Ongoing

Dreamland Flower Farm Dahlia Tuber Sale

Online Meeting

Dreamland Flower Farm Tuber Sale open January 17th at 10am ONLINE ONLY. Select from over 125 dahlia varieties for your garden. Organically grown dahlias, hand picked and harvested. Merrie Avallone has been growing dahlias for over 20 years.

“Pot Herbs, Sallads and Roots:” Kitchen Gardens in Early America

Avon Free Public Library 281 Country Club Rd., Avon

“Pot Herbs, Sallads and Roots”: Kitchen Gardens in Early America is a program defining the role played by kitchen gardens in the lives of New Englanders 1790 to 1850. Using documentation from Samuel Deane’s book, The New England Farmer (Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1790), with additional 19th-century publications and landscape illustrations, and the re-created gardens […]

Pot Herbs, Sallads and Roots”: Kitchen Gardens in Early America (in-person)

Avon Free Public Library 281 Country Club Rd., Avon

“Pot Herbs, Sallads and Roots”: Kitchen Gardens in Early America is a program defining the role played by kitchen gardens in the lives of New Englanders 1790 to 1850.  Using documentation from  Samuel Deane’s book, The New England Farmer (Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1790), with additional 19th-century publications and landscape illustrations, and the re-created gardens at  Old […]

Gardeners of Simsbury Speaker Series: Bird-friendly Gardening by Jennifer McGuinness

Simsbury Public Library 725 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury

Even as many bird populations face decline, every backyard garden has the power to make a difference. In this hopeful and practical seminar, led by award winning journalist and author Jen McGuinness, learn what birds need to thrive, how to use organic practices and native plants to meet those needs, and which trees, shrubs, and […]