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Learning how to be a master at gardening at Uniondale Public Library May 12 at 7 p.m., on Perennial Gardening. At the East Meadow Farm, Master gardeners from the Cornell Cooperative Extension homeowners came for a presenof Nassau County taught local tation and hands-on workshop homeowners how to do yard- about basic pruning techwork safely for both person and niques, what the signs of a plant at the East Meadow Farm plant in need of care are, what tools to use and when to use on March 1. The master gardeners are them. Attendees were given agricultural specialists that tools and gear and practiced proper pruning on focus on educating the farm’s greenery homeowners about as a part of its seataking care of their sonal maintenance. property. The histoThe East Meadry of the program ow Far m was goes back to the founded over a fo u n d i n g o f t h e decade ago when country. the land was leased “It started with EILEEN RODgERS to Cornell by NasThomas Jefferson, Master gardener sau County — in and he was very that time, the land much into agriculture,” Master Gardener Patri- went from a vacant lot to a cia Oliver said. “He thought the flourishing landscape. “We are the arboretum and farmers should know about all new techniques of growing. gold medal plant garden,” Oliver said. “There are many difThey would take a couple of farmers, teach them, and then ferent gardens here, and each they would go back and teach group takes care of their own their friends and neighbors, garden.” Pruning, the subject of the and that’s what the Master Garworkshop, is the act of clipping dener plan is about.” The Cor nell Cooperative off unhealthy parts of a plant Extension will hold more pre- to help the rest thrive. “Our goal here is really to sentations at the Uniondale Public library on March 19 at 7 teach the general public on the p.m. on “Waking up your GarContinuEd on paGE 4 den” and another presentation
By JOSEPH D’ALESSANDRO
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Master Gardener Eileen Rodgers used a pole pruner as she demonstrated how to take care of trees at the East Meadow Farm on March 1.
as part of their fresh-air tutorial at the beginning of the month, master gardeners, from far left, patricia Voll, phyllis Ginsberg, patricia oliver, donna perkett and Rodgers explained what pruning tools to use and how to maintain them.
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t’s all about the health of the tree.