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Seed to Supper Gardening Classes

• Saturday, March 1, 2025, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Saturday, March 8, 2025, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Saturday, March 15, 2025, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Saturday, March 22, 2025, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Saturday, March 29, 2025, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Interested in learning how to grow your own vegetables and herbs successfully?

Come join Cornell Cooperative Extension to learn about practical, low-cost techniques for building, planning, planting, maintaining, and celebrating the harvest of a successful vegetable garden.

This FREE beginner’s gardening course will give you the tools you need to successfully grow a portion of your own food on any budget.

Program Participants will:

1. Learn about building healthy soils, planning, planting, caring for, and harvesting your garden. (All sessions and supplies are free!)
2. Receive a print copy of the NYS Seed to Supper curriculum, garden seeds, and transplants!
3. Have access to continued support by Master Gardeners throughout the garden season however works best for you (text, email or phone) with in-person visits available upon request. 

Information

When: Saturdays from March 1st-29th

Start Time: 10:00 AM

Location: Penn Yan Presbyterian Church (211 Main St, Penn Yan, NY)

Pre-registration is REQUIRED

For more information, please call CCE-Yates County at 315- 536-5123 or e-mail Caroline Boutard-Hunt at cb239@cornell.edu. 

What is Seed to Supper?

NYS Seed to Supper (S2S) is a comprehensive beginning gardening experience focused on low-budget strategies with community development and relationship building at its core – relationships among community program partners and between program participants. Over the course of FREE sessions led by volunteers and staff, S2S gives novice gardeners the tools they need to connect with others in community, grow in confidence, and successfully grow a portion of their own food on a limited budget. All participants receive a free guide book (in English or in Spanish), free seeds and starts, and even some gardening supplies.

What difference has it made?

Nearly 1 million residents of upstate New York live in poverty. New York State ranked among the top 20 states with the worst food hardship, according to the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), with 3 million New Yorkers relying on food assistance, 1 million being children. While gardening doesn’t solve all the issues related to food security, having a source of fresh food – and the confidence and skills to raise it – can make a big difference. Participants in Seed to Supper show an increased knowledge of food gardening, feel more confident in their ability to grow a portion of their own food, and are better able to access garden resources in their community. In the medium and long-term, they implement food gardens, improve nutrition, offset grocery costs, reduce hunger, and become advocates who teach others and access locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Fee

FREE

Register

https://bit.ly/s2s2025

Location

Penn Yan First Presbyterian Church
211 Main Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527

Last updated January 30, 2025