Spring Classes at Glynwood Center
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- March
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Glynwood Center is hosting a couple of spring classes that look interesting.
Glynwood is a 225-acre working farm and conference center that’s right off Route 301 in Cold Spring. They’re big on local sustainable agriculture.
They’ve been on my radar for a while, but I’ve never been. Perhaps this summer, when the farm and gardens are in full swing.
Here’s email from Geralyn Delaney Graham, who handles PR and marketing for Glynwood:
“March 29: Creating A Vegetable Garden, with Glynwood gardeners Dave Llewellyn and Lise Serrell
“You can grow a vegetable garden in an array of sizes that can work with most physical settings. If you have always wanted a backyard garden, big or small, but do not know where to begin, this introductory workshop has been designed with you in mind.
The garden staff will discuss site selection and preparation, which will include a variety of options that can work with your yard and schedule. The workshop will include a walking tour of raised bed gardens, layer gardens, row crops and more. Tools and materials needed to do the work will be reviewed, as well as catalogues and books useful to the home gardener. Bring questions and concerns and we will help you realize your home gardening vision.”
Go here for more info. The class runs from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
“Workshop Fee is $20. Registration is required, but payment will be accepted at the door. To register, contact Anita Barber at 845-265-3338 or email her at abarber@glynwood.org.
“April 18: Beekeeping, Part 1, with Rodney Dow, Master Beekeeper and Glynwood Director
“It’s more than just honey!
While you learn how to set up a hive to house bees for the production of honey, Master Beekeeper Rodney Dow will lead you into the world of bees and give you an appreciation of the role of bees in the world.
“Topics include:
Hive location
Equipment
Disease control
Reproductive cycle and sociology of bees
Organic approach
If you have a veil and gloves, please bring them.
Go here for more info. The class runs from 10 am to noon.
“Fee: $75.00 (includes continental breakfast and lunch). To register, contact Anita Barber at 845-265-3338 or email her at abarber@glynwood.org.
“Part 2 will be held in September. It will address extracting honey and preparing the hive for winter. Extraction will be demonstrated.”
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
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