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A big THANK YOU to the local clubs that support the Connecticut Horticultural Society.
Visit their sites for more gardening adventures:
- Cherry Brook Garden Club
- Colchester Garden Club
- Farmington Garden Club
- Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut
- Gardeners of Simsbury
- Garden Club of Madison
- New Britain Garden Club
- Suffield Garden Club
Weds., June 5, 12, 19, 26, & July 3, 10 a.m. – Elizabeth Park Weekly Rose Garden Tours – Head Rose Gardener Peter Winne will lead FREE tours of the park’s historic Rose Garden. Learn about the history of the Garden, as well as how the beautiful roses are maintained year after year. No registration is required. Tours begin at the flagpole outside the green Cottage. Visit elizabethparkct.org/park-tours for more information.
Wed., June 5, 12, 19 & 26, 8:00 a.m. to noon – Hollister House Garden will be open for Plein Air Painters and Photographers. Please fill out and
Thurs., June 20, 6:30 p.m. – 2019 Garden Series at the Avon Free Public Library presents Thieves, Charlatans, and James Bond: The Shady History of Ten Plants that Gave Us Health and Happiness. Discussion will be led by Prof. Richard Benfield from Central CT State University. Programs are free and open to all, no need to register. The library is at 281 Country Club Road in Avon. For more information, please call the library at 860.673.9712 or visit www.avonctlibrary.info.
Sun., June 23, 12-4 p.m. – Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day – Hill-Stead is one of 15 Historic Gardens participating in this special celebration of Connecticut’s stunning historic gardens. Hill-Stead will offer FREE tour programming around the native plants in our Sunken Garden, talks with Hill-Stead’s own bee-keeper Ted Jones and a special pop-up shop with paintings and a demonstration by Catherine M. Elliott Art , the winner of this year’s CT Historic Gardens poster contest.
Fri. & Sat., June 28 & 29, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Hollister House Garden presents a two-day water color workshop ‘For the Love of Roses,’ presented by Betsy Rogers-Knox. This step-by-step art workshop will focus on the accurate drawing of rose flowers and buds, followed by a careful layering of light washes to achieve subtle transparent colors, folds, ripples and shadows of one of our most celebrated flowers. Advanced registration required https://hollisterhousegarden.org/events/categories/workshops/
Sat., June 29, 6 p.m. – UConn New London County Extension Council Wine Party – Enjoy exceptional wine, delicious hors d’eouvres, and stunning views at the Preston Ridge Vineyard in Preston, while learning about and supporting the dynamic and effective programs that include Master Gardener and 4-H offered by UConn Extension. Tickets are $50 per person. Appetizers and two glasses of wine are included in the price of a ticket. Click here to register.
Sat. & Sun., Aug 10 & 11 – NOFA Summer Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. Keynote Speaker: Sandor Katz.