Seed-to-Supper Volunteer Information Session Monday, February 5, 6:00-7:30pm @ Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY
Are you passionate about growing vegetables? Are you interested in helping beginning gardeners in your community learn to grow their own food as well? Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County will train volunteers to become Seed-to-Supper volunteer educators to lead free gardening classes in their own communities. There will be an information session about Seed-to-Supper at the Tompkins Public Library on Monday, February 5 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Anyone who is interested in Seed-to-Supper, whether as a volunteer or as a class participant, is welcome to attend. Training sessions for volunteers will be held at Cornell Cooperative Extension on Thursday, February 22 from 5:30-8:30 pm, and on Saturday, March 17 from 10:00am - 4:00pm. Volunteers should be available to attend both training dates. The training program will prepare Seed-to-Supper volunteer educators to teach free vegetable gardening classes in their own communities in Tompkins County. Volunteers will gain familiarity with the Seed-to-Supper curriculum and learn hands-on activities that they can use when teaching the classes in their communities. Seed-to-Supper volunteers will work in small groups to lead the classes, and receive all the materials needed to run the classes. Topics include planning the garden, soil preparation, composting, planting, garden maintenance, pests and diseases, and harvesting. There is no cost for the training, and the gardening classes held in Tompkins County communities will be offered for free as well. For more information and to download a volunteer application, visit: http://ccetompkins.org/events/2018/02/15/application-deadline-for-seed-to-supper-volunteer-training . The application deadline is February 15. For more information contact Chrys Gardener at ca...@cornell.edu<mailto:ca...@cornell.edu>, or call 272-2292 extension 241. Chrys Gardener Commercial/Community Horticulture Educator Cornell Cooperative Extension - Tompkins County 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850 (607)272-2292, extension 241 www.ccetompkins.org<http://www.ccetompkins.org> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
