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CT Hort members: Because we are an affiliate of the Federated Garden Clubs of CT, your CT Hort membership entitles you to sign up for Federated-hosted tours without having the pay the $100 non-member surcharge.There is still room on the tour next August to the Canadian Rockies. Click here for the brochure.Click here for the […]

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

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

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

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

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,