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The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group’s 2024 symposium Real Talk: Making an Impact in Invasive Plant Management will be in person at UConn Student Union, Storrs, and open to all. The day-long event is on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.  Sessions include a variety of techniques for management of terrestrial and aquatic invasives, as well as […]

On Saturday, October 19, Hill-Stead Museum welcomes a new group of guest performers. Join us for an evening with The Six of Clubs in the Drawing Room as they present “Not the American Songbook,” a tribute to the timeless music of England and France. This will be our first concert held before the newly restored Impressionist masterpieces.  Immerse

What is it about the garden that suits it to literary murder? Perhaps it is the poisonous plants, sharp tools, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites that make gardens mainstay in the mystery genre. Perhaps it is the gardens (and writers) themselves, with their “natural malice toward weeds, rodents and other garden undesirable. Rare is

Join CT NOFA this Saturday in Ridgefield, CT, for a hands-on workshop on establishing native trees and shrubs on farmland and properties throughout Connecticut. The workshop will be held from 3-6pm at The Hickories, 136 Lounsbury Road in Ridgefield. The cost is $20. We’ll take a look at planning, planting, and maintenance of trees and shrubs at The

CT Folk Fest & Green Expo is back this year at New Haven’s Edgerton Park on September 7 from 11am-10pm. The event includes live music from local acts to national headliners, delicious food trucks and a Green Expo highlighting artisan vendors, non-profits, workshops, and a jam-packed day of activities and experiences in the Green Kids

The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects‘s own Mark Morrison, FASLA, founder of MKM Landscape Architecture, will be the host for a one-of-a-kind Cultural Landscape Foundation Garden (Tool) Dialogue event in Wassaic, NY on September 28 (10 a.m.-12 p.m.). Have you ever seen a cucumber straightener, daisy grubber, or potato fork? They are among the more than 25,000

Native Plant Trust, the nation’s first plant conservation organization and the only one solely focused on New England’s native plants, announced today that Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture, will become the next “Ask the Gardener” columnist for The Boston Globe. Following his predecessors, long-time columnist Carol Stocker and more recently, R. Wayne Mezitt, Lorimer will

Peter Brooks will welcome guests at his Wilton, CT home on September 8 (2-5 p.m.) to honor the memory and work of architect and landscape architect Richard Bergmann, FAIA (1935-2024). The iconic hilltop home originally designed by Bergmann in 1977 for famed race car driver Bob Sharp and updated by Thomas Kligerman in 2002, is surrounded by gardens and

The 2024 UConn Extension Master Composter Program enrollment has opened.  The 2024 program will be a hybrid program with two in-person Saturday sessions, September 14 & 28, along with two evening online sessions, September 19 & 26 via WebEx. The two Saturday classes will be held at the Middlesex County Extension Center, 1066 Saybrook Rd,

“How We Did It: Cultivating a Successful Vegetable Garden” is the title of a new workshop being held Tues., August 27 at 9am. Join the Master Gardeners for a conversation about designing and planning a vegetable garden in your own space. The best time to start planning for next year is NOW! Bartlett members are