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Suffield Garden Club’s May Market is this Saturday form 9am to 2pm, at the Phelps Hathaway Grounds & Barn, 55 South Main Street, in Suffield. Plants, tools, garden accessories, handmade jewelry, preserves, textiles and hand-carved wood items are just some of the merchandise for sale. CT Hort member Debra Climan, owner of garden Solutions, will […]

Save the date for CTASLA’s annual full-day plant-focused program on July 31 at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Staton in New Haven.This program will provide tools for planting plans for Connecticut practitioners. Topics will include Carex – the best choices, plants that thrive in extreme conditions, tough trees for Connecticut, a refresher on soil testing, beach leaf disease,

Ready for a party? Join everyone on Saturday, June 8, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM for a Lawn Party at Nook Farm, presented by The Mark Twain House & Museum, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, and the Asylum Hill Neighborhood – AHNA. Gather your friends and family, pack your blankets and snacks, and get ready for a

Congratulations to Hollister House for being featured in the May issue of Better Homes & Garden. The nine-page spread shares information about how homeowners can find inspiration in the Hollister House gardens, located in Washington, CT, as well as some history about the 1760 farmhouse that George Schoellkopf purchased 45 years ago and turned into

The Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens presents its annual gala on June 5 from 5:30 PM to 8 PM – at the Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens, 151 Brookdale Road, Stamford. Go to https://www.bartlettarboretum.org/ for more information. The theme “Get Your Green On” will celebrate:– the power of connecting with nature– the benefits of promoting a lifestyle

Rockfall Foundation will host Invasive Plants In Your Back Yard, an educational program and cleanup party, on May 5 (10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) at Rockfall Forest in Middlefield. Learn to identify and remove some of the more aggressive invasives in our state, including garlic mustard, barberry, Asian bittersweet, honeysuckle, privet, autumn olive, Japanese knotweed, multiflora rose, and winged euonymus.Click

Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on NewEngland’s native plants, will celebrate its ninth annual Trillium Week at Garden in the Woods, its native plant botanic garden in Framingham, May 12-19, 2024. Trilliums have a unique beauty symbolically associated with honor, purity, and devotion. Although relatively

Did you know that today 65-70% of the world’s population use traditional medicine as their primary source of healthcare, and 50% of new cancer and antibacterial drugs come from natural sources? If you are interested in botanicals and would like to learn about their history, discovery, development, and validation, as well as their diverse applications in modern society,

From the Porch performing arts series this summer at Hill-Stead Museum. These engaging performances are open to all ages, continuing the Pope-Riddle family’s legacy of community enrichment.From the Porch not only brings performing arts to the public but also supports Hill-Stead Museum’s future as a vibrant cultural hub. Some of this year’s performances include June 4’s Opera CT, three performances for

Go to https://www.bartlettarboretum.org/events/2024/4/21/arbor-earth-day for more information.