2020-2021 Education Programs
All Programs are Tentative
Final details will be determined per COVID guidelines prior to each date
All Programs are Tentative
Final details will be determined per COVID guidelines prior to each date
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Friday, September 18, 2020
Garden Horticulture Trip to O'Brien's Nursery, Grandy, CT. Featuring more than 1,600 hosta varieties. The gardens also include a wide variety of unusual Dwarf Conifers and over a hundred varieties of Japanese Maples. www.obrienhosta.com |
Daphne burkwoodi "Carol's Limelight
An O'Brien introduction
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020; 10:00 am
Garden Horticulture Trip to Wickham Park, Manchester, CT. Wickham Park which contains 280 acres of gardens, open fields, woodlands, ponds, picnic areas and is the proud host of garden tours, fundraising walks and tree hours, among other events. www.wickhampark.org |
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Wednesday, October 14; 7:00 pm
Program via Zoom:
Speaker: Page Dickey speaking about her new book "Uprooted", which will be available at the end of September. Zoom link registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkdOCppz8sE9ZXwY2aJG-T7iWOFhjFc2-E |
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Monday, February 1, 2021
Speaker: Margery Winters will delight us with ways to go native in our gardens without sacrificing beauty. How to recapture native habitats and reap ecological benefits, without breaking the bank or our ecosystem. |
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Garden Club Horticultural Workshop making cards and pictures with pressed flowers, greens, etc. |
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Monday, March 1, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Kirsten Traynor, will talk about her magazine "2 Million Blossoms", why bees are so spectacular and why pollinators rule! Listen to this amazing presentation as Traynor takes us from America to Europe where she divides her time being a “bee scientist”. This is a not to be missed special event with the public and co-sponsored with Essex Land Trust |
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Monday, March 15, 2021
Garden Club Horticultural Workshop on creating Woodland Planters, using an interesting piece of wood, bark, log, etc. Your imagination is the limit! |
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Monday, April 5, 2021
Well known Garden Speaker Margaret Roach will talk about organic gardening methods, her life, her story and how her “A Way To Garden” can be introduced into your own garden. This will be an unforgettable time. |
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Thursday, April 8, 2021
Garden Club Horticultural Workshop on creating Kokedama Moss Balls led by Club members Sandy French and Catharine Wagner. |
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Monday, June 7, 2021
Horticulture Trip to visit 4 Members' Gardens |
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Monday, September 13, 2021
Annual Meeting and Luncheon Location TBD |
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