Speaker Meetings

Speakers 2018-2019

May 23, 2019

A Guide to Restoring the Little Things that Run the World
Thursday, June 20, 2019
with Doug Tallamy, Ph.D. University of Delaware

Click to view the handout from the presentation delivered by Doug Tallamy:
A Guide to Restoring the Little Things that Run the World

CT Hort is pleased to host Doug Tallamy as our final guest of our 2018-19 Season. He is nationally recognized as one of the world’s leading entomologists and wildlife ecologists. This outstanding lecture is made possible due to generous funding from the Lois and Herb Isaacson endowment.

Newly Minted Master Gardeners are Guests at January Meeting

January 4, 2019

Please join me in welcoming the latest graduating class of Master Gardeners to our January 17 meeting.

2018-2019 Speaker Line-up

August 21, 2018

Speakers for the 2018-19 season run the gamut from radio personality to professor. And, once again, our February meeting will take place at the 2019 CT Flower & Garden Show in Hartford where Mike McGrath will present a special talk for CT Hort members.

Past Speakers 2017-2018

June 21, 2018

Paul Zimmerman (www.paulzimmermanroses.com) has given hundreds of talks and workshops on roses. From Rose Societies to Master Gardeners to the big shows like the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, the Philadelphia Flower Show and even in Europe. Paul’s talks are known for their energy, humor and simple approach to growing roses. Paul’s approach to roses is […]

Past Speakers 2016-2017

June 15, 2017

Thanks for another great season of speakers!
See you in September. Once we have the 2017-2018 list of speakers finalized, we’ll post that info here.
Enjoy the summer!

Past Speakers 2015-2016

June 29, 2016

June 16,2016: Ice Cream Social & The Art of Gardening at Chanticleer, R. William Thomas, Exec. Dir. Chanticleer Foundation. Our speaker, Bill Thomas, will bring you on a visual tour of Chanticleer and share some of their design and gardening tips and techniques. You’ll leave knowing more about garden practices specific to different conditions and plant palettes; how […]

Past Speakers 2014-2015

September 1, 2015

June 18, 2015: Robert Adzema – “Designing the Light: Using Sun Dials and a Sense of Place to Understand the Play of Sunlight in Your Garden” Evaluate this speaker by clicking this link Sculptor and plein air landscape painter Robert Adzema has spent a lifetime pursuing the beauty of sunlight. For his sun-specific sculptures, he […]