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PROMOTING A LIVING SOIL IN YOUR GARDEN

PROMOTING A LIVING SOIL IN YOUR GARDEN

PROMOTING A LIVING SOIL IN YOUR GARDEN

  Daryl Beyers is author of “The New Gardener’s Handbook: Everything you need to know to grow a beautiful and bountiful garden He has more than thirty years of professional landscaping experience, specializing in residential garden design and development. He is a writer, photographer, and editor.

He spoke about soil as a dynamic, living organism and the very foundation of sustainable horticulture, the relationship that exists between soil, water, and plants and how soil, organic matter, and microbiology relate to plant health and soil conservation.

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Groundcovers for the Northeast

PROMOTING A LIVING SOIL IN YOUR GARDEN

PROMOTING A LIVING SOIL IN YOUR GARDEN

Duncan Himmelman, Ph.D., received his doctorate at Cornell University and has more than 35 years of experience in practicing and teaching horticulture and landscape design.  We learned about groundcover plants that grow well in our region and how to use them to suppress weeds by creating a carpet of "living mulch" in your yard. 

WATCH THE VIDEO:

https://www.pctv76.org/video/3101/

PERFECT EARTH

PROMOTING A LIVING SOIL IN YOUR GARDEN

WINTER SEEDING WORKSHOP

Edwina von Gal, Founder of the Perfect Earth Project

 is a landscape designer who has worked with numerous architects, designers and art world luminaries.. Her approach emphasizes sustainability, natural landscapes, and the use of native species. She emphasizes the need to keep away from ‘neat’ and let nature play a role in how we perceive, design, and maintain our landscapes?  

WATCH THE VIDEO:

https://www.pctv76.org/video/3100/



WINTER SEEDING WORKSHOP

WINTER SEEDING WORKSHOP

WINTER SEEDING WORKSHOP

Julie Sootin and Eva Thaddeus

are the  owners of Wild Gardens Nursery and led us in a winter seeding workshop using seeds harvested from their nursery. They talkedabout seed stratification and seed dormancy and to work with Mother Nature. 

WATCH THE VIDEO:

https://www.pctv76.org/video/3065/

Untermyer Gardens

WINTER SEEDING WORKSHOP

Untermyer Gardens

Tim Tilghman has been Head Gardener at Untermyer Gardens since 2011. With more than 25 years of horticultural experience,  he will share the ambitious restoration efforts at Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers, NY. From its inception in 1916 as one of the grandest private gardens in America to its decay in the 1970s, the Untermyer Gardens story is a tale of glory resurrected.  

WATCH THE VIDEO: https://www.pctv76.org/video/2956/



BEEKEEPING

WINTER SEEDING WORKSHOP

Untermyer Gardens

Wendy Murphy is an accredited Master Gardener and Beekeeper, who started beekeeping in response to Colony Collapse Disorder. Her gardens are  planned to help pollinators and  are pesticide free.  

WATCH THE VIDEO:  https://www.pctv76.org/video/2755/



SALAD MAKING

THE SPIRIT OF STONE

THE SPIRIT OF STONE

Carol Durst-Wertheim, Ph. D has taught and served in the administration of several NY universities in culinary arts, food studies, hospitality and tourism programs. She shared why and how to keep your food safe. She also made us some delicious salads. Click here for the recipes and some ideas for your cooking this week. 

THE SPIRIT OF STONE

THE SPIRIT OF STONE

THE SPIRIT OF STONE

Jan Johnsen is a landscape designer and author. She has been in the profession for forty-five years, is an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and taught for several years at Columbia University.

http://www.janjohnsen.com/

WATCH THE VIDEO: https://www.pctv76.org/video/2369/

MUSHROOMS

THE SPIRIT OF STONE

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Deb Taft is a founding member of Westchester Growers' Alliance . She completed an internship in beekeeping and biodynamics at The Pfeiffer Center in Rockland County, and does consultation, teaching, and beekeeping.

https://www.facebook.com/Mobius-Fields-295658902831/

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

BUTTERFLIES AND...

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Mark and Carrie Greenwald are partners in the landscape design firm Maher and Greenwald.  They showed us their amazing garden designs which combine hardscape and plants in the Garden.  

WATCH THE VIDEO: https://www.pctv76.org/video/2801/

MOZZARELLA

BUTTERFLIES AND...

BUTTERFLIES AND...

Eddy Trotta is the owner of Trotta Foods in Thornwood, The Trottas produce  homemade products such as sauces, soups, sausage, fresh mozzarella and  many varieties of pasta. Eddy gave us a hands-on demonstration of how to make  fresh mozzarella.

WATCH THE VIDEO:

https://www.pctv76.org/video/2350/


BUTTERFLIES AND...

BUTTERFLIES AND...

BUTTERFLIES AND...

Charles Roberto  is an ardent, self-taught naturalist who can identify over 500 species of birds on sight and 100 simply by sound. He worked with the Teatown Lake Reservation to start the annual Hudson River Eagle Fest held at Croton Point Park each February.   He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining, NY.    WATCH THE VIDEO: https://www.pctv76.org/video/2925/  


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