Fix your soil, catch the sun and plant the best vegetables, with George McCleary, Master Gardener and Horticulturist. Come and learn what is living in your soil. Learn how to organically increase yields, while helping our friends — earthworms, bacteria and fungi — do their jobs increasing organic matter and...
GARDEN TRIVIA! A fun afternoon with 6 rounds of questions in garden or plant themed categories. Bring some friends, buy a table for 6 - 8. BYO beverages and snacks. Chase the late winter blahs and welcome gardening season. You'll be surprised at what you know... and what you'll learn!...
“Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and Bats” with Allison Middlemass, a naturalist and environmental educator from the Bent of the River Audubon Center in Southbury. This program is all about pollinators and the key roles they play in our ecosystem. We will discuss how each animal's life cycle works and what it...
This program by American Daffodil Society Judge Barbara Deysson will cover a brief history of the daffodil as well as all the reasons to grow daffodils and the best gardening practices to ensure success with these cheerful harbingers of spring. In addition, Barbara will discuss how daffodils are classified, provide...
Pomperaug Valley Garden Club hosts Rachel Conley of Broken Arrow Nursery who will speak with her presentation entitled "Alluring Alceas – History and Cultivation of Hollyhocks, a Cottage Garden Classic”. From romantic cottage gardens to architectural motifs, from wild hedgerows to outhouses, from Siberia to the Middle East to Japan...
