Master Calendar

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OCTOBER 5, Thursday, 12:00 noon

“Orchids” 

Speaker: Sandy Myhalik

Nutmeg State Orchid Society 

Sandy will discuss the care of orchids and share images of her own orchid collection.

OPEN MEETING, Guest donation $10.00

Program: Peggy Bliss

Flower arrangement: Sharon Mulvey

Tea sandwiches, cookies and beverages will be served.

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Please plan to give us at least one hour of your time during the morning. Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. A co-chair will arrive at the garden by 8:30 a.m.

PARKING: Parking will be in the paved lot next to the Amos Bull House on South Prospect Street. We encourage you to carpool as space is limited.

We plan to work if the rain is light. If it is pouring, you will get a cancellation call by 8:00 a.m.

• If you are unable to work on your signup date, please let me know so that we can reschedule you and help you find a replacement for your shift.

• Kindly confirm that you have received this message, by replying to ljaldrich@hotmail.com or text 860-227-2730.

Thank you for helping to make the Butler McCook garden such a treasure for the greater Hartford region.

Best regards,

Linda Aldrich, Co-Chair, 860 227-2730
Steve Kovack, Co-Chair, 860 521-6563

Signup Sheet

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.

Signup Sheet

You can bring seeds to the workshop or drop them off at the library’s info desk any time during business hours.

Homegrown National Park: Virtual Lecture with

Doug Tallamy

Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 7pm

Our parks, preserves, and remaining wildlands – no matter how grand in scale – are too small and separated from one another to sustain the native trees, plants, insects and animals on which our ecosystems depend. We can fix this problem by practicing conservation outside of wildlands. Thus, the concept for Homegrown National Park: a national challenge to create diverse ecosystems in our yards, communities, and surrounding lands by reducing lawn, planting native, and removing invasives. We are at a critical point where we are losing so many native plant and animal species that our natural life support is in jeopardy. If many people make small changes, we can restore healthy ecological networks.

Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 111 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 42 years.

Register for this event here.