The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society and the Tompkins County Public Library will host Propagating Native Plants from Seed, a workshop for gardeners, on Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 12:00 to 3:00 PM in the Library's Thaler/Howell Programming Room.

The second in a series of four workshops being held in conjunction with the Living Light art exhibit, Propagating Native Plants from Seed will provide gardeners ages 15 and up with information about collecting, storing and sowing seeds of local native plants. Expert gardeners Krissy Boys Faust and Rosemarie Parker will facilitate this informative program.

Krissy Boys Faust has been a professional gardener for 19 years. She was trained as a native plant gardener by F.M. Mooberry, founder of Brandywine Conservancy's public gardens. For the past 15 years, she has served as a gardener for Cornell Plantations. She currently gardens at the Mundy Wildflower Garden and Park Meadow, two of the Plantations' natural areas.

Rosemarie Parker has been an avid gardener for decades. Since retiring to the Ithaca area 12 years ago, she has focused her efforts on gardening with native seeds. She serves as a member of the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society's Steering Committee and has volunteered at the Plantations' Wildflower Garden for ten years.

This program is free and open to the first 30 registrants. Seeds and planting mix will be provided. To register, or for more information, contact Parker at gardener.parker (at) gmail (dot) com .