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2023-2024 Education Programs
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Monday, October 2, 2023
​2:00 pm at Town Hall Auditorium

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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
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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:
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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


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​​Monday, February 5, 2024
​2:00 pm via Zoom
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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
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Horticultural Workshop:

Repotting Orchids and Basic Orchid Care with Coral Rawn

Limit: 25 people.  Fee TBA



​Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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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)


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​Monday, March 4, 2024
2:00 pm at the Town Hall Auditorium with Essex Land Trust
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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
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Limit: 25 people.  Fee: $10
Monday, April 1, 2024
​2:00 pm at Town Hall Auditorium

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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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