Garden Calendar

January

Feb. 3
Tuckahoe: “Gardens of Italy.” Speaker: Vicky Sturner. Presented by Boulder Ledge Garden Club of Bronxville. $25, $20 seniors, free students with ID. 7 p.m. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, Depot Square. 914-771-8700.

Feb. 4
Bronxville: Bronx River-Sound Shore Audubon Society. Speaker: Al Krauter owner of Sprainbrook Nurseries. Topic: learn why and how to practice organic gardening. Free. 7:30 p.m. Bronxville Public Library, 201 Pondfield Road. 914-834-5203.

Greenwich: The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State. Speaker: Kim Corwin. Topic: the results of the second breeding bird survey of New York atate. Free. 7 p.m. Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville Road. 203-869-5272.

Feb. 6
Congers: Rockland Audubon Society Monthly Program. Speaker: Eric Lind. Topic: Constitution Marsh — Jewel on the Hudson. Free. 8 p.m. Rockland Country Day School, 34 Kings Highway. 845-639-9216.

Feb. 7
Yorktown Heights: Planning Your Spring Vegetable Garden. Farmer Mary Ellen will outline how to plan out a vegetable garden for spring, including determining what you want from your garden, location and design, and how to choose and order seeds. Registration. Free. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, 1275 Hanover St. 914-962-2368.

Yorktown Heights: Bluebird Lecture and Workshop. Learn about bluebirds and the importance of supporting bluebird habitats in your own backyard. After the lecture, learn how to build your own bluebird house to take home. $10. noon-2 p.m. Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, 1275 Hanover St. 914-962-2368.

Feb. 11
Chappaqua: Master Gardeners Home Gardening Lecture Series. Speaker: Vincent Simeone, manager of Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park on Long Island. Topic: “Great Landscape Evergreens.” $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 10 a.m.-noon Chappaqua Public Library, 195 S. Greeley Ave. 914-285-3590.

Suffern: Planning and Planting a Garden from Scratch. Topic: tips and techniques on starting a garden, site and soil preparation, garden design, plant selection and year-round maintenance. Free. 7 p.m. Suffern Free Library, 210 Lafayette Ave. 845-357-1237.

Feb. 24
Spring Valley: Flower Arranging Workshop. Speaker: Barbara Cohen, lead designer of Petals and Stems in Monsey, N.Y. Topic: taking the mystery out of flower arranging. Free. 10:30 a.m. Finkelstein Memorial Library, 24 Chestnut St. 845-352-5700.

Feb. 28
Yorktown Heights: Cold Frame Construction. Topic: learn how to build a cold frame so you can start your growing season early. Registration. Free. 10 a.m.-noon Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, 1275 Hanover St. 914-962-2368.

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Vegetable Garden Planting February 1st, 2009 at 9:23 am
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