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Volume Twenty-three, Issue Four July-August 2017

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SARA’S GARDEN

ALERT: THIS IS A RE-RUN! (Important enough to us that we had to run it again).

Joys & Responsibilities Let’s talk about the joy part first—the joy of all things plant & garden related have been a big part of our lives the past few weeks. The emotion was present in every smile, we saw throughout the months of spring, as we all gathered, planned, and dreamed of the garden we are about to create. Be it vegetable, perennial, or tree, it is in us to plant.

This joy burns hot & fast and before you know it, the days turn over to summer. The best laid plans of mice & men as they say, are turning the corner to the responsibility portion of the dream.

Now, is the time when all garden center owners hope they have done their job well; selling you the right plant for the right spot, giving you all you need to keep your dream alive.

But now, the responsibility lies with you. We need you to nurture your dream for the next few months with plenty of water, weeding, fertilizing… whatever your dream needs; it must come from you to keep it going.

We’re here all summer to encourage and support you, so stop in anytime. Our goal is to provide you with all you need to keep the dream alive for seasons to come!

Stone Wall Follies 2017 The dates have been selected for this year’s Stone Wall Follies! October 7th & 8th will be our 9th year of the walling weekend. We can’t thank you all enough for the wonderful response. This is a magical weekend; ask us and we’ll send you the details.

For details or reservations for the Stone Wall Follies, Our Community Veggie Garden, reserving event space, or any other garden/plant related topic, please email kkepler@ rochester.rr.com or call 585-637-4745 and ask for Kathy.

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Contents Ear to the Ground.......................................................4

PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Jane F. Milliman MANAGING EDITOR: Debbie Eckerson GRAPHIC DESIGN: Cathy Monrad TECHNICAL EDITOR: Brian Eshenaur PROOFREADER: Sarah Koopus

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: MICHELLE SUTTON | RUSSELL WELSER | JENNIE CRAMER ANGELA LOH | MARY SQUYRES | CATHY MONRAD | TED COLLINS

Stump the Chump.......................................................5 Almanac: What to do in July and August.................6 Garden Writer Carol Bradford............................. 8-11 Attracting Butterflies...........................................14-15 Calendar...............................................................16-21 Slugs!......................................................................... 24 Cathy the Crafty Gardener...................................... 30

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Ear to the Ground TOUR TIME

Summer is here! It’s time to kick back and enjoy all of the hard work you have put into your garden so far. Plus—and I know I say this every year—get out there and see what other folks around you are doing.

Touring other people’s gardens is without a doubt the best way to gain inspiration for your own. (Reading magazines and books, too!) It doesn’t have to be Sissinghurst, either (though I do recommend Sissinghurst). Wander over and visit your neighbor. See something that grows well in her yard you haven’t tried? Plant it! Find it at a local garden club sale or ask for a division or a cutting. Gardeners tend to be very generous and giving people.

Check our calendar in this issue for scads of garden tours across the region.

They are helpfully indicated with a “T.” ABOVE: A border at Sissinghurst

PEER POWER

I have known Carol Bradford for a long time, though not very well, admittedly. We tend to bump into each other at industry events and because we had similar jobs for several years (local columnists for our respective cities' newspapers), we always had a lot to commiserate about. So it was a special treat to learn more about her in Michelle Sutton’s piece in this issue—she has had a fascinating life! Also, I am a sucker for Nicotiana sylvestris, so we have that in common.

STUMP THE CHUMP

We have a very special stumper this issue. Don’t miss it. (It's on the facing page.)

Thank you so much for picking up this issue of the UGJ. I hope you love it!

Q&A

Stump the Chump The first person to answer correctly will win a $50 gift certficate to Aladdin’s. Please call or text 585/734-8967, or email cathy@upstategardenersjournal.com to guess.

We will accept guesses starting July 17, 2017, in order to give everyone a fair chance. Good luck!

by Ted Collins

The answer to the November-Decmber 2016 stumper: Robinia hispida (bristly locust)

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Almanac

What To Do in the Garden in July & August

INSET: raspberry

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Mid-to-late July is the usual time for harvesting garlic.

When about half the lower leaves are yellow or dry, pull the garlic and let it dry in a well-ventilated area out of direct sunlight for several weeks. Once dry remove the tops and place in a cool, dry location. Do not place the garlic in plastic bags.

From early July through August the raspberry cane borer is present and laying eggs in the tips of new raspberry canes.

Upon hatching the larvae burrow down through the center pith, reaching the plant crown by fall. Affected canes often die. One cultural practice to reduce the damage is to cut off infested canes as soon as tips wilt several inches below the affected portion.

Renovate your June-bearing strawberries immediately after your last harvest for the season. Remove any weeds and then cut off the strawberry leaves. Apply five pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer per one hundred linear feet of row. Narrow the row width to twelve inches by rototilling excess plants, mulch and weeds that are between the rows. Be sure to toss one half to one inch of soil over the remaining plants for better root growth. Immediately after renovation, irrigate the strawberry bed to promote new growth.

Be sure to put bird netting over your blueberries. The netting should go all the way down to the ground, otherwise birds will go up under the netting.

To control a number of diseases on tomatoes including late blight, monitor for symptoms especially if the conditions have been wet. Be ready to treat if necessary.

Remember most fungicides are plant protectants and do not kill the disease once established. So do not wait to see the disease before starting your spray regimen. Multiple applications may be needed throughout the growing season. Read and follow label directions.

Keep an eye out for the imported cabbage butterfly larvae on your cabbage, broccoli, and other related crops. When noticed, handpick and remove caterpillars or use the insecticide Bt, as needed.

Try late plantings for fall harvest. Plant seeds of early cabbage, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, collards, kale, kohlrabi, Swiss chard, bok choy, beets, carrots, turnips, and rutabagas in the first half of July.

If squash vine borer has been a problem for you in the past, hopefully you took precautions in late June. If you didn’t, be watching the base and lower leaf stems for signs of an orangishbrown frass. As soon as you see this, slit the stem lengthwise with a knife, find the larvae, and destroy it. Next cover the slit vine with several inches of soil. If caught soon enough the plant will likely survive.

If your tomatoes have been growing well, but now some or all are wilting, you may have planted to close to a black walnut tree and are experiencing walnut wilt. These plants often die. Next year plant farther away from the walnut tree.

You may want to protect the developing apple fruit from apple maggot starting in late July with a home orchard fruit spray or use kaolin clay. Your other option is to place 3 to 4 red

sphere sticky traps per semi-dwarf tree and replace each week starting the first of August through September.

Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, elderberries, cherries, peaches, and other late summer fruit are susceptible to the relatively new invasive insect, spotted wing drosophila. This insect appears similar to other fruit flies but causes tremendous damage to the fruit, making the fruit inedible. Protective pesticide sprays containing the active ingredient spinosad provide very good protection. Start looking for this pest in July and throughout the rest of the growing season.

By late July petunias are getting straggly looking with a few blooms on the ends. Be selective and prune back these stragglers to two or three inches in height. It will take about four weeks before you once again have flowers and a more compact plant.

Most of the hybrid summer squash develop male flowers before the female flowers appear. Be patient as the female flowers and then the young fruit should start to appear within a week or two of the male flowers.

July through September is the time to divide and replant iris.

Cut back the foliage to a height of six to eight inches for ease of handling. Dig the clump and separate into single or double fans. Be sure to label each fan so they do not get mixed up. Prepare the soil and replant being sure not to plant too deeply.

Do not bend onion tops. They will fall over on their own when they are mature.

Bending the tops does not force the plant to bulb sooner. If your onions are not developing the size they should, you probably need to plant them earlier in the garden so they develop lots of leaves before they start to produce the bulb.

For best quality eggplant, harvest the fruit while young and immature.

Unfortunately, there are no signs to help gardeners determine when to harvest eggplant other than size. If you cut into your eggplant and the seeds are brown, the fruit is past prime eating stage and you should harvest sooner.

Be sure to keep your mower blades sharp. You will have a better looking lawn, less disease, and your mower will be more efficient, saving you fuel.

Look over the bulb catalogs and place your order early.

If you need to renovate your lawn or reseed an area, August into September is the ideal time to do it. Be sure to have a soil nutrient test done on your soil several weeks in advance of seeding.

If you have planted any new trees or shrubs that have been planted in the past two years, be sure to water them during dry and droughty periods. Be sure to soak the soil ball area to a depth of ten to twelve inches.

Sit back on your patio or deck and enjoy your landscape and gardens. It doesn’t need to be all work.

—Russell Welser, horticulture educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County

Seasonal Stakeout

Garden Writer Carol Bradford— on Carol Bradford

Story and photos by Michelle Sutton

M ABOVE: Carol Bradford in her element

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any of you will know garden writer Carol T. Bradford from her column in the Syracuse PostStandard. She penned it twice a week from 1993 to 2016, contributing additional home and garden features along the way. Upon retirement from that publication, she calculated that she’d written the equivalent of twenty novels for it!

Bradford’s writing is succinct, pragmatic, and accessible.

In the Post-Standard column (available online) called “Acid Soil is Made from Granite and Shale Bedrock,” she conveys a great deal about soils as they relate to gardening in six short paragraphs—no easy task. It exemplifies her talent as

a communicator.

Carol Bradford and I first crossed paths in the early 2000s when as a graduate student I taught a Master Gardener class in greater Syracuse; Carol was part of the welcoming group that took me to dinner the night before.

I’ve never forgotten how encouraging she was of me. I observed what a bright spirit she has and admired how knowledgeable and passionate about horticulture she is.

So you can imagine my excitement when I had the chance to see her garden and ask her questions about her life and career thus far.

INTERNATIONAL HABITATS Bradford’s father was a bank officer who took assignments around the world.

Her family lived in New York City, Florida, Arizona, and Massachusetts; Caracas, Venezuela; Geneva, Switzerland; Paris, France; Casablanca, Morocco; and Monrovia, Liberia. “As you can imagine, I saw all sorts of plant habitats,” she says. “I was fascinated by the flora in all these places.”

There’s another reason for her strong affinity for gardening. “My parents never required us kids to weed their gardens or pick rocks,” she says, “so as adults my two brothers and I were free to gravitate toward horticulture on our own accord. By contrast, my husband and his siblings, who did have to weed their family gardens, don’t care for gardening now.”

Bradford’s first gardens were vegetable and herb gardens she planted as a teenager in France. She was studying at the Cordon Bleu (as one does—no big deal) (!) and wanted to have fresh veggies to cook.

Back in the States she went to Cornell, studying nutrition—but gradually realized she didn’t want to be a dietician after all.

In her last semester she took Vegetable Crops 103 and found it thrilling. When she went to grad school in molecular biology and biochemistry at Syracuse University, she kept growing her own vegetables for cooking.

Bradford’s grad school studies revolved around Drosophila (fruit flies): their life cycles, anatomy, and so on. Bradford thinks this training helped her later when answering questions from home gardeners about insects. “People didn’t realize that most of the bugs they were seeing on the plants were innocent bystanders,” she says.

“The true offender insects were long gone by the time folks noticed damage to the plant.” Readers would send Bradford bugs in the mail; she’d open the envelopes to find little piles of dried-out bug parts—ah, the glamorous life of a garden writer!

After grad school Bradford worked in a research lab doing environmental analysis of pesticides and writing environmental impact statements about them.

What she learned about pesticides also came in handy for her garden writing career. Also, writing so many impact statements helped Bradford hone her technical writing skills.

Eventually Bradford’s first son was born and she decided to stay home with Andrew (and eventually younger son Tim), and she took the Onondaga County Master

Gardener course. “I’ve always been a problem solver and I’m very linear so I was good at figuring out the steps to recommend to people who called Extension with their gardening challenges,” she says.

It was Horticulture educators at CCE who recommended the Post-Standard hire Bradford for the garden column. The letters rolled in. “So often readers had most of the facts but they didn’t have some critical piece of info that would enable them to put it all together,” she says.

“It was thrilling when I could help find that piece.”

TOP: Come into the east-facing section of the Bradford Botanical Garden.

BOTTOM: Take a peek in from the sidewalk. There are lots of native plants, but not exclusively.

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GARDEN TRAVELS

INSETS: Providing habitat for multitudes.

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(Note to Reader: Prepare for Extreme Envy) Bradford is at home in airports. She says she loves to travel because she did so much of it as a child. Among the many public and private gardens she’s visited in Europe, East Ruston Old Vicarage in Norfolk, England is her favorite (check it out online). “It’s a series of garden rooms, it’s incredibly creative, and the guys have attended cleverly to every detail,” she says.

In England, she’s also been to garden writer Beth Chatto’s garden (Bradford got to meet Chatto, who was in her 90s), Sissinghurst, Great Dixter, Kew Gardens, the Blooms of Bressingham garden center and display gardens, the University of Cambridge Botanical Garden, and the exotic tropical garden of the late Will Giles. As a longtime member of the Royal Horticultural Society, Bradford has visited RHS Wisley Gardens and RHS Hyde Hall, the Chelsea Flower Show, the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, and the Tatton Park Flower Show, and she hopes to visit the newest Flower Show at Chatsworth next year.

In Wales, Bradford loved Bodnant Gardens. She’s been to the famous Floriade, a World’s Fair for horticulture, held only every ten years in the Netherlands, to Keukenhof to see the annual Dutch bulb industry trade show, and to De Tuinen van Appeltern, the inspiring Dutch idea garden. She went to Powerscourt Estate and to Helen Dillon’s famous walled garden in Dublin, Ireland before it closed. She has toured famous public and private gardens in China and Japan.

In the United States her favorite public garden among the dozens (hundreds?) she’s seen is Chanticleer. Her favorite New York public garden is the New York Botanical Garden, and she was totally blown away by the High Line.

She’s ever-impressed by Cornell Botanic Gardens and thinks Sonnenberg Gardens has huge potential. She loves the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario (“that’s an easy day trip from here”), the neighborhood gardens featured at Garden Walk Buffalo, and the PepsiCo Sculpture Gardens in Purchase. She hopes someday to get to the West Coast to visit Ganna Walska Lotusland and the Japanese Garden in Portland.

BACK AT THE BRADFORD BOTANICAL GARDEN Bradford has more than 400 kinds of plants in her garden, many of which are labeled with the help of a Brother P-Touch Label Maker and zinc plant markers; she says she’d do stainless steel markers in future because they’re more durable and would better resist trampling by her two dogs. In terms of records, she keeps a spreadsheet for seasonal bloom. “I like to have flowers 12 months a year,” she says.

(In Syracuse, hellebores provide the flowers for the deepest winter months.)

A pond went in several years ago (“I love it so much, I wish I had put it in sooner”) and a garden was built around that. “At first I was going to use only native plants for the pond itself but I got seduced by the tropical water lilies and such,” Bradford says.

While natural pond edges are soggy, constructed liner-based ponds tend to be quite dry on their perimeters, outside their liners. There, Bradford has planted drought-tolerant things like prickly pear cactus, succulents, alliums, and lewisias.

Bradford grows a great many food crops including peaches and apples.

“Unfortunately, last spring we had a bizarre spring temperature drop of fifty degrees and the flowers got zapped; it was the first year since they started fruiting that the apples and peaches didn’t bear a fruit.” It was a challenging season all around— drought and high temps, and powdery mildew was “on everything.”

She also grows small fruits including gooseberries and black and white currants. And of course, she has a large veggie garden. Last year she had fun trying out the new currant tomato ‘Candyland’.

In a nod to the famous White Garden at Sissinghurst,

Bradford has her own white garden. It contains Japanese hydrangea vine (Schizophragma ‘Moonlight’) growing on an apple tree; ‘Honorine Jobert’ anemone (a cultivar of Anemone x hybrida and the Perennial Plant of the Year in 2016); ‘Royal Standard’, ‘El Niño’, and ‘Praying Hands’ hosta; white-flowered bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’); bugbane (Cimicifuga spp.); goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus); Clematis ‘Paul Farges’; Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum); a white-flowered pulmonaria called ‘Sissinghurst’; and a white-blooming swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). There’s even a dove tree (Davidia involucrata), the tree whose flowers look like white handkerchiefs, which is not reliably hardy in Syracuse and hasn’t flowered in fifteen years…but hope springs eternal.

Speaking of white flowers, last year Bradford was delighted with volunteer Nicotiana sylvestris that sprung up all over. It’s a plant that is fragrant at night and hardly open during the day. “I bought the plants a few years ago and for a season they didn’t reappear, but then one summer one plant appeared, and then last summer they

were everywhere—I just love them.” She hopes they are naturalizing in her yard to stay.

All of Bradford’s plants have stories connected to them.

She has a Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Toyama Nishiki’ that she planted in honor of her daughter-in-law Ai, who is Japanese. A hosta called ‘Andrew’ brings to mind her older son. Her ‘Julia Child’ rose reminds her of her time studying at the Cordon Bleu as a teenager (no big deal!)…and so on.

ABOVE: A banner year for Nicotiana sylvestris volunteers

Michelle Sutton (michellejudysutton.com) is a horticulturist, editor, and writer.

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Backyard Habitat

Attracting Butterfly Pollinators to Your Home Garden

by Jennie Cramer, Angela Loh, and Mary Squyres

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ABOVE: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail with Butterfly Bush flowers

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reating a butterfly garden is a wonderful way for your gardening obsession benefit the world at large. Pollinators are a key component of global biodiversity, providing vital ecosystem services to garden and wild plants. There is clear evidence of recent declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators. While butterflies aren’t quite as efficient at pollination as bees, they are a critical piece of the pollination puzzle that keeps our native ecosystems and many of our food crops productive.

In order for butterflies to effectively pollinate they have a few requirements that cannot be ignored. They prefer flowers that provide broad surfaces for landing and have a narrow, spurred tube shape. Flowers with bright colors but faint scents are generally most attractive to butterflies.

They also prefer flowers with features that help them find their way to the food source called nectar guides. Perennial flowers in several plant families fit this description, including the mint, milkweed, and sunflower families.

Butterflies also pollinate members of other diverse plant groups including lupines, wild hollyhocks, violets, and even hostas.

Our butterfly friends require certain special amenities, including sunshine and shelter from the wind, water and minerals, and food choices for both caterpillar and butterfly

stages throughout the growing season. With the right plant choices and landscape features, our yards and gardens can support many of the 163 species of butterflies found in New York State.

As butterflies go through their life cycle from egg to caterpillar to adult, they obtain food from two types of plants: nectar plants for the adults and host plants for the caterpillars There are countless species of plants that provide much-needed nectar for butterflies. Native plants support three times as many species of butterflies as nonnative plants. The following plant species produce nectar and are particularly attractive to butterflies in their flight stage: - Joe-Pye weed*

- Lantana

- Goldenrod*

- Nasturtium

- Aster*

- Anise hyssop

- Coneflower*

- Cosmos

- Bee balm*

- Zinnia

- Liatris*

- Chives

- Black-eyed Susan*

- Yarrow

- Beauty bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) *Native plant

Host plants provide specific foods for caterpillars to grow and develop into adults. Some species of larva require a very specific host, while others may be less finicky and can munch on the leaves and stems of many plants. Different species of butterflies are adapted to different groups of closely related plants, their host plants. Some, such as monarchs, develop successfully only on milkweeds, while others have a wider array of host plants. For example, painted ladies have about 100 different species of host plants, from yarrow to sunflower and lamb’s quarters. Borage can be another fantastic host plant for a number of butterfly species.

Following is a short list of other commonly found butterflies and their host plants: - Fritillary: violet - Mourning cloak: willow, birch - Eastern black swallowtail: golden Alexander, parsley, other carrot family plants - Eastern tiger swallowtail: aspen, tulip tree, pussy willow - Spring/summer azure: dogwood, black cherry, sumac - Viceroy: willow, pussy willow - Pearl crescent: aster - Sulphur: clover, other pea family plants, marigolds For a list of butterflies in your county, their host plants, and their favorite nectar plants, go to butterfliesandmoths.org/ checklists and search your location. You might notice that some of the host plants are native trees and shrubs. These plants are an important part of supporting caterpillars. For example, native oaks can support over 400 species of caterpillars! If planting a tree is beyond the scope of your current garden planning, be sure to keep in mind the importance of native trees when choosing a tree or shrub in the future.

In addition to food, a source of water, even a small puddle, is essential for butterflies. A mud puddle can provide water in addition to minerals they require. For a healthy environment for butterflies, use a minimum of pesticides. Learn to tolerate some damage.

It is also important to be aware of how and where the butterflies spend their winter. Many eggs or caterpillars are hidden among their host plants. A few species, such as mourning cloaks and tortoiseshells, actually hibernate as hardy adults in crevices, under leaf litter, or among evergreen vegetation. To increase the likelihood that your butterflies will survive the winter, reduce the amount of fall cleanup, postpone cutting down the host plants till late spring, and use the leaf litter as mulch in your garden beds.

It is a joyous wonder to make our gardens into homes for our beautiful winged friends. Once you’ve turned your yard and garden into a butterfly haven, you will have done a service not only to the butterflies and the plants they pollinate but also to native ecosystems and their inhabitants across the region.

Jennie Rebecca Cramer is horticulture program manager, Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Angela Loh and Mary Squyers are Master Gardeners.

Calendar BUFFALO REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS

Orchard Park Garden Club meets the first Thursday of the month at 12pm, Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, 4369 South Buffalo Street, Orchard Park.

President: Ruth Ann Nowak, 716/662-1017.

African Violet & Gesneriad Society of WNY meets the third Tuesday of the month, March—December, at 7pm, Greenfield Health & Rehab Facility, 5949 Broadway, Lancaster. judyoneil1945@gmail.com.

Silver Creek-Hanover Garden Club meets the second Saturday of the month at 2pm, First Baptist Church, 32 Main Street, Silver Creek. Sue Duecker, 716/9347608; duke.sue@roadrunner.com.

Alden Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except July & August) at 7pm, Alden Community Center, West Main Street, Alden. New members and guests welcome. Plant sale each May. 716/937-7924.

Smallwood Garden Club meets the third Monday of the month at 7pm, United Methodist Church, 5681 Main Street, Williamsville. New members welcome.

September 18: Victorian Language of Flowers with Nancy Kalieta. October 16: Miniature Forests, the Art of Bonsai with Scott Russo. Claudia, 716/833-2251.

Amana Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except January) at Ebenezer United Church of Christ, 630 Main Street, West Seneca.

Visitors welcome. 716/844-8543; singtoo@aol.com.

Amherst Garden Club meets the fourth Wednesday of the month (except December, March, July & August) at 10am, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Main Street, Williamsville. New members and guests welcome.

716/836-5397.

Bowmansville Garden Club meets the first Monday of the month (except June, July, August & December) at 7pm, Bowmansville Fire Hall, 36 Main Street, Bowmansville. New members and guests welcome.

For more information 716/361-8325.

Buffalo Area Daylily Society. East Aurora Senior Center, 101 King Street, East Aurora. Friendly group who get together to promote daylilies. Open Gardens in July.

August 26: Hosta & Daylily Sale, Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens (see calendar, below). October 21: Hybridizer Curt Hanson, Forestview Restaurant. 716/ 698-3454; Facebook; buffaloareadaylilysociety.com.

Buffalo Bonsai Society meets the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Buffalo Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave, Buffalo.

Federated Garden Clubs NYS – District 8.

Marcia Becker, District Director. 716/681-3530; marshmelo601@yahoo.com; gardenclubsofwny.com.

Friends of Kenan Herb Club meets Monday evenings, Kenan Center for the Arts, 433 Locust Street, Lockport. Meeting dates, times and campus locations: kenancenter.org/affiliates.asp; 716/433-2617.

Garden Club of the Tonawandas meets the third Thursday of the month at 7pm, Tonawanda City Hall, Community Room.

Garden Friends of Clarence meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, 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 7:30pm, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 576 Delaware Road, Kenmore.

Monthly programs, artistic design and horticulture displays. New members and guests welcome. August 8: How to Have a Continuously Blooming Garden, 7–8pm, with Julie McIndoo. September 12: Bugs and How They Enhance Your Garden, 7–8pm, with MaryJane Bolo. 716/833-8799.

Lancaster Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, St. John’s Lutheran Hall, 55 Pleasant Avenue, Lancaster. No meetings January, July & August. 716/685-4881.

Niagara Frontier Koi and Pond Club meets the second Friday of the month at 7pm, Zion United Church, 15 Koening Circle, Tonawanda.

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.

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South Town Gardeners meets the second Friday of the month (except January) at 10:30am, Charles E. Burchfield Nature & Art Center, 2001 Union Road, West Seneca. New members welcome.

Western New York Carnivorous Plant Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm, 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 7pm, 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, 101 King Street, East Aurora. Meetings with speakers, newsletter, sales. August 26: Hosta & Daylily Sale, Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens (see calendar, below). September 16: Fall Hosta Forum, four speakers, lunch, auction, vendors, Edinboro, PA. 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 10am, Forestview Restaurant, Depew. wnyhosta.com.

Western New York Iris Society usually meets at members’ homes and gardens. Information about growing all types of irises and complementary perennials. Guests welcome. August 26: Plant Sale, Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens (see calendar, below). Carolyn Schaffner, 716/837-2285; drsnooks@twc.com.

Western New York Rose Society meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm, St. StephensBethlehem United Church of Christ, 750 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. July 19: June Rose Show Awards Presentation. August 16: Tour Delaware Park Rose Garden, 6pm. wnyrosesociety.net.

Wilson Garden Club generally meets the second Thursday of each month at 7pm, 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 7pm, First Presbyterian Church, 100 Church Street, Youngstown.

FREQUENT HOST BECBG: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14218.

716/827-1584; buffalogardens.com.

CLASSES / EVENTS

• Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.

S- Indicates plant sales.

T- Indicates garden tours.

Ongoing through August 6: Coleus & Color, 10am– 5pm. See thousands of coleus mixed with many different types of flowers in full bloom. BECBG Ongoing through August 22: Tasting Tuesdays at the Botanical Gardens, 4–7:30pm. Enjoy the chance to meander through the exhibits or linger at a table with a glass of wine or craft beer while enjoying fresh foods prepared by Obviously Avi Catering. Offerings will change weekly, depending on what items are seasonally available. Food & beverages priced individually. Included with admission. BECBG T- July 14–15: City of Tonawanda Garden Walk & Friday Night Lights, Friday, 8:30–11pm; Saturday, 10am–4pm. Self-guided. Free. 716/957-4177; Facebook; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

T- July 14–16: Lancaster Garden Walk & Friday Night Tour, Friday, 8:45–10:45pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am–4:30pm. Self-guided. Free. Facebook; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

T- July 15: Village of Williamsville Garden Walk, 10am–4pm. Self-guided. Free. Facebook; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

T- July 15: Garden Walk of Niagara Falls, USA, 10am–4pm. Tours, speakers, informational brochure with event map, transportation to each venue provided by NYS Parks Trolley. Donations accepted.

Facebook; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

T- July 15: Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk, 10am–4pm.

Self-guided tour of 70 private gardens and public spaces in the neighborhoods surrounding the UB South Campus. capengardenwalk@gmail.com; ourheights.org/gardenwalk.

• July 15: Search for Monarchs, 10:30am. Learn about the monarch butterfly’s life cycle and help search for eggs, caterpillars and adult butterflies during the hike. For adults & children ages 10 and older.

Registration required. Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew. 716/683-5959; dec.ny.gov.

T- July 15: Capen at Night, 8–10pm. Self-guided evening tour of Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk (above). capengardenwalk@gmail.com; ourheights. org/gardenwalk.

T- July 16: South Buffalo Alive, 9am–3pm. Self-guided. $2. Facebook; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

July 16: Summer Tree Tour, 11am. Learn about the trees and shrubs that have been planted at the Gardens. $10. BECBG • July 17–21: Nature Explorers Art & Science Camp – Pollinators, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. Children who have completed kindergarten through 6th grade will discover plants and the natural world through art and science. Campers will complete multimedia art projects, learn about plants, play games and take home their own plants to care for. Week: $180 members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 members; $40 non-members. Registration required.

BECBG T- July 21–22: Ken-Ton Garden Tour – Night Lights, 8:30–11pm. See gardens illuminated at night. Part of the Ken-Ton Garden Tour (see below). Self-guided.

Rain or shine. Free. kentongardentour.com.

T- July 22–23: Ken-Ton Garden Tour, 10am–4pm. See open gardens in the village of Kenmore and town of Tonawanda. Self-guided. Rain or shine. Free. kentongardentour.com.

T- July 22–23: West Seneca Garden & Home Tour, 10am–4pm. Self-guided. Free. 716/824-3995; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

• July 24–28: Nature Explorers Art & Science Camp – Plants We Eat, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. See description under July 17–21. Week: $180 members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 members; $40 non-members. Registration required. BECBG T- July 29–30: Garden Walk Buffalo, 10am–4pm.

Self-guided, over 400 gardens. Free. Facebook; gardenwalkbuffalo.com.

• July 31–August 4: Nature Explorers Art & Science Camp – Plants and our Planet, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. See description under July 17–21. Week: $180 members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 members; $40 non-members. Registration required.

BECBG T- August 5: Beyond Flowers Bus Tour, 10am–3pm. Visit 7 progressive gardening and farming sites in Buffalo including the community-based rooftop garden above Broadway market, an ecological land revival at the Central Terminal, reclaimed residential sites that now feature urban farms, neighborhood rain gardens and the bio-retention cell on the Medical Campus. $35; includes round-trip transportation, guides, tip & box lunch. Registration required. 716/247-5004; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

T- August 5: Riverside Tour of Gardens, 10am–4pm.

Self-guided, features more than 50 gardens. New: 14207 Day, local activities throughout the area. Free.

716/851-5116. brrtourofgardens.com.

T- August 5: Starry Night Garden Tour, 8–10pm.

Self-guided, features 20 gardens. Part of Riverside Tour of Gardens (see above). Free. 716/851-5116. brrtourofgardens.com.

August 5–September 16: Docent Training, Saturdays, 9am–2pm. Docents lead tours, teach hands-on programs and help with education events. $25.

Registration required. BECBG • August 7–11: Nature Explorers Art & Science Camp – Rainforests, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. See description under July 17–21. Week: $180 members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 members; $40 non-members. Registration required. BECBG • August 8: Medicinal Herb Walk, 11am. Enjoy a walk to learn about the medicinal values of the herbs that grow at Reinstein Woods. For adults & children ages 12 and older. Registration required. Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew.

716/683-5959; dec.ny.gov.

T- August 12: East Side Momentum Bus Tour, 9am–1pm. Visit diverse projects in Buffalo from community gardens to urban farms, a Buddhist community garden and more. $25; includes roundtrip transportation, guides, tip & snack. Registration required. 716/247-5004; gardensbuffaloniagara.com.

• August 14–18: Nature Explorers Art & Science Camp – Woodland Adventures, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. See description under July 17–21. Week: $180 members; $200 non-members. Single day: $36 members; $40 non-members. Registration required.

BECBG S- August 26: Hosta, Iris & Daylily Sale, 9am–2pm.

Hundreds of daylilies, hostas and irises, labeled and described, for sale at reasonable prices. Experts will be on hand to answer questions. Presented by Western New York Hosta Society, Western New York Iris Society & Buffalo Area Daylily Society. Free.

BECBG September 2–October 1: Succulents, 10am–5pm.

Included with admission. BECBG September 9: Fall Garden Fair. Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark Street, Hamburg. 716/6494684; weknowplants.com.

September 9–October 21: Horticulture I, 6 Saturdays, 11am–1pm. Horticulturist David Clark will cover: Botany 101, Plant Propagation, Pest Management & Disease, Shrubs & Trees, Annuals & Perennials, Garden Design. Suitable for beginners or gardeners and landscapers wishing to brush up on their skills. Series: $105 members; $135 non-members.

Single session: $20 members; $25 non-members.

Registration required. BECBG

SAVE THE DATE… September 16: Fall Hosta Forum. Peace, Love & Plants.

Four speakers, lunch, auction, vendors. Edinboro, PA. wnyhosta.com.

September 22: Gala at the Gardens, 6pm. Dinner, silent and live auctions, raffles and more. Reservation required. BECBG

ITHACA REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS Adirondack Chapter, North American Rock Garden Society (ACNARGS) meets the third Saturday of the month (except in summer) at 1pm, Whetzel Room, 404 Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca.

Meetings are open to all. 607/269-7070; acnargs.org; Facebook.com/acnargs.

Finger Lakes Native Plant Society meets the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Unitarian Church annex, corner of Buffalo & Aurora, Ithaca. Enter side door on Buffalo Street & up the stairs. 607/257-4853.

Windsor NY Garden Group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 10am, members’ homes or Windsor Community House, 107 Main Street, Windsor. windsorgardengroup.suerambo.com.

FREQUENT HOST CBG: Cornell Botanic Gardens, formerly known as 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.

S- Indicates plant sales.

T- Indicates garden tours.

Ongoing through October 1: Garden Tours, Saturdays & Sundays, 2–3pm. Guided tours will include the Herb Garden, Flower Garden, Groundcover Collection, Tropical Container Display and more. Content will vary week to week depending what is in bloom and the interests of the group. $5 suggested donation.

Registration not required. CBG July 26 & 30: Floral Portraits – Photography Workshop, Wednesday, 6–9pm; Sunday, 1–4pm.

Learn how to approach garden photography as portraiture. Session one will be spent mostly taking photos in the gardens; session two will use participants’ photos to explore the editing process. All digital camera types and experience levels welcome; participants should have basic familiarity with their camera’s operation. $65 members; $70 non-members.

Registration required. CBG July 29: Compost with Confidence – Troubleshooting, 12:30–1:30pm. Master Composters will cover compost basics with focus on how to avoid or fix common problems. Compost Demonstration Site, Ithaca Community Gardens. Free. Registration required. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca. 607/272-2292; tompkins@cornell.edu; ccetompkins.org.

August 14–18: The Arboretum En Plein Air, daily, 10am–2pm. Sketch and paint the landscape from different locations in the F.R. Newman Arboretum.

This week-long intensive with local artist Camille Doucet will provide opportunities to learn different techniques and subject matter, light and shadow, composition, texture and mood. Open to adults and youth ages 12 and older. All skill levels welcome. $180 members; $200 non-members. Registration required.

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SAVE THE DATE… September 17: Paint and Sip – Botanical Watercolors, 2–5pm. Enjoy an afternoon of painting and wine in

this introduction to botanical watercolors. Includes light snacks & basic watercolor materials; wine by the glass available for purchase. Participants must be 21 or older. $36 members; $40 non-members.

Registration required. CBG

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–June, at 7pm, St. John’s Home, 150 Highland Avenue, Rochester. All are welcome. Stacey Davis, 585/426-5665; stacey.davis@rit.edu; avgsr.org.

Big Springs Garden Club of Caledonia-Mumford meets the second Monday evening of the following months: September–November, January–May. New members and guests welcome. 585/314-6292; mdolan3@ rochester.rr.com; Facebook.

Bloomfield Garden Club meets the third Thursday of the month (except May, July & August) at 11:45am, Veterans Park, 6910 Routes 5 & 20, Bloomfield.

New members and guests welcome. 585/657-4489; kjmonrad@frontiernet.net.

Blue Belles & Beaus Garden Club (formerly Valentown Garden Club) meets the third Tuesday of each month.

Victor. Contact Pat Bartholomew; 585/869-5062.

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.

Creative Gardeners of Penfield meets the second Monday of the month at 9:15am (except July & August), Penfield United Methodist Church, 1795 Baird Road, Penfield.Visitors welcome. Call 585/3852065 if interested in attending a meeting.

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 7pm, Jubilee Church, 3565 Lake Road, Brockport. Speakers, hands-on sessions. Georgie: 585/964-7754; georgietoates@ yahoo.com.

Garden Path of Penfield meets the third Wednesday of the month, September–May at 7pm, 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, September–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.). GROS is an affiliate of the American Orchid Society (AOS) and Orchid Digest Corporation. September 10: Orchid Auction, see calendar (below). facebook.com/ geneseeorchid; geneseeorchid.org.

Genesee Valley Hosta Society meets the second Thursday of the month, April–October, at Eli Fagan American Legion Post, 260 Middle Road, Henrietta. 585/538-2280; sebuckner@frontiernet.net; geneseevalleyhosta.com.

Genesee Valley Pond & Koi Club meets the first Friday of the month at 6:30pm, Adams Street Recreation Center, 85 Adams Street, Rochester, except in summer when it tours local ponds. president.gvpkc@ gmail.com; gvpkc.shutterfly.com.

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Greater Rochester Iris Society (GRIS) meets Sundays at 2pm, dates vary, St. John’s Episcopal Church Hall, 11 Episcopal Avenue, Honeoye Falls. Public welcome.

July 22–23: Iris Sale, 50%—75% off rhizomes, Gro-Moore Farm Market, 2811 E. Henrietta Road, Henrietta (see calendar, below). October 21: Water Lovers of Asia with Chad Harris of Mt. Pleasant Iris Farms. 585/266-0302; thehutchings@mac.com.

Greater Rochester Perennial Society (GRPS) meets the first Thursday of each month at 7pm, Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 1200 South Winton Road, 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–November, at First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Room 110, Rochester. July meeting is a garden tour. 585/6948430; rochrosesociety@gmail.com; Facebook.

Henrietta Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except May–August & December) at 6:30pm, Department of Public Works Building, 475 Calkins Road, Henrietta. Guests welcome.

585/889-1547; henriettagardenclub@gmail.com; henriettagardenclub.org.

Holley Garden Club meets the second Thursday of the month at 7pm, Holley Presbyterian Church. 585/6386973.

Hubbard Springs Garden Club of Chili meets the third Monday of the month at 7pm, Chili Senior Center, 3235 Chili Avenue, Rochester. dtoogood@rochester. rr.com.

Ikebana International Rochester Chapter 53 meets the third Thursday of each month (except December and February) at 10am, First Baptist Church, Hubbell Hall, 175 Allens Creek Road, Rochester. 585/301-6727; 585/402-1772; ikebanarochester.org.

Kendall Garden Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Kendall Town Hall. 585/ 370-8964.

Newark Garden Club meets the first Friday of the month at 1pm, Park Presbyterian Church, Newark. Guests are welcome.

Pittsford Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of the month at 11am, 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; pittsfordgardenclub.wordpress.com.

Rochester Dahlia Society meets the second Saturday of the month at 12:30pm, Trinity Reformed Church, 909 Landing Road North, Rochester, except July, August, September. Visitors welcome. 585/865-2291; djohan@ frontiernet.net; Facebook; rochesterdahlias.org.

Rochester Herb Society meets the first Tuesday of each month (excluding January & February) at 12pm, 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 the month (except January) at 7pm, Transfiguration Lutheran Church, 3760 Culver Road, Rochester. Some meetings feature speakers others are visits to local gardens or special events. Members receive a monthly newsletter. July 26: Private tour of a hosta garden. August 23: Visit to the green roof at I-Square with Terry Schmitz. All are welcome. Contact Suzanne Flanigan: 585/544-1356; sflaniga192@gmail. com.

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Stafford Garden Club meets the third Wednesday of the month (except December and January) at 7pm, Stafford Town Hall, 8903 Morganville Road (Route 237), Stafford. Plant auction in May. All are welcome.

585/343-4494.

Victor Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of the month (except January & February) at 6:30/6:45pm.

New members welcome. Meeting and location details at victorgardenclubny2.com or 585/721-5457.

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.

FREQUENT HOSTS BGC: Broccolo Garden Center, 2755 Penfield Road, Fairport 14450. 585/424-4476; info@ broccologroup.com.

CCE/GC: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Genesee County, 420 East Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020.

585/343-3040; genesee.cce.cornell.edu.

RCGC: Rochester Civic Garden Center, 5 Castle Park, Rochester, NY 14620. 585/473-5130; rcgc.org.

RBC: Rochester Butterfly Club. Field trips generally last about 2 hours, some continue into the afternoon, especially those that are further away.

Long pants and appropriate footgear strongly recommended. Free and open to the public. rochesterbutterflyclub.org.

SG: Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424. 585/394-4922; sonnenberg.org.

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• Indicates activities especially appropriate for children and families.

S- Indicates plant sales.

T- Indicates garden tours.

Ongoing through July: Lavender Farm & Market, Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–5pm. Pick your own lavender: over 2000 plants, 20 different varieties.

Shop the Lavender Market. Lockwood Lavender Farm, 1682 West Lake Road, Skaneateles. 315/6855369; lockwoodfarm.blogspot.com.

Ongoing through July 28: Moonlight Stroll Music Series, Fridays, 8–10pm. Stroll the grounds, lit for after-dark, and enjoy live entertainment. A different performer each week. Refreshments available. Rain or shine. $8 members; $10 non-members; $5 ages 6–17; free ages 5 and under. SG July 16: Butterflies and the Plants they Need – Mendon Ponds Park, 10am. Geared for beginners, the group will discuss butterflies and caterpillar plants.

Meet: Visitors’ Center / Wild Wings parking lot, 27 Pond Road, Honeoye Falls. 585/383-8168. RBC July 16: Daylily Garden Open House, 1–5pm. Cobbs Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester.

585/461-3317.

July 18: For the Love of Lavender, 6:30–8:30pm. Arleen Thaler will discuss growing, propagating, harvesting and the benefits and uses of lavender. Participants will create their own lavender herbal blends and facial tonic to take home along with a lavender plant and recipes. $32 members; $40 non-members.

Registration required. RCGC July 18–August 3: Basic Professional Floral Design Certificate, six sessions, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:30–9pm. Professional floral designer Alana Miller will cover 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 July 19: Soirée – An Asian/Contemporary Fusion Garden in Pittsford, 6:30–8pm. The owner of this property, an interior designer, has added her personal touch to the style of the gardens. The property includes mature trees as well as examples of the latest ornamental plants. Mike Tanzini has been involved here over the years, pruning the mature shrubs to add ambience. $15. Registration required. RCGC July 22: Growing Roses, 11am. An overview of successful types of roses and their growing needs.

Free. Registration required. BGC S- July 22–23: Iris Sale, 10am–4pm. Presented by Greater Rochester Iris Society. Club members will be on hand to offer expert advice on planting and growing iris. Gro-Moore Farm Market, 2811 E. Henrietta Road, Henrietta. thehutchings@mac.com.

T- July 23: Rochester Museum & Science Center Women’s Council Garden Tour, 10am–4pm. Explore six local home gardens containing diverse plants and garden styles including perennial borders, a koi pond, no-mow lawn, shade and kitchen gardens and more. Tour booklet available at Cunningham House, RMSC campus, day of. Self-guided. Rain or shine. $18 advance; $22 day of. rmsc.org.

July 25: Oh No, Now What – Creative Perennial Garden Maintenance, 6–8pm. Christine Froehlich will share professional methods to keep the garden looking fresh including proper staking; deadheading & deadleafing; cutting back plants to prevent straggliness, promote a new burst of growth and rebloom; pruning of perennials that have gotten too dense; weeding quickly; and identifying problems like low fertility, water and pests. $22 members; $32 nonmembers. Registration required. RCGC July 26: Daylily Garden Open House, 5–7pm. Cobbs Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester.

585/461-3317.

July 26: Hundreds of Hydrangeas – And How to Maintain Them for Blooms, 6:30–8:30 pm. Join Tim Boebel at his home garden in East Bloomfield to see hundreds of blooming hydrangea cultivars.

He will discuss his latest findings on how to maintain macrophyllas for more reliable bloom, the merits of the different hydrangea cultivars, growing hydrangea in patio containers and answer questions. $18 members; $25 non-members. Registration required.

RCGC July 29: Jelly and Jam Workshop, 9am–12pm. Join Nancy Marrer at her professional home kitchen in Penfield where participants will make a savory jelly and a sweet jam to take home along with recipes.

Materials included. $35 members; $45 non-members.

Registration required. RCGC July 29: From the Earth, 9am–5pm. Presentations, demonstrations and hands-on activities. Topics include agriculture, gardening, crafts made with natural materials and appreciation of natural beauty.

Event takes place at several locations around Alfred.

607/587-9877.

July 29: Butterflies and the Plants they Need – Ganargua Creek Meadow Preserve, 10am–12:30pm.

Meet: entrance near intersection of Wilkinson & Victor Roads, 727 Wilkinson Road, Macedon. 585/383-8168.

RBC • July 30: Family Fun Day, 1–4pm. Interactive and hands-on activities include history, science, fun and flowers. $7 adults; $6 seniors (60+); $3.50 students; $1 ages 4–12; free ages 3 and under. SG July 30: Daylily Garden Open House, 1–5pm. Cobbs Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester.

585/461-3317.

August 1: Lunchtime Garden Talk – Terrarium Demo, 12:15–12:45pm. Attendees will go home with a list of materials and directions on how to create their own terrarium. Bring lunch. Free. CCE/GC August 2: Gardening with Deer, 6–8pm. Join Carol Southby at her wildlife-friendly garden in Penfield to learn useful tips on gardening despite heavy deer pressure. Carol will discuss appropriate plant and design decisions as well as protective measures such as deer-repellent sprays, fencing and pokey sticks. $22 members; $32 non-members. Registration required. RCGC August 3: Butterfly and Hummingbird Friendly Garden, 6:30pm. Learn which plants will attract and provide food sources for butterflies and hummingbirds. Free. Registration required. BGC • August 5: Ethnobotony Workshop, 9–11am.

Participants will learn about traditional Haudenosaunee planting and picking practices, learn to work with sweet grass, taste-test teas from the time of Seneca inhabitance at Ganondagan and learn culinary uses of plants along the Green Plants Trail.

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August 5: Daylily Garden Open House, 1–5pm. Cobbs Hill Daylily Garden (a National Display Garden), Charlie and Judy Zettek, 1 Hillside Avenue, Rochester.

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RCGC August 9: Corsages and Boutonnieres, 6:30–9pm.

Floral designer Alana Miller will cover new techniques and products to create pin-ons and wristlets.

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Registration required. RCGC August 10: Gardening with Edibles, 6:30–8:30pm.

Nancy Marrer grows much of the produce that her family eats throughout the year by integrating edibles and ornamentals throughout her gardens rather than planting vegetables in traditional rows. She will share tips and discuss her process during this tour of her Penfield property. $18 members; $25 non-members.

Registration required. RCGC August 15: Butterflies and the Plants they Need – Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area, 9am–4pm. Meet: Park and Ride at Rt. 15 & Rt. 251, Rush exit 11 off I-390. Bring lunch and a folding chair.

585/383-8168. RBC August 17: Soiré – An Artist’s Garden on the Lake, 6:30–8pm. The gardens of Deb and Rob Ver Hulst Norris’s spacious property near Hilton are full of colorful annuals, perennials, shrubs, vines and over 100 containers decorating the terraces, all designed for entertaining and enjoyment of the lakefront setting. Enjoy refreshments and stroll the wide lawn and gardens. $15. Registration required. RCGC August 19: Structured Spaces, Inviting Places, 10:30am–12:30pm. Join Christine Froehlich in her Sodus Point garden to learn a few tips on interweaving structures with plants to achieve privacy, beauty, comfort and protection from sun and wind.

Chris will discuss how her garden evolved as she constructed fences, arbors, stone paths, a patio and pergola to alleviate challenging conditions. $22 members; $32 non-members. Registration required.

RCGC August 19: The 3 C’s of Containers, 11am. Learn about color, contrast and container choice. Free.

Registration required. BGC August 19–20: Arts at the Gardens, 10am–5pm. Juried fine art & crafts show and sale. $7. SG September 5: Lunchtime Garden Talk – How to Bring in Houseplants & Annuals for the Winter, 12:15– 12:45pm. Bring lunch. Free. CCE/GC September 9: Gathering of Gardeners, 9am–4pm.

Speakers Janet Macunovich and Steven Nikkila will present, Making the Most of Change. Parking lot plant sale. Presented by Monroe County Master Gardeners.

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September 10: Orchid Auction, 12pm. Presented by Genesee Region Orchid Society. Free & open to the public. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester. geneseeorchid.org.

SAVE THE DATE… S- September 16: Fall Garden Gala, 10am–1pm. Plant sale featuring indoor and outdoor plants, mums, basket auction, free soil pH testing. CCE/GC September 21: Fall Wreath Making, 6:30pm. Use dried local flowers and grasses to create a one-of-a-kind wreath. $15. Registration required. BGC October 7: Fall Gardening Symposium, 10am–5pm.

Featuring keynote speaker Claudia West, garden speaker and writer. Planting in a Post-Wild World: Learn how to marry aesthetic and ecological goals in your next planting project. Creating Stunning Plant Communities that Stand the Test of Time: Learn about perennials and grasses that used in combination increase the ornamental, functional and ecological value of the landscape. Book signing and books available for purchase. Includes lunch. $55 members; $65 non-members. Registration required. SG

SYRACUSE REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS African Violet Society of Syracuse meets the second Thursday of the month, September–May, Pitcher Hill Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North Syracuse.

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Bonsai Club of CNY (BCCNY) usually meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Pitcher Hill Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North Syracuse. September 9–10: Annual Show, Liverpool Public Library (see calendar, below). 315/436-0135; lnewell1@gmail.com.

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.

Gardening Friends Club meets the third Tuesday of the month, March–December, at 6:30pm, Wesleyan Church, 4591 US Route 11, Pulaski. 315/298-1276; Facebook: Gardening Friends of Pulaski, NY; VicLaDeeDa@frontiernet.net.

Gardeners of Syracuse meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30pm, 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 7pm, 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 2pm, Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool. 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.

Home Garden Club of Syracuse usually meets the first Tuesday morning of the month. Members are active in educating the community about gardening, horticulture & floral design and involved with several civic projects in the Syracuse area. New members welcome. homegardenclubofsyracuse@gmail.com; homegardenclubofsyracuse.org.

Koi and Water Garden Society of Central New York usually meets the third Monday of each month at 7pm. See website for meeting locations. 315/4583199; cnykoi.com.

Syracuse Rose Society meets the second Thursday of every month (except December) at 7pm, 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. Public welcome. syracuserosesociety.org.

FREQUENT HOST CCE/ONE: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Oneida County, & Parker F. Scripture Botanical Gardens, 121 Second Street, Oriskany. 315/736-3394 x125; cceoneida.com.

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T- Indicates garden tours.

Ongoing through July: Lavender Farm & Market, Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–5pm. Pick your own lavender: over 2000 plants, 20 different varieties.

Shop the Lavender Market. Lockwood Lavender Farm, 1682 West Lake Road, Skaneateles. 315/6855369; lockwoodfarm.blogspot.com.

July 12: Summer Soiree to Benefit Symphoria, 6:30pm.

An evening of music, food, cocktails and a gardenthemed silent auction. Carol Watson Greenhouse, 2980 Sentinel Heights Road, Lafayette. 315/677-0286; carolwatsongreenhouse.com.

July 22: Sustainable Gardens, 10am–12pm. Learn the process to create a sustainable garden using permaculture principles. Meet in the garden. Rain or shine. Free. CCE/ONE August 26: Delicious Dishes, 10am–12pm. Explore the gardens and learn a few easy ways to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Meet in the garden. Rain or shine. Free.

CCE/ONE September 9–10: Bonsai Show. Presented by Bonsai Club of CNY. Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool. 315/436-0135; lnewell1@gmail.com.

SAVE THE DATE… September 23: Preservation of Herbs & Vegetables, 10am–12pm. Learn various methods to preserve the harvest for enjoyment later. Meet in the garden. Rain or shine. Free. CCE/ONE Deadline for Calendar Listings for the next issue (September–October 2017) is Wednesday, August 9, 2017. Please send your submissions to deb@upstategardenersjournal.com.

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hey come out on cool, wet nights. They devour seedlings and fruits of large numbers of crops, and can seriously damage or kill mature plants in the garden. During warm, sunny days they hide under rocks, logs, or in weedy areas. They are prolific producers of eggs, and baby slugs are ready to eat your plants as soon as they are born. Gardeners hate them and have devised many methods to control their numbers, because total elimination of these “houseless snails” from gardens is nearly impossible.

World-wide, there are many different kinds of snails, and they are not all vegetarian. But the ones that homeowners care about are the ones that will damage or destroy ornamentals, vegetable plants, and consume or disfigure harvests of many fruit varieties. Slugs (and snails, which often also occur in the same garden) are masters of climbing plant stems and leaves because they produce thick, sticky mucus that allows them to adhere to and move over almost any surface. Slugs also use this mucus for protection, since the slipperiness of their bodies makes it hard for a potential predator to hang onto them. The body of the slug is mostly made of water, and the slime also keeps them from drying out rapidly.

Slugs can range in size from a fraction of an inch for a newly-hatched individual, to several inches long for some varieties. They come in many colors from pale gray to rich, walnut brown hues and every other color and shade inbetween. All slugs have two pairs of antennae, which

they use for vision and a sense of smell. They have rasping mouth parts, and the damage they inflict is mostly visible as irregularly shaped holes in leaves and on fruit surfaces.

Every slug has both sets of sex organs, but two individuals most cross-fertilize to produce viable eggs.

An internet search for slug control typically yields dozens of different approaches, ranging from “organic” methods to chemical treatments. Most people are familiar with the “stale beer” method of luring slugs to the liquid, only to drown. But, dear reader, save the beer for another use; slugs are drawn not to the alcohol, but to the yeast in the brew. It is a lot cheaper to make a bowl of water with a bit of baker’s yeast than to buy even the least expensive brand of beer. Other methods include the use of cornmeal (to bloat the animal’s intestine), attracting them with pet food, cabbage leaves, strawberries and other fruit, and several other lures to gather and then destroy them. Some people prefer a copper coil barrier or diatomaceous earth (made from the abrasive glass-like bodies of microscopic organisms), but these methods can become expensive and don’t always work satisfactorily.

When my wife and I first established our garden at our present location, we spent every late summer evening on “slug patrol.” Armed with disposable gloves and a bucket of soapy water, each of us collected hundreds of slugs daily to try to reduce their numbers. The effort eventually paid off, and our slug population is now manageable in most years. I say “most years,” because winter and early spring conditions have a lot to do with the ultimate summer size of the population. Mild winters allow for greater survival rates of eggs and adults, and cool and wet springs can increase their numbers manyfold in a short time.

Lately, I have begun to add iron phosphate to my arsenal to combat slugs. Sold under various trade names, this chemical is harmless to plants and wildlife or domestic pets when applied in accordance with the pesticide manufacturer’s label, but slugs seem to enjoy eating it.

I have watched many a slug happily rasping on the solid pellets of iron phosphate as soon as I scatter it on the ground. Then they crawl away and die in a day or two.

There is no silver bullet for controlling slugs. Any cultural method (e.g. eliminating or reducing weeds around the garden, staking tomato plants, etc.), along with a good estimate of their numbers, combined with several different types of approaches to keep their populations in check can ensure that an adequate and attractive crop of fruits and vegetables will be harvested during the growing season.

Steven Jakobi is a Master Gardener Volunteer at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County.

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ommon items that are probably in your garden shed right now are all you need to provide our pollinating friends a drink.

1. STEEL TOMATO CAGE: Use plain or paint as desired.

A powder-coated cage can also be used. To create a shorter stand, use wire cutter to cut legs just above shortest ring.

Push cage legs into soil until the bottom ring rests on the ground for maximum stability.

2. PLANT SAUCER: Choose saucer with rim that is slightly later than top cage ring. Use clay saucer as is, or paint as desired, adding spray sealer when paint is dry.

Alternatively, a glazed ceramic saucer can be used.

3. RIVER ROCKS OR PEBBLES: Make a few stone islands

for butterflies and bees to land on and rest while drinking.

4. WATER: Fill saucer with water, but do not completely

submerge rocks. Add fresh water daily, and clean saucer and stones once a week.

5. OPTIONAL TREAT: Add a few over-ripe orange or

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