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A comprehensive list of events, workshops, discussions and garden club meetings can be found via Connecticut Gardener and Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut.

It’s scholarship season at CT-ASLA

It’s scholarship season at The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, also known as CTASLA! Applications for the Karen Ann Shopis-Fox Memorial Scholarship (for Connecticut residents in an accredited landscape architecture program at the college or university level), and the CTASLA Landscape Architecture Environmental Stewardship Scholarship for High School Seniors (for Connecticut residents seeking to major in

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Annual Spring Into Garden Season with Avon Garden Club

The Avon Garden Club presents “Spring into Garden Season” at Avon Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd., Avon, on Sat., March 29, from 1:30-4pm. Ask questions of established, gardeners, meet local representatives from area non-profits, and stay for Margery Winters’ discussion, “Seeing Red (or Why Friends Don’t Let Friends Plant Burning Bush),” at 3pm. Margery

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Bartlett hiring summer camp counselors now; sessions are filling up

Camp Bart at Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens has news! Registration Continues!Sessions are selling out fast! To learn more, visit bartlettarboretum.org/summer-campCamp discounts apply to the Family membership level and higher.Not yet a member? Join here! Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens is at 151 Brookdale Road in Stamford, CT. Go to https://www.bartlettarboretum.org/

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NDAL offers courses this spring

New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL.org) is offering an educational series dedicated to the art, culture, and science of ecology-based landscape design. The classes start this month and range in price from $42-$58. 1.  Meadow Making: A Brains over Brawn Approach featuring Landscape Designer Larry Weaner who will provide a deep dive into ecology-based meadow design, planting

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Voices of Today series at Mark Twain House features compelling author

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” -Mark Twain Author Amity Gaige and moderator Amy Bloom are featured in the Mark Twain House Voices of Today Series on April 9 from 7-8pm at the Mark Twain House,

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CAWS Annual Meeting and Environmental Conference is on March 5

The CAWS Annual Meeting and Environmental Conference will take place on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). We welcome wetland and soil scientists, ecologists, designers, and other land use specialists, government officials, municipal commission members, and environmental advocates to join us. Location:Aqua Turf Club556 Mulberry StreetSouthington, CT 06479 Presentations and agenda are on our event page.PLUS an exhibitor hall featuring

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