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S20/Plant Press
Plant press crafted with CT grown wood by Windham County MG Coordinator John Lorusso. Includes 12 corrugated dividers and 12 sheets of paper.
Orders must be placed and paid for by March 1 to guarantee April delivery. Orders after 3/1 will be completed as available. Plant presses can be picked up at your MG office. Please bring your receipt. More 
Starts:
2/5/2020
8:00 AM
Ends:
2/5/2020
8:30 AM
Duration:
30 minutes
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35 open seats left
S20/17
Forests evolved before dinosaurs and are essential to our survival. Interdisciplinary science provides new insights into how to balance co-benefits for community, climate, ecology and public health. More than ever we need an intact network of nature for people and the planet. This class reviews recent and established science on ecosystem features and services and the importance of a strategic balance among resource production, research and data collection, and nature preserves. It will also highlight the limits of current knowledge, offer a special focus on brain health, and emphasize the importance of an ethos of “first do no harm” in our stewardship of the natural world.
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Starts:
4/2/2020
2:00 PM
Ends:
4/2/2020
4:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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9 open seats left
S20/10
In this class you will learn how to cultivate roses organically, select appropriate varieties, maintain your roses, and how to utilize organic roses for medicinal or culinary purposes. A slide presentation will be followed by a demonstration of how to prune and deadhead roses. The class will conclude with a culinary sampling of an organic rose treat.
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Starts:
4/7/2020
11:00 AM
Ends:
4/7/2020
1:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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31 open seats left
S20/120
We are offering our first CT Master Gardener Webinar at a special introductory rate. Our instructor will highlight the design and construction factors important to successful restoration projects his firm has completed at properties in Fairfield and Westchester Counties, including projects that incorporate creative storm water management.
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Starts:
4/8/2020
2:00 PM
Ends:
4/8/2020
3:30 PM
Duration:
1 hour
30 minutes
Credits:
1 Class Hours
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22 open seats left
S20/04
Are you thinking about transforming a landscape? Perhaps you’re reducing a lawn, eliminating a veggie garden, cleaning up a weedy patch, or turning a perennial bed into a flowering meadow? In order to get a pleasing result, good site preparation is critical. Unfortunately, it is a little understood step, often given short shrift in the drive to create a new landscape.
In this ONLINE seminar, we'll look at ways to analyze past land uses, compare weed removal methods, look at realistic timelines for site transformations, and consider what it really takes to prepare a site for change. An extensive resource handout will be emailed to students. More
Starts:
4/22/2020
10:00 AM
Ends:
4/22/2020
12:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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20 open seats left
S20/25
This herbarium tour will include many aspects of herbarium work, including the mounting process, the imaging lab, and the actual herbarium. Included are the Darwin and Carver specimens, as well as a few other historical ones of interest. We'll try our hand at filling in label data associated with online images of specimens as part of the herbarium's online citizen science project.
We'll carpool from the Bartlett Arboretum main parking lot leaving promptly at 9:25am. Tour is 10:30am-noon. Some may want to enjoy lunch afterward at NYBG.
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Starts:
4/23/2020
10:30 AM
Ends:
4/23/2020
12:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
30 minutes
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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5 open seats left
S20/29
A detailed and informative lecture that explores a garden free from the impact of deer. Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery will discuss the ornamental qualities and essential cultural details for a diverse assortment of underutilized and exceptional plants that show strong resistance to deer browse. In addition, strategies for managing the impact of deer in the garden as well as tricks to succeed with “deer candy” in “deer country” will be highlighted.
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Starts:
4/29/2020
5:00 PM
Ends:
4/29/2020
7:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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30 open seats left
S20/28
Jeremy Oldfield will lead us on a tour of the wheat trials at the Yale Farm, discussing the pluses and minuses of ancient wheat types versus modern wheat varieties. We will also take a behind-the-scenes look at the Yale Farm, started in 2003 with a grant from Alice Waters, of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA, including the programs and learning experiences offered to Yale and New Haven communities.
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Starts:
5/14/2020
5:00 PM
Ends:
5/14/2020
7:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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19 open seats left
S20/22
This course is the second of a three part series focused on the basics of beekeeping and the environmental challenges faced by Apis mellifera. You do not need to sign up for all 3, however, you can receive a discount if you do.
The hives at Edgerton Park will be our classroom as we open them up to try to find the queen and to examine for honey production, the health of the hives and other issues. We will use the small number of suits that Vincent has with him, so if you have a suit, please bring it with you. Note: while bee stings are unlikely because of the time of year and the use of a smoker, there is a chance for that occurrence. Please let us know if you have extreme sensitivity. Bring epi-pen. Consider watching the film which we will be taking of the event instead of attending.
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Starts:
6/4/2020
3:00 PM
Ends:
6/4/2020
5:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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9 open seats left
S20/07
Have you ever been completely flummoxed by the idea of keying out a plant sample in order to ID it – whether in the Master Gardener office, or in your own back yard? This presentation and hands-on tutorial will familiarize you with this Most Helpful of field guides, plus give you a refresher on all those botanical terms that are so useful when trying to ID plants.
The Wildflower Walk will be an opportunity to practice what you have just learned while we play with the local Flora. The grounds around the Bartlett Arboretum have a lovely variety of wildflowers, and we will explore what Mother Nature has to show us.
Bring a copy of Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide if you have one, and a magnifying glass or hand lens. Dress properly for our walk, which will take place rain or shine.
Feel free also to bring samples of Mystery Plants from your own yard, too (no Poison Ivy, please!).
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Starts:
6/12/2020
10:00 AM
Ends:
6/12/2020
12:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
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2 open seats left
S20/23
This class will focus on the late season chores involved with beekeeping. Discussion of honey harvest, uses of wax, other products from bees. If the weather is conducive and if the hives are amenable, we will take a look inside. The same warning applies as the above session, if we open the hives.
Note: while bee stings are unlikely because of the time of year and the use of a smoker, there is a chance for that occurrence. Please let us know if you have extreme sensitivity. Bring epi-pen.
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Starts:
8/27/2020
3:00 PM
Ends:
8/27/2020
5:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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13 open seats left
S20/20
Our instructor will highlight the design and construction factors important to successful restoration projects his firm has completed at properties in Fairfield and Westchester Counties, including projects that incorporate creative storm water management. Wear appropriate clothing and comfortable shoes for trekking out in the woods for the fieldtrip portion of class.
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Starts:
9/9/2020
12:30 PM
Ends:
9/9/2020
3:30 PM
Duration:
3 hours
Credits:
3 Class Hours
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