Cornell Cooperative Extension

Ulster County
Sign at the demo gardens

Take a tour of the Master Gardener's Xeriscape Garden & Pollinator Meadow at SUNY Ulster!

Gardening

Our Community Horticulture Program serves the community's gardening, invasive species, and tree care needs.

Programs & Services:

Tick Identification Services

CCE Ulster does not provide deer tick identification services at the office for Lyme disease. Ticks can be submitted to the Insect Diagnostic Lab at Cornell University for identification. A $25 identification fee applies per sample. 

Visit  the Be Tick Free in Ulster County webpage for resources and information on ticks and on protecting yourself and your family from them. View this article on tick ID, removal and avoidance by Susan Dollard with the CCE Sullivan Master Gardener Program.

Tick ID: The Ulster County Dept. of Health in Kingston offers a Free Tick ID Service (for more information click here). This does not test ticks for any disease agents such as lyme. Check with your physician for the names of laboratories performing tick-testing services.

Contact

Courtney Churchill
Master Gardener Coordinator/ Agriculture Program Assistant
cmc534@cornell.edu
845-340-3990 ext. 335

Last updated September 6, 2024

Gardening

Find your zone!

2012 USDA Hardiness Zone Map

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map helps gardeners and growers determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. For the first time, the map is available as an interactive GIS-based map, for which a broadband Internet connection is recommended. Users may also simply type in a ZIP Code and find the hardiness zone for that area.

Cornell Garden Based Learning Website

cornell garden based learning

Click here to visit the Cornell Garden Based Learning Website.

Growing Degree Day Tool

Growing Degree Days (GDD) are a measure of heat accumulation used to estimate the growth and development of plants, insects, and schedule applications such as crabgrass preemergence herbicide and plant growth regulators. GDD Tracker calculates GDD using the simple average method where a base temperature is subtracted from the mean daily temperature. GDD Tracker starts counting GDD on February 15.

Use the tool here

Events

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Master Gardener Project Request

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s mission is to enable people to improve their lives and local communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work. The Master Gardener Volunteer Program is an important part of this organization, serving the community through horticultural education. 

The Master Gardener Program receives requests for assistance from many local organizations. All requests are screened by our Project Review Committee to see if it meets our mission goals and is viable. Once a project is approved, it is presented to the group for volunteers.

Project Guidelines

Project Request Form

If you have any questions about our Master Gardener Volunteer Program or your request for assistance, please contact:

Courtney Churchill

Master Gardener Coordinator Phone: (845) 340-3990 ext 335

cmc534@cornell.edu

Tabling, Presentations, and Tours

To Request the Master Gardeners for a Tabling, Presentation or a tour of our Xeriscape Garden.

Please complete the form and send it to Courtney Churchill at cmc534@cornell.edu

Tabling, Presentation, Tour request form

Pricing

$75 for one hour presentations

$60 each for a 3 talk series or more one hour talks

$60 for Libraries

Schools-Free

Tabling-Free