CT Horticultural Society – Lecture

CT Horticultural Society – Lecture

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When:
June 15, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
2023-06-15T19:00:00-04:00
2023-06-15T19:15:00-04:00
Where:
Emanuel Synagogue
160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT
USA
Contact:
Mary Anna
860 529-8713
Join us on Thursday!

“Is It Messy, or an Acquired Taste?”

with Edwina von Gal

Thursday, June 15, at 7:30 pm on Zoom –

or join us in person at

the Emanuel Synagogue 

(160 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford)

at 7 pm

FREE for members, $10 non member donation

Our obsession with tidy, clean landscapes is proving to be harmful to the things and the ones we love. How can we let nature play a role in how we perceive, design, and maintain our human-dominated landscapes? Ms. von Gal’s lecture considers the rewards of gardening with nature—not against it. She will also discuss the new Earth Equity movement, which seeks ethical, social and environmental equity for human and non-human lives, and the systems that support them.

Edwina von Gal is the founder of the Perfect Earth Project, a non-profit organization in East Hampton, NY, that raises consciousness about the dangers of synthetic lawn and garden chemicals to humans, animals, and the environment, and educates homeowners and professionals about natural, PRFCT (toxic-free) techniques that provide beautiful, safe results at no extra cost.

The principal of her eponymous landscape design firm since 1984, her work has been published in many major publications and her book Fresh Cuts won the Quill and Trowel award for garden writing in 1998.

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When you link to the meeting, please choose to not appear on screen. Also, please mute your phone/computer microphone. Edwina’s presentation is what will be visible and heard. Her talk will be followed by a question & answer session. Questions must be typed in and the moderator will present the question to Edwina for all to hear. Log in anytime between 7:15 and 7:30, and you will be let in from the Zoom ‘waiting room’ when the presentation is about to start, at about 7:30 pm.

If you can’t join us tonight, not to worry. Edwina’s talk will be recorded and the link will be sent to you next week. This is just one of the many features of membership – we thank you for supporting our efforts.