LIBERTY, NY — Families can foster a lifelong gardening interest with their children this summer in the final class of an educational workshop series offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County (CCESC)’s Master Gardener Volunteer program. On Thursday, September 24, “Cooking the Harvest” will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. CCESC will host this unique youth horticultural opportunity for children ages five to 12 in the outdoor teaching gardens at its Gerald J. Skoda Extension Education Center on 64 Ferndale-Loomis Rd. Children do not have to have attended all classes in the series.

Children can help CCESC volunteers and staff collect the vegetables grown in the teaching gardens and learn how to use them in delicious, easy-to-make meals. The series, which began in June and offered a class each month, highlighted vegetable companion gardening, fiber arts at Fort Delaware, and pollinator gardening with popular folk singer Dar Williams.

Cost is $10 per youth. Registration with non-refundable payment is required in advance. Registration and more information can be obtained by visiting www.sullivancce.org, emailing sullivan@cornell.edu or calling 845/292-6180.

The Master Gardener Volunteer program is a national corps of volunteers trained in the science and art of gardening who work in partnership with their county Cooperative Extension office to expand educational outreach throughout the community by providing home gardeners with research-based information. For more information on the CCESC Master Gardener Volunteer program, contact Dayna Valenti, community horticulture educator, at dlv45@cornell.edu.