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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.

ASLA to hold celebration and annual meeting Jan. 24

ASLA Connecticut’s 2024 Awards Celebration and Annual Meeting will take place Wednesday, January 24 (6:00-9:30 p.m.) at Kinsmen Brewing Company, 409 Canal Street, Milldale, CT. This is the largest social event of the year for the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Proceeds will benefit ASLA Connecticut student scholarships. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar will begin […]

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2023 CIRCA Summit: A Climate Resilience Roadmap for Connecticut 

Join the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation for a one day conference at UConn School of Law in Hartford on Dec. 1 from 9:15am-4:00pm to learn about the Resilient Connecticut program, updates on projects including the Environmental Justice Mapping Tool and the Resilience Roadmap policy recommendations for Connecticut. The conference will feature panel

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CT Recreation and Parks Association hosts tradeshow Nov. 20-21

CT Recreation and Parks Association will host its 63rd Annual Conference & Tradeshow on November 20-21 at Mohegan Sun. Explore from over 20 educational sessions, networking opportunities, and exhibitions pertinent to the industry’s current needs and trends.Explore an exciting array of educational sessions, networking opportunities, and exhibitions. Delegates will have the opportunity to choose from over 20 educational sessions

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Three Ways to Fight Invasive Plants talk on Nov. 16

The Guilford Land Conservation Trust and the Guilford Library are co-hosting a free talk on Three Ways to Fight Invasive Plants on November 16, from 7:00-8:30 p.m.Featuring speaker Kathy Connolly of the Connecticut Invasive Plants Working Group education committee, she’ll explore ways to reclaim backyards, neighborhoods, and parks from the bad effects of non-native invasive plants. Her talk

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Rutgers offers the basics of beekeeping course

Sweeten up your life with a new hobby: beekeeping! Bee-ginner’s Beekeeping: The Basics of Apiculture Running from January 15-February 19, 2024, this 14-hour self-paced course w/live Q&A sessions is *$315. Learn how to assemble hives, inspect bee colonies, and harvest honey and beeswax in this sweet program. Register Today! Featured Topics:Bee BiologyDisease and Mite PreventionHive Assembly and

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Eric Mintel Quartet at the Hill-Stead Museum Dec. 13

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

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Hardy Plant Society presents “Good Growers and Pretty Companions” Nov. 4

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

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