Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Essex County

05/22/2026

The Master Gardener Volunteers planted 50 bucket gardens for senior citizens in Essex County for the Essex County, NY Office for the Aging today! We love being able to support our community. 🌱🌿

Ft. Master Gardeners Herb Longware, Liz Cauthorn, Trisha Best, Lorraine Miga, Kathy Linker, Florence Sears; and Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator Mina Weymouth-Little (Left to right)

05/21/2026

Temperatures around Essex County will be dropping this evening, so make sure to cover your plants or bring them inside to help protect them! 🥶❄️🌱🌿

05/20/2026

FREE PLANTS AND SEEDS!!! 🌱🍅 🌿🌸

Join us at the annual Plant and Seed Giveaway at the Essex County CCE office, 6 Fairground Way Westport NY, on Saturday, May 30th, from 11 AM to 3 PM (or until all plants are given away)! We will have veggies and herbs, annual and perennial flowers, ornamental house plants, seed packets, garden advice from Master Gardener Volunteers, soil pH testing, and more for free! We will also have educational gardening books for sale. Donations are welcome and never expected. Contact Mina at [email protected] for more information.

05/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us at the Plant Swap on 5/16! It was great day connecting with the fellow plant lovers in our community. 🌷🌱

Ft. Master Gardeners Herb Longware, Trisha Best, and Donna Baribeau

05/18/2026

It’s officially prep time at the Master Gardener vegetable variety trial garden on the Cornell Willsboro Research Farm!

05/18/2026

We had a great time this weekend tagging along for a tour of Essex Farm! So exciting to see the whole landscape coming alive after such a long winter.

05/08/2026

Are you interested in chainsaw safety training this year? We are planning a game of logging workshop with Paul Smith's and would love to hear from you. Please fill out the following form if you would like to participate or if you would like to learn more about the program:

We've had several people reach out this year about game of logging / chainsaw safety training with Paul Smith's, so I wanted to throw this together for the listserv. Please use the form to communicate your interest and check out the following link for more info about the program: https://gameofloggi...

05/05/2026

Willsboro Central School will be holding a resource fair in the gymnasium on May 7th from 12:00-3:00 PM. The event serves as a fundraiser for Lizzie's Lasting Light Fund, which supports local organizations and CV-TEC Cosmetology scholarships.

Participating organizations include Essex County Mental Health, Essex County Public Health, Essex County DSS, Autism Alliance of Northeastern New York, Planned Parenthood, CVPH, 988 and MHA of Essex County, and many more.

Attendees are encouraged to wear green to represent 💚

Questions can be directed to Peyton Leerkes at [email protected] or (518)837-1445.

05/05/2026

FREE PLANTS AND SEEDS!!! 🌱🍅 🌿🌸
Join us at the annual Plant and Seed Giveaway at the Essex County CCE office, 6 Fairground Way Westport NY, on Saturday, May 30th, from 11 AM to 3 PM (or until all plants are given away)! We will have veggies and herbs, annual and perennial flowers, ornamental house plants, seed packets, garden advice from Master Gardener Volunteers, soil pH testing, and more for free! We will also have educational gardening books for sale. Donations are welcome and never expected. Contact Mina at [email protected] for more information.

05/04/2026

Join us for our Free Plant Swap on May 16 from 11:00 to 1:00 in the parking lot in front of the Keeseville community garden on Front Street, between Adirondack Hardware and Mountain Valley Federal Credit Union! Exchange your extra plants for something new, get your soil pH tested for free, and have some good conversation with fellow gardeners! No invasive plants accepted, please check the NYS invasive list here: dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/isprohibitedplants2.pdf