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  • Pollinators in Your Garden

    Countryside Park 355 Huckleberry Hill road, Avon, CT

    Join Avon Land Trust and the Garden Club of Avon's presentation by Lisa Newell, Ambassador for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, about improving the pollinator population in your garden!

  • Seed Giveaway, Master Gardener Advice and Lego Building

    Simsbury Grange 236 Farms Village Rd., West Simsbury, CT, United States +1 more

    Join us for our 4th annual Spring event! UPSTAIRS:Join us for a community SEED SWAP and GIVEAWAY! Bring seeds if you have them or come to collect free seeds. Have your garden questions answered by a local farmer or Master Gardener. DOWNSTAIRS:Are your kids CRAZY for LEGOs? Supervised FREE LEGO event. Build an original design […]

  • Traprock Ridge Hiking Club Hike at McLean Game Refuge

    McLean Game Refuge 109 Salmon Brook St, Granby

    Please join us for this hike with Tammy Olszewski, along with TRLC volunteer Dave Mogul, for her annual frog pilgrimage at McLean Game Refuge. The planned hike is a loop of 4 to 5 miles using multiple trails, and it’s expected to take 4 – 5 hours, depending on our group’s pace. This is a […]

  • Pollinators and How to Help Them, with Louise Washer

    St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT 679 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT, United States

    The bee and butterfly populations have declined precipitously over the past decade. In this slide lecture, Louise Washer will offer insight, exploration, science and how-to’s -- all dedicated to protecting our pollinators. In 2017 she co-founded the Pollinator Pathway, a grassroots effort to encourage residents and municipalities to restore and connect pollinator habitat by planting […]

  • Windsor African Violet Society Annual Judged Show and Sale

    Grace Episcopal Church 311 Broad St., Windsor, CT, United States

    The Windsor African Violet Society Show’s theme this year is “Wicked Good Violets”. Come to see beautiful show plants, including species, standards, trailers, miniatures, semi-miniatures, other gesneriads, and designs including African violets. Our education exhibit has information on all aspects of growing and caring for these wonderful house plants! Commercially grown plants from Lyndon Lyon […]

  • Pollinator Power at Home Natureworks Early Spring Class Day

    326 Notch Hill Rd North Branford CT 06471 326 Notch Hill Rd, North Branford, CT

    Location: Zion Episcopal Church, 326 Notch Hill Rd, North Branford, CT 06471 Cost:$40 for both classes Two talks to inspire you! 9:30-10:30 Small Meadows and Flowering Lawns for the Home Gardener taught by Diane St. John Years ago Diane decided an area of her organic lawn was a complete waste of space and she went on […]

  • NatureWorks presents “Pollinator Power at Home! Two Talks to inspire You”

    Natureworks presents: 9:30-10:30 am - Small Meadows and Flowering Lawns for the Home Gardener Years ago Diane decided an area of her organic lawn was a complete waste of space and she went on a long and magical journey to transform it into a beautiful flowering meadow. Watch in photographs as she explains her process […]

  • Barn Talk: A Garden in Dialogue: Place and Practice

    Hollister House Garden 300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington, CT

    The 2026 Barn Talk season proudly opens 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 respond to place, sharing easy design strategies […]

  • Prop & Swap Workshop

    183 Windsor Ave. Windsor, CT 06095 183 Windsor Ave, Windsor, CT, United States

    The Prop & Swap Workshop will begin with a free, short, hands-on introduction to plant propagation and grafting, designed for participants who are new to these techniques. During this mini-workshop, attendees will learn simple, approachable methods for multiplying plants and maintaining healthy growth. After the instructional portion, participants will have the opportunity to trade plant […]

  • Nature Workshop | Berry Fruit Gardening

    Grace Farms 365 Lukes Wood Road, New Canaan, CT, United States

    Get inspired by the new, berry plantings recently installed in the Grace Farms Garden and learn the basics of growing these fruits at home. Understand the process from start to finish, beginning with plant choice, garden preparation and management, all the way to harvesting and preservation.

  • Pressed Botanical Art Workshop: Preserving Nature’s Beauty

    Kerri Art Studio and Gallery 861 Main Street, Willimantic, CT

    Join botanical artist Marguerite Alpert for a colorful and fun two-hour pressed botanical art workshop. Learn how to press fresh flowers in a wooden press (that is yours to keep!) and also make your own original piece of botanical art with ready-pressed flowers from Marguerite's gardens. All fresh flowers and supplies are provided.  Just bring […]