2018-2019 Education Programs
September 13, 2018
Garden Club Horticulture Workshop with Nohora Yuille, garden club member, who will teach members how to create hypertufa troughs.
Limit of 10 people.
Fee $10
September 20, 2018
Garden Club Horticulture Trip to
​the Connecticut College Arboretum led by Jim Luce, former supervisor of grounds, focusing on trees.

Carpool from the Essex Town Hall parking lot at 9:30 a.m.
October 1, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Keith Mirante, owner of Coastal Chiropractic and Wellness.
Topic: Safe Gardening Practices

With perfect timing for our fall planting season, Dr Mirante will approach his subject in an entertaining and humorous manner.
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October 18, 2018
Garden Club Horticultural Workshop
Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery will lead hands-on instruction in tree propagation.

​November 5, 2018
Speaker: Sarah Partyka, owner of The Farmer's Daughter in Rhode Island.
Topic: Holiday-Themed Arrangements 

Sarah Partyka, owner of The Farmer's Daughter, a beautiful and creative garden center in Rhode Island, will be demonstrating holiday-themed arrangements.  Her designs are unique and should not be missed.

There will be a raffle for a kokodama, a hypertufa trough, centerpieces and various urns.
November 14, 2018
Garden Club Horticulture Trip to tour Roses for Autism in Guilford.

Carpool from the Essex Town Hall parking lot at 9:30 a.m.  
December 4, 20178
​Garden Club Holiday Party at Essex Yacht Club*, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Spouses and significant others welcome

​*Note new venue
December 5, 2018
Garden Club Horticultural Workshop

Creating a winter topiary with our Horticulture Committee.
Fee TBA
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February 4, 2019
Speaker: Donna Christensen, Christensen Landscapes
Topic: Trees in the Garden
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Donna Christensen is a landscape designer who holds a certificate in landscape design from the New York Botanical Gardens.  She will talk about how specimen trees can make a huge impact in your landscape design.

This program is a spectacular opportunity to educate yourself with new landscape designs.
February 21, 2019
Garden Club Horticultural Trip

Visit to Logee's Greenhouses in Danielson, CT in preparation for the Propagation Workshop to be held on March 14.

Carpool from Essex Town Hall parking lot at 9:00 a.m.
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Proportion and Scale
March 4, 2019
Speaker: Kim Hargrave, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
Topic: Importance of Birds of Prey

Kim Hargrave will bring three live owls to this conservation meeting, cosponsored with the Essex Land Trust. He will discuss how we can help maintain and conserve land for these beautiful birds.
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Traditional Mass Line Design
March 14, 2019
Garden Club Horticultural Workshop
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Hands-on propagation of house plants with Jane Dickinson and Coral Rawn, garden club members.
April 1, 2019
Speaker: Stephen Byrns, President, Untermyer Gardens Conservancy
Topic: Untermyer Gardens Restoration

In 2011, Stephen Byrns, a New York City architect and horticultural enthusiast, formed the nonprofit Untermyer Gardens Conservancy to bring Untermyer Gardens back to life. In its heyday, Untermyer has been heralded as "America's Most Spectacular Garden".
April 10, 2019
Garden Club Horticultural Workshop

Learn how to create petite designs with Leslie Martino, master judge and designer.
Fee TBA
May 29, 2019
Garden Club Horticultural Trip to Cricket Hill Garden, Thomaston, with a special focus on peonies and fruit trees.  Optional second tours of Hollister House or White Flower Farm

Carpool from the Essex Town Hall parking lot.
June 3, 2019
Tour Enders Island, an 11 acre island off the cost of Mystic near the town of Stonington. The island is located in the Fisher's Island Sound at the base of the Mystic River and is connected to neighboring Mason's Island by a causeway.  Peaceful and serene, the gardens are lovely to explore. 

A buffet luncheon will be available.
Please sign up early. This trip is limited to 40 members.
​Fee TBA
September 9, 2019; 12 noon
Annual meeting and luncheon, followed by September Business Meeting at the Essex Yacht Club.