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S24/11
Have you ever wondered how easy it is to have a water garden? Anne Mead will share her experience and knowledge about her water garden from building the garden to the life cycles that each season brings. Filled with shubunkins, goldfish, frogs, perennial plants and more, the garden brings pleasure to her and her husband as well as her grandchildren. Learn about building different size gardens from container to pond size, garden maintenance, and how the pond is part of a larger backyard ecosystem.
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Starts:
3/20/2024
10:00 AM
Ends:
3/20/2024
12:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
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2 Class Hours
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40 open seats left
S24/17
Join us for an educational field trip! We'll visit The Hickories for a tour of the farm as we learn about their use of regional ecotype plants. During our tour, we'll discuss seed collecting and have the opportunity to experiment with seed cleaning. Then, we'll head to Planters' Choice wholesale nursery in Newtown. On that tour, we'll learn how the nursery trade produces ecotype plugs for use by local landscapers. land trusts and non profits engaging in plant sales.
Meet at The Hickories Farm a few minutes before 10am
136 Lounsbury Road, Ridgefield (Just off route 7)
We'll drive or carpool to Planter's Choice, 140 Huntingtown Rd
Newtown, CT 06470 finishing-up at 12:30pm
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Starts:
3/21/2024
10:00 AM
Ends:
3/21/2024
12:30 PM
Duration:
2 hours
30 minutes
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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8 open seats left
S24/20
In this hands-on workshop Kevin Wilcox will discuss and demonstrate basic pruning practices and techniques for both conifers and deciduous trees and we will get our hands dirty practicing what we just learned. Class size is limited. Location specifics will be sent to registrants. This is an interactive outdoor class – dress for garden work with weather-appropriate footwear and gloves.
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Starts:
4/7/2024
11:00 AM
Ends:
4/7/2024
1:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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7 open seats left
S24/05
The foundation gardens around homes and community buildings need not be a bastion of imports such as pachysandra and boxwood. In this two-hour seminar we “deconstruct” traditional ideas about foundation plants and planting designs. Then, we consider ways to increase “curb appeal” with native shrubs, trees, and perennials. Design resources and plant lists accompany this talk.
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Starts:
4/25/2024
10:00 AM
Ends:
4/25/2024
12:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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26 open seats left
S24/18
From bringing floral bouquets to hospital patients, to walks in the woods, to creating tussie-mussies, the healing powers of interacting with plants is well-known. Learn about how a wide variety of greenery and approaches can be used as part of a therapeutic program having a backbone of chlorophyll. Horticultural therapy is the use of plants and plant-based activities for the purpose of human healing and rehabilitation. This two-hour on-line session will discuss a wide variety of approaches of how to use plants in a therapeutic way for client populations including incarcerated youths, seniors, cancer patients and at-risk children.
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Starts:
5/7/2024
10:00 AM
Ends:
5/7/2024
12:00 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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53 open seats left
S24/19
Wildflower enthusiast, Master Gardener Nancy Bailey, and Nancy Taylor, Flanders’ Botany Committee Member, will present on the wonderful ephemeral secrets found along the Flanders’ Botany Trail in Woodbury, CT. The session will begin with a discussion about the variety of wildflowers found in area, the importance of wildflowers for our ecosystem and how the controlling of invasive plants will allow wildflowers to flourish. The discussion will be followed by a guided tour of the Flanders’ Botany Trail (0.6 miles). This award-winning trail was developed in 1965 by members of the Pomperaug Valley Garden Club of Woodbury, who continue to maintain and improve its beauty. More than 100 species of wildflowers and plants are represented on the trail, as it winds through woodlands, wetlands and close to streams and a pond. You will also learn to use a newly published pictorial wildflowers guide designed specifically for the Flanders’ Botany Trail
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Starts:
5/11/2024
10:30 AM
Ends:
5/11/2024
12:30 PM
Duration:
2 hours
Credits:
2 Class Hours
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8 open seats left
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