Program Work Teams (PWTs) are groups of faculty and staff, extension educators, and external stakeholders who collaborate to identify issues, study needs, and create educational materials. Team members design learning experiences that address issues and needs within specific content areas. There are many program work teams. Cornell Garden-Based Learning is the campus co-chair for the Sustainable Landscape – Horticulture Program Work Team.
Sustainable Landscape – Horticulture PWT fosters collaboration and communication among the CCE county and campus network of educators and program leaders to promote research-based educational approaches and environmental stewardship when creating, preserving and/or enhancing lawns, gardens and landscapes. This PWT hosts a number of activities for CCE county and campus educators and program leaders including the following:
- NEW! Sustainable Landscapes Cloned Horticulture Websites Project is an effort of the PWT to share Cornell resources with local audiences through CCE websites. PWT members developed county-based sites with the latest Cornell resources you can replicate on: Pollinators, Healthy Soils, Sustainable Lawns, Vegetable Gardening, Commercial Horticulture and Avoiding Lyme Disease. General instructions for cloning county websites is here: Cloning Pages OPTIMIZED Specific directions for replicating the PWT sites (hosted by CCE Tompkins) are on the CCE staff site here: Sustainable Landscapes PWT Website Cloning Resources
- CCE Horticulture Resource Sharing Library in Cornell Box (CCE staff contact Ashley Helmholdt alm443@cornell.edu for your access)
- Monthly Sustainable Landscapes Lunch & Learn Series: Third Wednesday of the Month, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. To register as a CCE educator or volunteer, contact: alm443@cornell.edu
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Past Sustainable Landscapes Lunch and Learn Webinars:
- Garden Like a Forest: Urban Forests & Environmental Justice
- Garden Like a Forest: Growing Fruit in the Garden Landscape
- Garden Like a Forest: Backyard Mushroom Cultivation
- Working with Nature: Native Plants for New York Shorelines
- Spongy Moth Webinar
- Sustainable Lawns for Spring
- The Tick Blitz Project
- Gardening in a Warming World: Youth Grow!
- Climate & Water-Wise Plant Selection
- Rain Gardens – A How-To for Homeowners
- Biocontrol
- Community Food Systems Best Practices
- Safe, Sustainable Plant Sales Online!
- Web Soil Survey 101
- Permaculture Design 101: Polycultures to Agroforestry Practices
- Growing Unusual Fruits
- Getting the Most out of your ‘H’ Soil Test Report
- Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities: Resources and Best Practices for Healthy Gardening
- SOI3L: Online Information, Investigation and Innovation Laboratory