The Quarry Gardens' many native trees should be at their peak of autumn color this weekend. Co-founder Armand Thieblot will lead a morning walk through the brilliantly dappled pointillist landscape. We'll begin in the Visitor Center with an orientation to the QGs project and the many ecosystems within the gardens, and continue along the main […]
Tree Steward and Master Naturalist Emily Ferguson will lead this walk through the Quarry Gardens' 49 species of native trees.This will be a stunning walk with autumn colors reflecting in the two quarry pools. She’ll talk about the conditions needed for fantastic fall foliage and show how to identify tree species by their color display, […]
The gardens are aglow with autumn's goldenrods and asters. Acorns are falling, trees and shrubs are turning color. This walk will be led by one of the QGs co-founders, Armand or Bernice Thieblot. We'll begin in the Visitor Center with an introduction to soapstone quarrying in Schuyler and the many ecosystems within the gardens, and […]
Club meeting
Club meeting.
Members of the Blue Ridge Mycological Society remove trees, embedded trash from quarry edges; also treat, remove invasive species. Potluck dinner to follow.
Winter tree identification walk led by Tree Steward and Master Naturalist Emily Ferguson.
Led by Master Gardener Ron Fandetti.
Master Gardener Ron Fandetti will explain and demonstrate correct pruning techniques to promote the health and beauty of your landscape's shrubs and small trees. This workshop for home gardeners will begin with an illustrated talk in the Visitor Center classroom followed by a hands-on demonstration of correct pruning techniques outdoors. It is a collaborative public […]
Participants in this basket-weaving workshop, taught by artist Karen Milnes, will craft a small hip basket perfect for mushroom forays in the dense woods of our surrounding forests. Karen has extensive experience designing and creating baskets and is well known for her enthusiastic classroom style, which can coax even the most reluctant of basket artists […]
Field trip.
Emma Stephens of the Center for Urban Habitats will be here to help volunteers with spring clean-up of the QGs. The work will include cutting back winter thatch around the Visitor Center and the main trail loop, removing invasive plants and noting the condition of the natives. It's an opportunity.to share good company while learning […]
Join Tree Steward and Master Naturalist Emily Ferguson as she uses winter characteristics to identify trees and large shrubs along the main trail around the quarries. Owing to variations in soil, moisture, and exposure, more than 60 species of trees and large shrubs may be found at the Quarry Gardens. If you like, bring your […]
Wildflower walk with Dorothy Carney.
Volunteers learn about and help maintain the Quarry Gardens' galleries of native plant communities with guidance from Emma Stephens most Friday mornings from February through November. Hours this week will be 9-1; volunteers may work for all or part of the morning. dress for the weather, bring gloves and personal hand tools. Restrooms, water and […]
FrogWatch USA is a citizen science program established in 1998 to provide individuals, groups and families with opportunities to learn about wetlands in their communities by reporting on the calls of local frogs and toads.
With engaging visuals—and, she promises, only one fancy geological word—Kate Humphrey Chambers will present the deep history of our region and how it came to be as we know it. Kate holds advanced degrees from the University of Minnesota, the University of Tulsa, and the University Alaska. Her career as a technical leader in the […]