2023 R.A.M. Race and Children’s Forest Clean Up Day on SatURDAY, May 13
Wolcott Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization
Please join us on May 13 from 8:00 am -10:00 am to clean up the Wolcott Forest in preparation for Run-A-Muck AND to ensure Wolcott Park Children’s Forest is healthy and looking its best! The RAM Committee will be leading the forest cleanup, and we will have community organization members helping to lead the effort to rid the Children’s Forest of invasive plant species as well – so we need your help and the help of many others!! Adults are welcome to bring their children and work together. No child drop off please. Mark the time on your calendar. We welcome any help you can give during this window of time – even if you can only dedicate a portion of the time!
We will be picking up garbage, trimming back the trails, raking leaves, pulling out invasive species and more. This is a great opportunity for our kids and families to give back to their school community.
Wear long pants and long sleeved shirts and bring some work/gardening gloves, a rake or two, garden shears/clippers, a shovel, a garden hoe, and a gas or battery powered weed wacker and whatever you have to help us clean up the designated areas for our RAM race in-forest obstacles set up day being held on May 21 (see the separate Sign Up Genius to assist on that day) AND our Children’s Forest.
We will meet in the Children’s Forest amphitheater area – park (on street) and enter at the Wolcott Park entrance where Elmfield Street and Wolcott Road meet.
Questions about the event
Contact Mary Lestini at marylpto@gmail.com
Date
05/13/2023 (Sat.)
Time
8:00AM – 10:00AM EDT
Please come out to help!
We will meet to clean up the flower and bush beds at the center. Please bring your garden tools, garden gloves and water to drink. We will provide the large brown lawn bags.
Please RSVP to Margaret at mpulito@gmail.com or call her at 860 521-1026.
Join Kathy Kraczkowsky and Lisa Silvestri for a history tour through Elizabeth Park.
Nick Goltz
Thurs., May 18 at 7:30 pm on Zoom – us in person at the Emanuel Synagogue
(160 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford) at 7 pm
FREE for members, $10 non member donation
Dr. Goltz will introduce the fundamental techniques of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for the home gardener as well as tips and tricks on how to help any plants—from hardy CT natives to delicate tropical houseplants—live their best lives.
Dr. Goltz is the director of UConn’s Plant Diagnostic Laboratory. He moved to Connecticut shortly after graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in Plant Medicine. In addition to the plant health experience gained through his degree, Dr. Goltz worked for the UF Plant Diagnostic Center since 2019, and has worked at state and federal regulatory laboratories since 2016, performing research to develop biological control options for the management of invasive snails and insects.
Click here to join us via Zoom
- Meeting ID: 895 1925 7998
- Passcode: 615562
- Or call in to join us on the phone: 646-558-8656 (the meeting ID and the passcode are the same for phone calls.)
- Copy and paste this web address if clicking the link doesn’t work for you: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89519257998?pwd=6gKDa19E6JtXpsvvgGxXQaU4TpiR0-.1
When you link to the meeting, please choose to not appear on screen. Also, please mute your phone/computer microphone. Nick’s presentation is what will be visible and heard. His talk will be followed by a question & answer session. Questions must be typed in and the moderator will present the question to Nick 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.
Volunteers are needed to help with setup on Friday, May 19, and to assist at the actual sale the next day. We
look forward to everyone’s participation!
For more information, contact Julia Sauter at 860 310-2279 or Susan Grew 860 995-5925.
Our Spring 2023 Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, May 20, at the Noah Webster House. The Plant Sale has
traditionally been a profitable event for our Club. We ask all members to consider donating plants from their
own gardens.
For more information, contact Julia Sauter at 860 310-2279 or Susan Grew at 860 995-5925.
Park in back of Jimmy’s Pizza (Farmington Avenue) walk around back of building.
Please remember to bring your gardening tools.
If you are unable to work on your signup date, please try to find a replacement and let us know so that we can reschedule you.
Susan Grew at srider56@comcast.net or Maureen Gould at mcgould89@comcast.net.
We will meet with the students and assist them in planting flowers. The children will help with the watering. Garden club members will provide the tools for planting. Please bring a watering container if possible.
Please RSVP to Margaret at mpulito@gmail.com or call her at 860 521-1026.