2023-2024 Education Programs
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Monday, October 2, 2023
2:00 pm at Town Hall Auditorium Program following business meeting: "Watershed Gardens: Protecting the Connecticut River Starts in your Backyard" with Judy Preston, Estuary Magazine/Estuary Adventures |
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
10:00 am at the Town Hall Auditorium Horticultural Workshop: Creative Flower Design with Cathy Ritch, National Garden Club Judge. Limit 25 people. Fee $25 |
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Horticultural Field Trip: The Farmer's Daughter and the University of Rhode Island Botanical Garden Meet at the Town Hall Car Park at 9:30 am and carpool to South Kingston (a 1 hour 20 mins journey) |
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Monday, November 6, 2023
2:00 pm at Our Lady of Sorrows (lower level) Program following business meeting: "Holiday Decorations from Nature's Bounty" with Carol King Platt, former Contributing Editor for House & Garden, and writer for the New London Times (Garden Column) Wednesday, December 13, 2023 10:00 am at the Town Hall Auditorium Horticultural Workshop: Creating Boxwood Trees with Jane Dickinson and Sandy French Limit 25 people. Fee TBA Monday, February 5, 2024 2:00 pm via Zoom Program following business meeting: "Late Bloomers: Ladies of a Certain Age in the Garden" with Lesley Parness Garden Historian and Writer Thursday, February 15, 2024
10:00 am at Town Hall Auditorium Horticultural Workshop: Repotting Orchids and Basic Orchid Care with Coral Rawn Limit: 25 people. Fee TBA Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Horticultural Field Trip: Logee's Greenhouses Meet at the Town Hall Car Park at 9:30 am and carpool to Danielson (a 1 hour journey) Monday, March 4, 2024 2:00 pm at the Town Hall Auditorium with Essex Land Trust Program following business meeting: "Planting in a Time of Climate Change" with Christine Darnell, Christine Darnell Gardens, Landscape Designer and Author Thursday, March 14, 2024
10:00 am at the Town Hall Auditorium Horticultural Workshop: Creating Birdhouses from Gourds with Patty York Limit: 25 people. Fee: $10 Monday, April 1, 2024
2:00 pm at Town Hall Auditorium Program following business meeting: "Connecticut Gardens: A Celebration of the State's Public, Historic and Private Gardens" with Caryn B. Davis, Caryn B. Davis Photography, Author and Photographer |
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June 2024, Time TBA
Horticultural Field Trip: Emily Dickinson's House and Garden Meet at the Town Hall Car Park at 9:30 am and carpool to Amherst, MA (a 1 hour and 37 min journey) |
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