Work Party at MacDaniels Nut Grove, Thur 8/22

LEARN ABOUT AGROFORESTRY & FOREST FARMING…
during summer WORK PARTIES at Cornell’s MacDaniels Nut Grove

Thursday, August 22

3pm – 7pm

The MacDaniels Nut Grove is a forest farming and agroforestry research and education center located in the Cornell Plantations Upper Cascadilla Natural Area. The 5-acre site, just east of Cornell Orchards, was originally planted in the 1930s by pioneering horticulturist Dr. L.H. MacDaniels (1888-1986). Neglected for decades, researchers and students began renovating the site and establishing new research projects since 2002. The site currently boasts demonstrations of a wide range of crops that can be grown in the forest, including mushrooms, wild leeks, ginseng, ornamental plants, nuts, and fruits like Paw Paw. Read more at: http://blogs.cornell.edu/mushrooms/nutgrove/

Work Parties will engage participants in a range of infrastructure and site improvements. We will gather and work from 3 – 6pm and then an educational tour of the site will be given by extension aide Steve Gabriel. In addition to conducting agroforestry research at Cornell, Steve and Ken are co-authoring a book on the subject, see http://www.FarmingTheWoods.com.

The event is FREE and open to the public, we ask that you come and be prepared to work in the warm summer weather, please wear close-toed shoes and bring water to drink. Swimsuits optional – there is a small place to take a dip near the nut grove.

Questions can be directed to Steve, sfg53@cornell.edu