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This month at Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens it is “rarity” birding time, where birds make directional mistakes or just get blown off course by storms. Join experienced birder Dave Warne on Nov. 19 from 7:30-9:30am for a morning walk around the Bartlett grounds to look for rare bird sightings and other signs of the late […]

The Eric Mintel Quartet is bringing their successful Holiday Jazz program, including selections from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, to Hill-Stead Museum’s Drawing Room on Wednesday, December 13 at 7pm. The Quartet has opened for Dave Brubeck, performed at the White House, the Kennedy Center and the United Nations, so this is a performance you will not want to

The Connecticut Daylily Society has invited Marlene & Carl Harmon of Harmon Hill daylily Farms in Hudson, NH, to come share with us about “Good Growers and Pretty Companions”. The program will be held at the Avon Senior Center, 375 West Avon Road, Avon, CT on Saturday, November 4. Social hour with light refreshments will

On view in the Silver Education Center lobby at Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens is a new co-created artwork titled “Our Communities at the Public Garden’s Edge.” The project began late last year and included dozens of people of different backgrounds, skills, and experience,—seniors, volunteers, and local Girl Scouts. This project was part of Doug Jones’

The Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions (CACIWC) presents its 46th Annual Meeting & Environmental Conference: “Celebrating Connecticut’s Conservation Commissions”  on Saturday, November 11. It will be held at the Bristol Event Center (new facility!) 112 Century Drive, Bristol.The keynote speaker is Professor of Marine Sciences and Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) Executive Director James O’Donnell,

The Connecticut Land Conservation Council invites you to submit a proposal for the 2024 Connecticut Land Conservation Conference, the state’s largest annual full-day land conservation gathering. CLCC is excited to return to Wesleyan University in Middletown. The conference has attracted hundreds of participants, including board members, staff and volunteers from Connecticut’s land trusts, municipal land use

Join CT NOFA on October 22 @ 7pm by Zoom for the Farm Bill Forum, hosted by the CT Climate Crisis Mobilization (C3M), the Interreligious EcoJustice Network (IREJN), and CT NOFA. Among the many pieces of legislation that have been held up by the chaos in the US House of Representatives is the Farm Bill. The Farm

The Hardy Plant Society of New England-CT Chapter is holding an unusual workshop to create spring bulb kokedama on Wed., Oct. 25 art 7pm. It will be at the Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, 431 Hartford Avenue, Wethersfield, CT Kokedama is a Japanese gardening form whereby a plant’s roots are encased in moss which is wrapped

Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants, will present the symposium Native Plants and Climate Change, Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Featuring speakers from across New England, the symposium will examine current climate change patterns and their implications for the future of

The Federated Gardens Clubs of CT is hosting its 94th Annual Awards Meeting & Luncheon on October 25 starting at 9 am. The meeting is being held at the Aqua Turf Club, 556 Mulberry Street, Planstville. Mail in registrations will not be accepted. Reservations need to be made by October 18 for up to 10