2026 Symposium announcement coming soon
Stay tuned! We'll have an announcement to make regarding our 2026 Symposium soon!

"Learn. Grow. Travel."

"Learn. Grow. Travel."
Stay tuned! We'll have an announcement to make regarding our 2026 Symposium soon!
Chamaecyparis (False Cypress) make up 15% of Blithewold Arboretum’s living collection. With more than 200 specimens growing on the property, varying in form and cultivar, you are sure to find something to be inspired by! Many of the trees that will be highlighted during the walking tour will be exhibiting their best winter color during […]
Come and Seed Shop and Learn! Join us for the annual Seedy Celebration Days Friday through Sunday February 6-8th, 2026! 1000's of vegetable, flower and herb seeds from the best seed companies including Seed Savers Exchange, Renee's Garden, High Mowing, Botanical Interests, Hudson Valley, NE Seed, Livingston and Flowering Lawn will fill the shop! Organic […]
Annual Gardening Symposium sponsored by the CT Master Gardener Association. Link to the event below. Registration at the link below https://ctmga.org/symposium-2026 The event is virtual. A link to the event is provided several days prior to the event
A special presentation by Marci Martin will delve into the Victorian language of flowers and the symbolism behind rose colors and varieties and how these have been used to express love and emotion. Lutheran Church of ST Mark, 75 Griswold Street, Glastonbury, CT 06033 Doors open at 10 am. Guests welcome.
Raise the bar for nonstop, colorful flower gardens that welcome pollinators and slash maintenance. This presentation features clever design tips and foliage-dazzling plants with pollinator-friendly flowers for year-round, head-turning gardens in sun or shade. Neighbors will be dumbfounded when they rarely see you maintaining these showcase gardens. This lecture is best suited for gardeners in […]
Seed Starting Workshop When: Saturday, Feb 7, 2026 • 1–3 PM Where: Noah Webster Memorial Library (Main Library) It’s almost time to start eggplant, peppers, tomatoes (and more!). Learn timing, soil mix, lights/heat mats, watering, and how to harden off seedlings so they thrive outdoors. This event is made possible by a collaboration between the […]
Wallingford Garden Club will hold February meeting on the 10th. The program will be held at the First Congregational Church, 23 South Main Street. The Program is 'Hydrangeas' by presenter Lorraine Ballato at 11:00. She will guide us through the proper care of hydrangeas. She is an award winning writer, speaker, horticulturist, photographer and confirmed […]
Leete’s Island Garden Club hosts Felicia Millett, licensed arborist and CAES Plant Diagnostician, who will present objectives that should be considered before pruning, and the proper techniques, tools and timing to achieve these goals. Guests are welcome. Please contact 203-453-0780 with questions or to register for this free event.
Foraging 101– The Do’s and Don’ts for getting out and finding all that it has to offer This is an introductory class on learning how to forage, specifically in Connecticut and New England. This class will go over where and when to find forageable items, what to do with them, and safety tips. We will […]
Steve Hootman is the Executive Director of Horticulture & Curator of the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way, Washington. He has worked at the RSBG since 1992 and has participated in or led at least thirty expeditions into the remote regions of the world looking for rare and new taxa of rhododendrons and other […]