Cornell Plantations has spring-summer classes

Experts in horticulture, natural history, landscape design and botanical arts are teaching 11 classes and workshops in everything from African violets to wetland plants beginning April 30 at Cornell Plantations.

Fees for the noncredit classes range from $10 to $155, with discounts for students and Plantations members.

For more information and registration, visit the Cornell Plantations web site www.plantations.cornell.edu, call the Plantations Education Department at 255-2407 or e-mail rgl3@cornell.edu. Scheduled classes include:

• Spring Wildflowers, with Plantations botanist Robert Wesley, Sundays, April 30, May 7 and May 21;
• Herbal Beginnings, with Maralyn Yaple of Pedals Herbal Soap Works, Saturdays, May 13, July 29 and Sept. 30;
• Illustration Techniques on Scratchboard, with scientific illustrator Trudy Nicholson, Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21;
• Flowerbox Fun, with Rick Hedrick, owner of The Plantsmen, Saturday, June 3;
• Wild Plants that Attract Butterflies, with Robert Dirig, assistant curator of Cornell's Bailey Hortorium, Tuesday, June 13;
• A Close Look at African Violets, with Paul Sorano of Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses, Tuesday, June 20;
• Herbal Tonics, with Jane Irvin-Klotz of Watering Can Herb Manor, Saturday, June 24;
• Historical Walking Tour of Forest Home, with historian Bruce Brittain, Saturday, June 24;
• Wetland Plants, with Plantations botanist Robert Wesley, Sundays, June 25, July 9 and July 23;
• Creative Garden Writing, with Elisabeth Sheldon, author of The Flamboyant Garden, Saturday, July 15; and
• Mushroom Mania, with SUNY Cortland biology professor Tim Baroni, Thursday, Sept. 14.