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CT NOFA is offering microscopy training this year. Participants will view various soils and composts, looking at the different soil structures and the microbes that thrive in healthy soil. Demonstrations include how to prepare a slide for viewing, what you might find, and how to evaluate your findings. Course cost includes a microscope (yours to […]

Hill-stead Museum is offering two workshops to spice up your garden. Discover the artistry of garden design in an engaging two-part series led by renowned expert Pat Sobosik! Delve into the fundamentals of garden design and explore the allure of various garden styles. In Principles of Garden Design, the first workshop on Friday, March 8

The Farmington Garden Club presents “Curb Appeal for Pollinator Gardens” featuring Nancy DuBrule-Clemente on March 18 at the Farmington Main Library at 6 Monteith Drive in Farmington. Everyone is planting pollinator gardens. They contain such valuable native plants that bees, butterflies, and all sorts of creatures need. But, they can look a bit messy. In this

New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL) is offering a series of programs in March and April called “Ecology-based Landscape Design & Gardening.” The group of presenters will include Landscape Designer and Regional Planner Evan Abramson, Cornell Botanic Gardens Gardener Krissy Boys, Garden Designer and Wood Thrush Native Nursery Owner Ian Caton, Landscape Designer and

The UConn ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects) club is working hard to raise funds to send the senior class to LaBash (a landscape architecture conference for students, by students, this year at UC Davis March 28-30). The students are hosting an event at Elicit Brewing Co. in Manchester, CT on March 4 (from 5-8 p.m.) as a networking event for

It’s a two-fer at Bartlett, with the event “Plant Yourself at the Bartlett: Power Yoga and Seed Planting” on Sat., March from 11am-12:30pm.This one-of-a-kind event will combine a 60-minute Power Vinyasa Yoga journey followed by a grounding, meditative seed-planting activity, where you will get your hands dirty and plant various culinary herbs from seed. The

Hori Hori? Cultivator? Snips or shears? In this workshop, Toni Simonetti will discuss what tools are necessary, how to use them, and properly care for them. Bring your tools and they will teach you how to sharpen them! Toni Simonetti, Certified UCONN Master Gardener, is a lead greenhouse volunteer at the Bartlett, where she propagates

After successful pairings of experienced organic growers with transitioning-to-organic growers in 2023, CT NOFA seeks additional applicants for a Spring 2024 cohort of mentor/mentee pairings. The Northeast/ Mid-Atlantic Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) mentorship program pairs experienced organic producers and producers transitioning to organic, supports the transition process, and creates a stronger network of

Introducing: Third Thursdays at the Bartlett, a series led by Bartlett Education team members. Each “walk and talk” will focus on a specific theme or section of the Bartlett, encouraging a deeper relationship with some of the special trees, plants, and animals that live and grow at the Bartlett. The first Thursday walks is Feb.

In less than four weeks, Spring will arrive early at the 42nd “Connecticut Flower & Garden Show” from Thursday, February 22 through Sunday, February 25, 2024 at the Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Blvd. in Hartford, Conn. Dates/Hours: Thursday, Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 23 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb.