Fruit IPM for the home garden and landscapes

Conference Pricing

In-person

  • $45—full rate
  • $35—reduced rate
  • $50—sponsor rate
     

Online only (Zoom)

  • $25

June 27

Thursday

9 A.M.–4 P.M.

Locations

Morning presentations
CCE Albany
24 Martin Rd, Voorheesville, NY 

Lunch and afternoon tours
Indian Ladder Farms
342 Altamont Rd., Altamont, NY

Morning Agenda

  • 8:30 a.m—Registration 
  • 9 a.m.—Welcome  
  • 9:10 a.m.—Keynote: Native Food Plants to Feed Pollinators and People  
    Dani Baker, Cross Island Farms and author of The Home-Scale Forest Garden
  • 10:10 a.m.—Choosing Plants: Sourcing Plant Material & Unusual Fruits to Consider 
    Laura McDermott, CCE ENYCHP
  • 10:40 a.m.—10 min break
  • 10:50 a.m.—Food Forests in New York 
    Ashley Helmholdt, Cornell Garden Based Learning
  • 11:20 a.m.—Healthy Soils for Healthy Fruit 
    Debbie Aller, Cornell Soil Health Program
  • 11:50 a.m.—Fruit IPM Concepts and Examples
    Anna Wallis, NYS IPM Program
  • 12:20 p.m.—Wrap-up morning session and transition to Indian Ladder Farms 

Lunch and Travel

12:30 p.m.—Break and travel to Indian Ladder Farms for lunch  

Participants will have ~1 hour to travel to Indian Ladder Farms, eat lunch, and visit sponsor tables 

Afternoon Agenda

On-Farm Demonstrations at Indian Ladder Farms 

Participants will cycle through four stations at Indian Ladder Farms.  Demonstrations will be led by Indian Ladder Farms, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and New York State Integrated Pest Management.  

  • Tree Fruit IPM – Indian Ladder Farms Orchard Manager and Anna Wallis, NYSIPM Program 
  • Berry IPM – Indian Ladder Farms Manager and Laura McDermott, CCE ENYCHP 
  • Beneficial Insects – Amara Dunn-Silver, NYSIPM Program  
  • Weed Management – Bryan Brown, NYSIPM Program  

Each station will last 30 minutes. There will be 10 minutes between each station. 

  • 1:30 p.m.—First station
    • 2 p.m.—Transition 
  • 2:10 p.m.—Second station
    • 2:40 p.m.—Transition
  • 2:50 p.m.—Third station
    • 3:20 p.m.—Transition 
  • 3:30 p.m.—Fourth station 
  • 4 p.m.—Wrap up and Evaluation 
  • 4:10 p.m.—End 

For more information

Please contact Anna Wallis at aew232 [at] cornell.edu (aew232[at]cornell[dot]edu).

flowers

Dani Baker—Cross Island Farms and author of The Home-Scale Forest Garden

blue cylindrical berries

Laura McDermott—CCE, Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program

group watching someone plant a tree

Ashley Helmholdt—Garden-Based Learning, Cornell University

chunk of soil in hands

Debbie Aller, Extension Associate, Cornell University; New York Soil Health—Program Coordinator

apples

Anna Wallis, NYSIPM Program

bushels of peaches

Anna Wallis, NYSIPM Program

blueberries

Laura McDermott, CCE, ENYCHP

pollinator garden

Amara Dunn-Silver, NYSIPM Program