http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/education/mgprogram/gardens.html
Wondering what to do with these short days? Organize all those beautiful summer pictures from your demonstration garden and send our web master Craig Cramer (cdc25) some text and images and he;ll pull it together for this web page. Or, if you already have something on your county website, we can link to it. If you want more than just a simple page with a little bit of text and a couple images, you should work with your local office and see what resources are available to do a site within the County Extension website.
*Cornell Article: Cornell researchers: no magic in a bottle for tough perennial weeds* http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/public/comm/news/alt-herbicide.cfm
CAMPUS SEMINARS
Friday Nov 3 12:20 - 1:10 PM 135 Emerson Hall *Education and invasive species* Helen Domske, New York Sea Grant, Buffalo, NY
Friday Nov 10 12:20 - 1:10 PM - 135 Emerson Hall *The New York State Invasive Species Task Force* Steven Jay Sanford, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY
Friday Nov 17 12:20 - 1:10 PM -135 Emerson Hall* Challenges of invasive species control in densely populated areas* Ann Hajek, Cornell University, Dept. of Entomology
Monday Nov 27 - 11:15 - 12:05 PM - 404 Plant Science *Does Short-Term Exposure to Nature and Plants Affect Cognition? * Deb Rich, Dept of Horticulture
The Fourth Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium ---
April 20 & 21, 2007 at The Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, in Lake Placid, N.Y. http://www.pyours.com/Symposium2007.html
Save the Date: February 7-8, 2007 --- *Invasive Plant Conference* Holiday Inn Turf, Albany, New York**
Beat the winter doldrums, network with colleagues, and prepare for next spring. Participants will understand considerations in planning and organizing a site or regional invasive species program and effective survey, monitoring, and control tools and techniques for both 'cutting edge' and 'old favorite' invasive plants. A session will also be held on invasive fauna, as a springboard to expanded invasive species programming.
Visit http://www.ipcnys.org for registration and agenda.
Grant Opportunities ---
Albert I. Pierce Foundation (AIP) Grants ---- Deadline: November 15, 2006 -- AIP is a private charitable foundation supporting the environment and the arts and will be accepting applications for community-based projects in the areas of arts, education, environment or a combination of the three focus areas. The Foundation will award two grants for $20,000 and four grants for $10,000. Small grants under $5000 may also be awarded at Board discretion each year. Matching funds of at least 25% of the granted amount are required. http://www.aipfoundation.org/Pages/Guidelines%20Page.html
Target Field Trip Grants --- Deadline: November 1, 2006 -- This grant program will award (up to 800) K-12 U.S. educators grants of $1,000 each to fund a field trip for their students. Apply online.http://sa-eapp.org/fieldtripgrants/rules.php