What's Happening - Calendar Page

A listing of horticultural events and classes given by current CMGA members or their affiliates.

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Friends of Elizabeth Park Garden Lecture Series, Wednesday evenings in January - March 2010, 7pm. Details

Located in Hartford, CT, on the West Hartford border, Elizabeth Park is the home of America's oldest municipal Rose Garden and is listed on the national Register of Historic Places. For further information: www.elizabethpark.org

Lockwood Lecture by Dr Clive A. Edwards, Professor of Entomology and Environmental Sciences, ohio State University: 

"The Use of Aqueous Solutions from Vermicomposts in the Suppression of Plant Diseases of Tomatoes and Cucumbers"

Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:30 a.m. at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. Details

UConn Perennial Plant Conference

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Lewis B. Rome Commons on the University of connecticut Storrs campus.

All-day educational conference focusing on herbaceous perennial production, sustainable landscape design and retail marketing. Details: www.hort.uconn.edu/2010ppc. Information contact Donna Ellis Tel (860) 486-6448.

UConn Conference for the Home Gardener

Friday, March 12, 2010 at Lewis B. Rome Commons on the UConn Storrs campus

This year's keynote speaker is Rosalind Creasy, speaking on Edible Theme Gardens.

Karen Bussolini, garden photographer and author, will be speaking on Designing with Elegant Silvers. Steve Silk, : The Crazy Mixed-Up Border, An Eclectic Approach to using Trees, Shrubs, Annuals, Tropicals, Edibles and Perennials. Heather Crawford: Gardening with Rain. Lois Berg Stack: Twenty ways to Become a Greener Gardener.

Contact Dr. Richard McAvoy at 860-486-0627 or email: richard.mcavoy@uconn.edu. Info: www.hort.uconn.edu/2010garden

The Experiment Station Associates Annual Meeting

Thursday, March 18, 2009, 7pm at Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, New Haven, CT. Phone: 203-974-8500. For information call Pamela Weil at 203-259-5173. Annual Meeting will feature short talks by two esteemed scientists at the Station: Dr. Gale Ridge: "The Return of the Bed Bugs"; Dr. Jason White: "Use of Plants to Remove Toxic Chemicals from the Soil"

"Go Native": A Symposium presented by The Sasqua Garden Club

April 10, 2010, 8:30am - 3:30pm. Featuring: Doug Tallamy and William Cullina. Details