Agriculture and Horticulture Contacts
Stephanie Mallozzi
Agriculture/Horticulture Program Leader
Commercial Horticulture, Christmas Tree Production, S.W.A.T.
(845) 677-8223 x104
Jennifer Fimbel
Agriculture Resource Educator
Livestock Production, Equine Management, Pasture Management, DC Animal Response Education Program
(845) 677-8223 x118
Cheryl Hearty
Community Horticulture, Master Gardener Coordinator
(845) 677-8223 x134
Community Horticulture Events
Open Garden Day
Friday, Sept 10 11 AM- 3 PM. Come and join us for FREE tours of our gardens and FREE food and drink. Learn tips from our Master Gardener volunteers, get recipes from our Nutrition Educators and much more! All are welcome! Garden tours at 11 AM and 1 PM. Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County. Dutchess County Farm & Home Center, 2715 Rt 44, Millbrook, NY, 12545.
Edible Landscape
Our Edible Landscape was created in the spring and early summer of 2008. Prior to that, this was a typical office building landscape consisting of a few overgrown burning bushes and spireas. The sod and shrubs were dug out and the poor, gravelly soil was ammended with composted horse manure. Paths were created to allow access to the plants without compacting the soil around them.
Edible Landscaping is one of the hottest gardening trends. The purpose of our demonstration garden is to encourage gardeners to mix fruits, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers into their landscapes. Gardeners can create a landscape of entirely edible plants or choose to mix a few of these plants into existing gardens.
Our garden is surrounded by a low cost deer fence. Cloth strips sprayed with deer repellent discourage deer from browsing in our garden. Clips have been added to the twine to allow staff and volunteers easy access to the garden for maintenance and harvesting purposes.
Most of the vegetables in this garden are harvested by our Nutrition Information Program staff, to be distributed to local food pantries.