Cornell Cooperative Extension

Rensselaer County
Flowers in Minns Garden, Cornell Campus. Echinacea. Cornell University Photography.
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Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

seedlings in a flat
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Let us help you get started with vegetable gardening!

Master Gardener volunteer conducts a pH soil test on a soil sample
Image by Sandy Repp

A soil pH test is a great first step to successful gardening.

Striped cucumber beetle Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius, 1775) from Bugwood.org
Image by David Cappaert, MSU, Bugwood.org

What's eating your plants? We can help you find out, and suggest ways to control it!

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Learn skills and share what you know, as a volunteer in the CCE Master Gardener program.

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Horticulture

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County is your resource for information on soils, site improvement, plant selection, proper plant care, eco-friendly practices, integrated pest management, composting and so much more! We offer free or low-cost gardening classes and tours all year long, and opportunities to share your love of gardening as a volunteer! Call us or come by today!

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The Demonstration Garden

The Demonstration Garden, located at the Robert C. Parker School in North Greenbush, is one of Rensselaer County’s very few public gardens.

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Leaf lesions on tomato due to late blight

Gardening Questions

The CCE-Rensselaer Horitculture program provides support and services that can help home gardeners with a variety of gardening challenges.

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Root Concerns Newsletter

Root Concerns is our gardening newsletter, written by Cornell Cooperative Extension staff from Rensselaer, Albany, and Schenectady counties.

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Soils & Soil Testing

Your garden soil and our local climate have a big impact on every aspect of growing plants. Find resources here on soil texture, organic matter, soil testing and more.

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Lawn Fact Sheets

We maintain a collection of over 500 fact sheets dealing with a wide variety of horticultural and gardening topics.

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Master Gardeners

Master Gardeners belong to a national corps of trained volunteers who share gardening information in their communities through the local Cooperative Extension office.

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Contact

David Chinery
Horticulture Turf Management Sr. Resource Educator
dhc3@cornell.edu
(518) 272-4210 ext 114

Last updated May 7, 2024

Horticulture

Emerald Ash Borer in Rensselaer County

Emerald Ash Borer in Rensselaer County, NY Slides

Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org

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2024 Advisory Committee

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Repetitive Overseeding Reduces Lawn Weeds

Click here to learn about reducing lawn weeds by spreading grass seed