Agriculture and Horticulture Contacts
Stephanie Mallozzi
Mohammad Faroze
Jennifer Fimbel
Cheryl Hearty
Wendy Tremper-Wollerton
Nancy Halas
Community Horticulture Events
Summer- Fall Schedule
Aug 24-29, Master Gardener Info Booth, 10 AM-7 PM daily at the Dutchess County Fair, Rhinebeck NY. Find us at the lower level of the Horticulture Building. CCEDC Master Gardener volunteers will be on hand to answer your gardening questions.
Sept 10, Open Garden Day, 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.
Farm & Home Center Demonstration Gardens
Beginning in fall of 2007, Master Gardener volunteers began renovating the demonstration gardens located at the Dutchess County Farm & Home Center in Millbrook. Work continued in the spring of 2008, creating a Bird & Butterfly Garden, new Shade Gardens and an Edible Landscape. In the fall of 2008, a beautiful water garden was donated and installed by DiLorenzo’s Pond & Landscape. In 2009, the Xeriscape Garden was created.
Our gardens were created using techniques that all gardeners can learn from and apply to their gardens at home. We deal with many of the same problems (deer, drought, etc) everyone else has. Our goal is to teach the public environmentally friendly ways of solving these problems. Our gardens are designed and cared for by Master Gardener volunteers. Our gardens are mulched to reduce weeds and conserve soil moisture. We thank This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it in Stanfordville for the wonderful loads of compost mulch they donate to us each year.
We now have a composting demonstration area. This area features different types of composting systems suitable for home use. For a free home composting brochure, click here.
Our gardens are open to the public sunrise to sunset during the growing season. Once planting is finished, all plants are labeled and accompanying handouts are available at our kiosk. Free garden tours are given by appointment. To set up a tour, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Donations are needed and greatly appreciated.