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Take control of your soil’s health in 2025! CT NOFA has a new roster of microscopy courses slated for early in 2025. Trainings include three recorded virtual sessions (made available to participants at time of registration) and 1 in-person session, at which participants will receive an OMAX digital compound microscope to keep. Participants will choose […]

Please join ASLA Connecticut in announcing our Professional and Student Award winners at this year’s Awards Gala & Annual Meeting! This event will be held on the evening of Wednesday, January 29 from 5-9pm at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut. The museum is at 144 W Main St, Waterbury. ASLA Connecticut is inviting you

Interested in a career in Arboriculture or know someone who is? The course, being held from January 8, 2025, through April 2, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Wednesday evenings, is at the Bartlett Arboretum Silver Education Center.This course is intended as an introductory course to provide participants with the basic information essential

Join Grace Farms on Tues., Dec. 17 from 2-3pm for “the role of Faith in a Time of Division,” an intimate and insightful conversation with Reverend Lisa Lynne Kirkpatrick and Dr. Matthew Croasmun, Associate Research Scholar and the Director of the Life Worth Living program at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School, who

A Mark Twain House & Museum original on December 19 from noon-1pm: Celebrate the holiday like a Victorian with authentic dishes and customs beloved by all, from the working classes to the royal family. Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, a descendant of Charles Dickens, reveals the fascinating tale of Christmas traditions during Queen Victoria’s reign. In 1843,

From April through October, gardeners from the Garden Club of Woodbridge meet weekly to prune, weed and frequently add plants to one of the following gardens: the Darling House herb garden; the library’s center garden, as well as the garden adjacent to the library’s front door; and the Adella Baldwin Stewart Garden at the corner

Mark your calendars: we’re already looking forward to the 43rd Annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show®, presented by The Federated Garden Clubs of CT, Inc. This year’s theme is “The Signs of Spring.” The show is at the CT Convention Center, 100 Columbus Boulevard in Hartford on Thursday, February 20, 2025 – 10 am to

Want to learn more about plants and make friends? Join the Bartlett Horticulture Club. The inaugural meeting is January 14 from 6-7pm.The goal of the club is to create a place of community where you can learn something, meet new people, and practice your plant skills in a casual environment. Some meetings will have attendance

CT NOFA is proud to present its 43rd Winter Conference, featuring a series of virtual workshops on February 25-27 in the lead up to its full day, in-person gathering and celebration on March 1, 2025 at Eastern Connecticut State University, in partnership with their Institute of Sustainability. They’ll be offering a variety of workshops, covering topics such

Winter Festival on The Farm will be held at Cold Spring Farm located at 46 Lake Hayward Town Road in Colchester from 11 am to 3 pm on Saturday, December 7. This will be a fun-filled afternoon with local vendors and crafters, The Farm Kitchen food truck, staged winter themed photo opportunities, music, animal encounters,