeners#sthash.6EIeL240.dpuf