Let us help you get started with vegetable gardening!
A soil pH test is a great first step to successful gardening.
Our resources on lawns and ornamentals can help make your home gardens more beautiful.
What's eating your plants? We can help you find out, and suggest ways to control it!
Do you like gardening? Consider becoming a Master Gardener Volunteer!
Gardening
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chemung County is your resource for information on soils, site improvement, plant selection, proper plant care, eco-friendly practices, integrated pest management, composting and so much more! We offer free or low-cost gardening classes and tours all year long, and opportunities to share your love of gardening as a volunteer! Call us or come by today!
Last updated November 23, 2022
Find Your Zone!
The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map helps gardeners and growers determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. For the first time, the map is available as an interactive GIS-based map, for which a broadband Internet connection is recommended. Users may also simply type in a ZIP Code and find the hardiness zone for that area.
Insect Diagnostic Lab
For more information about an insect, or how to deal with an insect problem in or around your home or garden, contact the Insect Diagnostic Lab, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension in the Department of Entomology. For a $25 fee, an insect or related arthropod can be shipped to the lab, or a detailed photo can be emailed, for expert identification. Diagnostician Jason Dombroskie, Ph.D. has many years of experience identifying insects and other arthropods. More information about this service, including fact sheets on common outdoor and indoor insects, can be found at http://idl.entomology.cornell.edu/
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We are Recruiting Master Gardener Volunteers!
Do you like gardening and plants? Are you interested in learning more about gardening and sharing your knowledge and passion for growing plants? Are you willing to serve your community? Would you like to answer questions about gardening in Chemung County after your have been trained? If your answer is "Yes" to these questions, don't hesitate to join us! Applications are now being accepted, and will continue through the end of August. Visit our "Master Gardeners" webpage for more information.