LI Greenhouse & Floriculture

Friday is the last day to register for Tuesday's session of the 2021 NYS Greenhouse Growers School. See the full program and registration info here: http://ccesuffolk.org//-2021-nys-winter-greenhouse-growers. DEC credits available: January 19: 1.0 credit in Categories 1A, 3A, 3C, 24 and 25; January 26: 2.0 credits in Categories 1A, 3A, 3C, 24, 25; 1.0 credit in Category 10; 0.5 credit in Category 9; February 2: 2.0 credits in Categories 1A, 3A, 3C, 10, 24, 25; February 10: 1.5 credits in Categories 1A, 3A, 3C, 10, 24, 25

The NYS Winter Greenhouse Growers School Webinar Series starts next Tuesday! Register today! http://ccesuffolk.org//-2021-nys-winter-greenhouse-growers

Hey LI greenhouse friends, one of our colleagues could use some help... please consider donating.

Congratulations to the recipient of BOTH 2019 LIFGA Scholarships, Cassandra Castano. Cassandra is an undergraduate student at Farmingdale State College studyin...g horticulture. She is currently on a study abroad internship at the Center for Interaction Design in Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland and hopes to become a Landscape Architect some day. See more

Scholarships available for students studying ornamental horticulture! Visit: https://endowment.org/scholarships/. Two are specifically for LI and NY students, the Long Island Flower Growers Association (LIFGA) Scholarship and the Bob Gunther Memorial Scholarship. Applications due May 1st.

Don't forget dinner this Wednesday night at Digger O'Dell's in Riverhead. It will be the 15th annual fundraiser for Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultur...e Research & Extension Center (LIHREC) to support the student internship fund and horticultural research. A large buffet dinner served for $30 per person from 68 p.m. www.LongIslandHort.cornell.edu See more