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Hollister House presents: A Garden in Dialogue: Place and PracticeSaturday, April 11 – 10:00-11:30am Landscape designer Leslie Needham challenges us to embrace garden design as a continuous conversation. Drawing from years of hands-on experience, Leslie will share easy design strategies that bring clarity and intention to nature-inspired gardens. Discover how loosening the pursuit of perfection can open space for […]

Join Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens for a special evening talk with historian and author Leah S. Glaser on Thursday, April 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the Silver Educational Center. In this engaging presentation based on her book Branching Out: The Public History of Trees, Glaser explores how trees are not only vital allies in slowing climate change, but also powerful

Come to Hillstead Museum on March 29 from 1-4pm for an Interactive Celebration and Demonstration of All Things Fiber!While the sheep are being shorn, Hill-Stead Museum will welcome fiber artists and vendors demonstrating skirting, carding, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting, and more. There will be free hayrides to and from the barns, food vendors, and

by Keziah Olsen, LASN The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA Connecticut) has announced the winners of its annual Connecticut Professional & Student Awards competition, recognizing excellence in landscape architectural design, planning and analysis, communication, and research. To be eligible for the professional awards, applicants must be a member of the

Celebrate Arbor Earth Day at Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm as they honor the vital role trees and environmental stewardship play in the community. Enjoy family-friendly activities, guided Tree and Wetlands Walks, local conservation partners, and free tree seedlings from Bartlett Tree Experts while supplies last. Food will be available

After many years as a respected label for identifying Connecticut-grown and raised products, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture is now launching a “Connecticut Grown ORGANIC” label, specifically recognizing USDA certified organic food that is grown, raised, or produced by Connecticut farmers and food producers. As this new label rolls out, CT NOFA and UConn Extension

You can now pick up some of the best compost around, through the 2nd Company Governor’s Horse Guard’s Garden Compost Drive. Horse manure compost is an organic material that improves the nutrient content of your soil, its structure and its ability to retain moisture. Help Support the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard, its horses and

The 2026 Barn Talk season at Hollister House opens on April 11 at 10am with Bedford, NY-based landscape designer Leslie Needham, who invites us to embrace garden design as a continuous conversation. Every garden speaks through materials, familiar forms, and seasonal rhythm. Drawing from years of hands-on experience, Leslie will explore ways designers and gardeners can thoughtfully

Enjoy this series led by Master Gardeners and Bartlett Education team members. Each “walk and talk” focuses on a specific theme or section of the Bartlett, encouraging a deeper relationship with some of the special trees, plants, and animals that live and grow at the Bartlett. This month we will be diving into our Conifer

News from Garden Club of Woodbridge: Greetings to the three people, Lisa Sencen, Mel Unger and Julie Doolan, who became members of the Garden Club of Woodbridge at our February 4th joint meeting with the Garden Club of Orange.  We had a full house with over 50 Orange and Woodbridge members attending.  Members of our club provided