Outreach and Extension: Horticulture

The Horticulture Section offers online courses in gardening and garden design, botanical illustration and permaculture design.

All our courses feature practical, hands-on activities because we believe learning by doing is key to any successful online horticulture course. These are non-accredited courses for non-matriculated adult learners, which culminate in a certificate of participation (not a degree or certification).  Participants register for enjoyment, to strengthen a skill set, or to inform new directions in their lives. 

Learn more and register for our online courses.

Other online courses offered through the School of Integrative Plant Sciences:

• Plant Propagation Workshop Series - Taught by Mark Bridgen 
• Online courses for aspiring, new and experienced farmers.  More info our Cornell Small Farms Program website.
• Advanced Soil Health International Certificate Training Course. Offering practitioners, educators, and students an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the latest science and practices in soil health. Next course:  October 3 to November 14, 2023,

• Garden-Based Learning
• Pandemic vegetable gardening - Columns by Steve Reiners, Horticulture Section chair.
• Home gardening
• Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners
• Woody Plants Database
• Pest Management Around the Home - Cultural Practices
• Horticulture distance learning
• Art of Horticulture

• Cornell Fruit Resources
• Cornell Hard Cider Resources
• Cornell Vegetables
• Cornell Vegetable Program
• CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture)
• Cornell High Tunnels
• Eastern Broccoli Project
• Cover Crops for Vegetable Growers
• Reduced Tillage Vegetables

• Turfgrass Program
• Urban Horticulture Institute
• Woody plants database
• Community forestry
• Greenhouse Horticulture
• CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture)
• Annual flower trials
• Flower Bulb Research Program

• Cornell Soil Health
• Cornell Hemp
• Willowpedia - Energy crop info.
• Small Farms Program
• Dilmun Hill Student Farm
• How, When and Why of Forest Farming
• Specialty Mushrooms
• Sustainability at the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
• Cornell Climate Smart Solutions Program

• NOFA-NY - Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York
• NABGA - North American Bramble Growers Association
• NASGA - North American Strawberry Growers Association
• NYSBGA - New York Berry Growers Association
• NYSVGA - New York State Vegetable Growers Association
• NYSWGF - New York State Wine and Grape Foundation
• NYSNLA - New York State Nursery/Landscape Association
• NYSTA - New York State Turfgrass Association
• NYAA - New York Apple Association
• NYSFI - New York State Flower Industries
• LIFGA - Long Island Flower Growers Association

Horticultural learning isn't just for undergraduate, graduate, and MPS students.  It lasts a lifetime.  Here are some opportunities to continue your education ...

• Horticulture Distance Learning - Online courses on botanical illustration, organic gardening, plant propagation, and beginning farming.
• Master Gardener Volunteer Program - Improve your community through gardening by becoming a Master Gardener Volunteer.
• Cornell Botanic Gardens education programs - Tours, lectures, classes and more at Cornell's renowned botanical gardens, arboretum and natural areas.
• Horticulture events calendar - More workshops, field days and conferences in Ithaca and around the state. See SIPS seminars and events for more information.
• Section seminar series - Weekly during the semester plus occasional special seminars. Free and open to the public. SIPS seminars and events for more information.