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SUMMARY:“What Nature Can Do for Your Brain and Your Brain Can Do for Nature”
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Susan A. Masino\nProtecting our brain health and protecting areas for natural processes are both vitally important for our long-term well being. This presentation will review the emerging interdisciplinary science of supporting human potential by reengaging with nature and protecting it for the future.\nRegistration to attend the presentation may be made here.\nOPEN MEETING\, Guest donation $10.00\nTea sandwiches\, cookies and beverages will be served.
URL:https://cthort.org/event/what-nature-can-do-for-your-brain-and-your-brain-can-do-for-nature/
LOCATION:St. John’s Episcopal Church\, 679 Farmington Ave\, West Hartford\, CT\, 679 Farmington Ave.\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hartford County
ORGANIZER;CN="West Hartford Garden Club":MAILTO:kcipes810@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:2026 SALT Conference
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 7 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\nRegistration/Continental Breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m.\nAn optional tour of the Connecticut College Arboretum Native Plant Collection will be offered after the conference.\n\nThe transition zone between a cultivated landscape and a natural forested area provides unique opportunities (and challenges!) in a home landscape. The strategic use of native understory trees and shrubs can provide screening and other important landscape functions as well as expanding your seasonal interest and support for native pollinators/wildlife.\n\nFull-day conference includes morning coffee/continental breakfast\, three presentations\, lunch\, a panel discussion and an optional tour. Seating is limited. Registration required.\n\nRegistration fee is $75.00 or a discounted rate of $60.00 is offered for current members of the Connecticut College Arboretum and Wild Ones.\nConnecticut College students\, non-profit representatives and/or emerging industry professionals may apply for a limited number of sponsored or discounted registrations by submitting a letter of interest to arbor@conncoll.edu expressing how their attendance to this conference will benefit their professional goals or ecological projects.\nFor full session descriptions\, speaker bios and registration link\, go to: www.conncoll.edu/salt
URL:https://cthort.org/event/2026-salt-conference/
LOCATION:Connecticut College Arboretum\, 270 Mohegan Avenue\, New London\, CT\, 06320\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,New London County
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut College Arboretum":MAILTO:arbor@conncoll.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T110000
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SUMMARY:Nature Workshop | Garlic
DESCRIPTION:Fall is the best time to plant garlic. Grace Farms Horticulture Specialist Michael Poulin demonstrates how to prepare\, plant\, and care for this common aromatic. Take home a hand-selected head of garlic to plant this autumn for summer harvest.
URL:https://cthort.org/event/nature-workshop-garlic/
LOCATION:Grace Farms\, 365 Lukes Wood Road\, New Canaan\, CT\, 06840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Fairfield County
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T130000
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SUMMARY:Expanding your Daylily Garden Horizons with Natives and Other Perennials
DESCRIPTION:The Connecticut Daylily Society invites you to join us at our November 7 meeting to enjoy a program by Nancy DuBrule-Clemente on “other” plants to grow in our daylily gardens. Nancy grows and loves daylilies in her home garden and has many great ideas to make them more beautiful with other plants\, especially those that support pollinators and other creatures! Nancy will share some of her favorite perennials\, grasses\, groundcovers\, and small shrubs that we can easily grow in our daylily gardens to enhance multi-season interest and to nurture pollinators. Many of these will be natives! \nSocial hour with light refreshments (bring a sandwich?) will begin at noon and Nancy’s program will begin Saturday\, November 7 at 1 at Sycamore Hills Recreation Center (aka Avon Senior Center) at 635 West Avon Road). There will be door prizes at the end of the meeting and Greg Haggett’s 2027 daylily photo calendar will be available for purchase. Contact us via Rebecca Nisley at 860-306-6315 or check out our webpage at ctdaylilyclub.com. \nNancy DuBrule-Clemente founded her garden store Natureworks in 1983 with a goal of providing organic gardening services to the community. (She recently sold it to her employees in 2021.) She continues to work with Natureworks\, writing the weekly email\, working occasionally at the garden center\, and doing some garden design and supervising garden installations for existing clients. The retail store on RT 22 in Northford is a destination for gardeners all over southern New England with its focus on supporting pollinators\, creating healthy habitats\, encouraging native plants\, and supplying unusual plants to serious gardeners. Nancy graduated from the Rackliffe Hicks School of Agriculture in the 70’s. She has written two books and speaks throughout the state on a wide range of subjects. Nancy is a total garden geek and a passionate organic gardener.
URL:https://cthort.org/event/expanding-your-daylily-garden-horizons-with-natives-and-other-perennials/
LOCATION:Avon Senior Center\, 635 West Avon Rd.\, Avon\, CT\, 06001
CATEGORIES:Community,Hartford County
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ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Daylily Society":MAILTO:rg-nisley@sbcglobal.net
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SUMMARY:Gardening for Frogs: Water Features to Attract Wildlife to Your Yard
DESCRIPTION:Jim Sirch\, retired Yale-Peabody Museum of Natural History Education Coordinator will discuss several types of water features\, and what water feature attracts which wildlife. \nSeating is limited and registration is required at kayclaiborn@comcast.net. \nMeet in the Faulkner Room. \nAdditional event information: 203-453-0780
URL:https://cthort.org/event/gardening-for-frogs-water-features-to-attract-wildlife-to-your-yard/
LOCATION:Nathanael Greene Community Center\, 32 Church Street\, Guilford\, CT\, 06437
CATEGORIES:Community,New Haven County
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SUMMARY:"An Embarrassment of Riches: Native Trees and Shrubs for Our Gardens" by Tom Clark
DESCRIPTION:American Rhododendron Society CT Chapter Presentation \nWe invite you to join us for our November speaker meeting: “An Embarrassment of Riches: Native Trees and Shrubs for Our Gardens” by Tom Clark\, Director and Curator of The Botanic Garden at Mount Holyoke College \n• Date: 11/10/2026 \n• Time: meeting/presentation 7 PM\, social gathering at 6:30 \n• Location: Community Center-Alvin & Beatrice Wood Human Services Center\, Room 131\, 330 Park Avenue\, Bloomfield\, CT \n• Open to the public \nTom’s background in overseeing Mount Holyoke’s historic collections\, greenhouse facilities\, and leading diverse botanical projects will make for a highly interesting presentation. \nWe hope to see you there. \nEmail: Ctrhody@gmail.com
URL:https://cthort.org/event/an-embarrassment-of-riches-native-trees-and-shrubs-for-our-gardens-by-tom-clark-director-and-curator-of-the-botanic-garden-at-mount-holyoke-college/
LOCATION:330 Park Avenue\, Bloomfield
CATEGORIES:Community,Hartford County
ORGANIZER;CN="American Rhododendron Society - CT Chapter":MAILTO:ctrhody@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T110000
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SUMMARY:Autumn Stroll
DESCRIPTION:Experience the beauty of Grace Farms throughout every season during a guided walk through the landscape with the Grace Farms Garden Team. This immersive fall outing invites all to slow down\, notice the shifting signs of the season\, and discover the vibrant plant and animal life that makes this landscape so special.\n\nAlong the way\, explore the purpose and interconnectedness of surrounding ecosystems\, and consider our role in sustaining and enriching them.\n\nThis walk moves at a casual pace but includes uneven terrain not suitable for strollers\, wheelchairs\, or walkers.
URL:https://cthort.org/event/autumn-stroll-2/
LOCATION:Grace Farms\, 365 Lukes Wood Road\, New Canaan\, CT\, 06840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Fairfield County
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T190000
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SUMMARY:Gardening Like the Forest: Designing Edible Ecosystems for Homes and Communities with David Jacke
DESCRIPTION:Gardening Like the Forest: Designing Edible Ecosystems for Homes and Communities with David Jacke\nNovember 19\, 2026\, 7pm\nOn Zoom and in person at Congregation Beth Israel\, 701 Farmington Avenue\, West Hartford\nMembers are free; non-members $10\n(Members will receive the Zoom link the Sunday before the talk.) \nHealthy forests maintain\, fertilize\, and renew themselves\, naturally. Meanwhile\, agriculture as we know it is arguably the most ecologically destructive force on Earth. Enter “ecosystem agriculture\,” a synthesis of ecology\, design\, and agriculture aiming to design abundant food-producing ecosystems that mimic healthy natural communities. For example\, edible forest gardens mimic the structure and function of natural forests while growing food\, fuel\, fiber\, fodder\, fertilizers\, farmaceuticals\, and fun! Can we meet our own needs and regenerate healthy landscapes\, communities\, and ecosystems at the same time? Let’s explore the vision of ecosystem agriculture\, a little history\, some science\, a few examples\, and a sampling of some useful perennial edibles you can use in your own gardens. \nDave Jacke is the lead author of the award winning two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens. An engaging and passionate educator\, Dave is also a meticulous designer. He has studied ecology and design since the 1970s and has run his own firm—Dynamics Ecological Design—since 1984. He has designed\, built\, planted\, and managed landscapes\, homes\, farms\, and communities around North America\, as well as overseas\, and inhabited forest gardens at his current and past homesteads. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Simon’s Rock College (1980) and a M.A. in Landscape Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design (1984). Read more at edibleforestgardens.com.
URL:https://cthort.org/event/gardening-like-the-forest-designing-edible-ecosystems-for-homes-and-communities-with-david-jacke-2/
LOCATION:Congregation Beth Israel\, 701 Farmington Avenue\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Hartford County
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261130T150000
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SUMMARY:Afternoon Tea
DESCRIPTION:Gather with friends in the glass-enclosed Pavilion for an inviting and immersive afternoon tea experience. Choose your favorite blend of Grace Farms Tea and enjoy a freshly brewed pot\, alongside an eye-catching assortment of seasonal bites. Inspired by the elegance of English tea service\, this joyful and indulgent afternoon offers the perfect blend of conversation\, connection\, and exceptional flavor. \nHosted by Pastry Chef and Educator Leah Jones and Tea Expert and Educator Frank Kwei\, this unique Grace Farms experience fills quickly — reserve your seat today.
URL:https://cthort.org/event/afternoon-tea/
LOCATION:Grace Farms\, 365 Lukes Wood Road\, New Canaan\, CT\, 06840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Fairfield County
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