From Mark Bridgen, Professor and Director, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center:
You are invited to spend this Saturday and Sunday with the Hortus Forum (Cornell’s undergraduate horticulture club) and Pi Alpha Xi (the honor society for plant science) on a weekend bus trip to Long Island and New York City to tour gardens and greenhouse.
All students and staff in CALS, and their friends and family, are invited to participate.
The itinerary includes:
- Joseph’s Greenhouse, Bohemia, NY
- Wittendales Florist & Greenhouse, East Hampton, NY
- Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center, Riverhead, NY
- New York Botanical Gardens for guided tour of orchid show and behind-the-scenes private tour with Cornell alumnus, Deanna Curtis
The cost to students for this trip is only $53 per person ($23 of this cost is for an admission ticket to the NYBG). The cost for staff members and non-students is $75. The registration fee includes 1 night of cabin accommodations, luxury bus transportation, admission to the NYBG, and dinner on Saturday night.
I hope to see you there.
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