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CANCELED – Civic Projects – Seed Saving & Seed Swap Workshop

When: November 9, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Where: Noah Webster Library, Meeting Room, 20 South Main Street, West Hartford CT

CANCELED Sign up on the library’s website here. Description: Have you wanted to save seeds from a favorite flower or vegetable in your garden, but didn’t know how to get started? Join West Hartford Garden Club’s Advanced Master Gardeners Beth Ann Loveland Sennett and Susan Grew to learn the basics of seed…

Civic Projects – Invasive Plant Removal Party

When: October 20, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Where: Spice Bush Swamp Park, 173 Mountain Road, West Hartford, CT

You are invited to join us on October 24 at noon to 3 pm for an invasive plant educational walk and removal party at Spice Bush Swamp Park, 173 Mountain Road, West Hartford, CT. We will stress identification and low-impact removal techniques. If you are interested, please email, text, or…

Special Board Meeting

When: June 24, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Zoom Meeting

Policy Changes June 2024 The Strategic Planning Committee and the Executive Board met this week to come up with a plan to help alleviate some Membership issues. We have two policy changes to bring to the Board for a vote in order to implement them.  Our Bylaws state that any…

CT Horticultural Society – Knockout Natives Lecture

When: June 20, 2024 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Zoom Lecture

Click here for the accompanying website to the presentation.   Join Sam Hoadley, the Manager of Horticultural Research at Mt. Cuba Center, as he highlights knockout native species and cultivars from their trials. Top performers and favorites of Monarda, Phlox, Helenium, Echinacea, wild hydrangea, Carex, and Vernonia represent some of…

Elizabeth Park Conservancy – Rose Garden Tours

When: June 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am
Where: Elizabeth Park Flagpole in front of the green Cottage, 1561 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, CT

Rose Garden Tour with Rosarian Stephen Scanniello Join Rosarian Stephen Scanniello for rose garden tours on June Wednesday, June 19, at 10 am and 1 pm. The Helen S Kaman Rose Garden is the oldest public rose garden in the United States and the third-largest Rose Garden in the country.…

CT Horticultural Society – Fairfield County Nursery Tour

When: June 24, 2024 @ 9:30 am – 2:30 pm

Join us for a Fairfield County Nursery Tour June 24 • 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Take the day, carpool with friends, and enjoy a tour of three of Fairfield County’s finest nurseries. We’ll start at Oliver Nurseries (1159 Bronson Rd., Fairfield), at 9:30 am, to explore and enjoy the exquisitely landscaped grounds of…