Molly K.’s home in Altamont 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Members only.
Molly has been an Albany County Master Gardener since 1991. Until this year, she has designed and coordinated care of the Floral Demonstration Garden at Cornell Cooperative Extension, which used annuals, and changed scheme and design from year to year, to demonstrate the varied looks that can be achieved in the same space. In 2018 her husband gave her the book Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy.
Here’s how Molly tells the story:
“It opened my eyes and ever since I have been adding only natives to our gardens and property. My husband, Bob, has been removing invasive plants from our property, a never ending task. Last winter we purchased a heater for our bird bath and it attracted bluebirds to our yard and they nested in our birdhouse this Spring. We were thrilled. We have a vegetable garden, blueberries, raspberries, flower gardens, native trees and shrubs. We have a “wild area” that we have paths through and that is where we have been getting rid of buckthorns, multiflora roses, honeysuckles, and bittersweet.”
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CCE Demonstration Gardens: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Open to the public.
Demonstration gardens are designed to educate the community in horticulture and science. At the Cornell Cooperative Extension site in Voorheesville, there are 20 distinctly designed gardens, including a native and pollinator garden, a shade garden, a shrub garden, a grass garden, a children’s garden, vegetable gardens and herb gardens. Master gardeners, several of whom are Wild Ones members, will be available to guide tours and answer questions.
Details here.