WORKSHOP ON PROPAGATING NATIVE SEEDS

The Tompkins County Public Library and the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society will host Propagating Native Seeds, a workshop for gardeners, Saturday, February 20 from 12:00 to 3:00 PM in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room.

The second in a series of four workshops being held in conjunction with the Library’s Living Light art exhibit, Propagating Native Seeds will provide gardeners ages 15 and up with invaluable information about collecting, storing and planting. Expert gardeners Krissy Boys Faust and Rosemarie Parker will facilitate this informative program.

Boys Faust has been a professional gardener for 19 years. She was trained as a native plant gardener by F.M. Mooberry, founder of Brandywine Conservancy’s public gardens. For the past 15 years, she has served as a gardener for Cornell Plantations. She currently gardens at the Mundy Wildflower Garden and Park Meadow, two of the Plantations’ natural areas.

Parker has been an avid gardener for decades. Since retiring to the Ithaca area 12 years ago, she has focused her efforts on gardening with native seeds. She serves as a member of the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society’s Steering Committee and has volunteered at the Plantations’ Wildflower Garden for ten years.

This program is free and open to the first 30 registrants. Seeds and planting mix will be provided. To register or for more information, visit www.flnps.org/artshow, contact Parker at gardener.parker@gmail.com or Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org, or call 272-4557 ext 232.