Susan Quincy, a CT State Parks Environmental Educator will give our club members and guests a thorough overview of recycling: What’s In and What’s Out! CT disposes of over 2,4 million tons of trash annually or about 1,370 pounds per person. As of 2015, we recycled and composted about 35%...
Margery Winters, program coordinator of the Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, CT will visit our club and share her passion for Gardening With Bees, Butterflies and Other Pollinators. We will learn about our many native pollinators and their important role in keeping our ecosystems healthy as well as how...
Floriography: The Language of Flowers. Dr. Erin Bartram of the Mark Twain House will educate our members and guests about how the folks in the Victorian Era created flowers to send a special message to the person receiving the bouquet. This is still currently done. Dr. Bartram is the Associate...
Our members and guests will welcome Dr. Yonghao Li and learn, All About Houseplants: What to Choose and How to Care for Them. Dr. Li runs the Plant Disease Information Office at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station. This office serves all CT private and commercial growers using traditional methods as...
Sebby Milano, Head Gardener of Winterberry Gardens will once again, due to popular demand visit our club. Sebby will entertain us as well as educate us on specialty container gardens. These gardens may include those that will repel insects, attract pollinators and hummingbirds as well as those that are edible....
Pam Bosward of West Woods Flower Farm in Hamden, CT will present, “Growing Beautiful Dahlias”. West Woods Flower Farm is one that grows pesticide free, locally grown flowers from mid-June through mid-October. Pam grows many varieties of cut flowers but Dahlias are her specialty. She has been growing flowers since...
Dr. Megan A. Linske will educate our members and guests all about Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. Dr. Linske currently works the CT Agricultural Experiment Station. She earned her Ph.D. in Natural Resources and the Environment at UCONN in 2017. Her areas of research in part, include monitoring tick abundances, tick...
