The State of Connecticut Calendar

Hollister House Garden Events
August 27 thru 29 - GARDEN STUDY WEEKEND
Art of gardening as personal & cultural expression explored in
depth late at 3‐day program including cocktail supper, all‐day seminar, plant and book sales, garden tours. Stimulating lectures by featured speaker Peter Wirtz, renowned Belgian landscape architect firm Wirtz International. Garden Conservancy co‐sponsors. other speakers: Page Dickey, Margaret Roach, Jill Nokes, Dick Button. Specialty nurseries with choice plants for sale. Pre‐registration required. To register, or more information, go to www.hollisterhousegarden.org or call 860.868.2200
Hollister House Garden
Washington

Garden Conservancy Open Days
Rain or shine. $5/garden. No reservations needed.
August 29 - 7 Gardens in Litchfield County
Stiteler Meadow in the wooded hills high above Lake Waramaug with distinctive contemporary house, broad swaths of uniform color "fields" of Panicum, Rudbeckia, Joe-Pye Weed, resulting in living landscape painting. Copeland Garden: hillside garden, stone walls and staircases connect multi-level terraces, incorporates French/Italian traditions—vistas, parterres, hedges of yew and box, potted plants, water features, statues. Wiener Garden: superb views, hidden paths lead to secret places, labyrinth, circular colonnade, woodland,bamboo garden, rose garden, naturalistic pond, pool house garden with succulents on massive boulder, Zen garden, sculpture. Muddy Rugs: small, personal garden in woods, stone walls, boxwood. Sunshine & Shayne Garden: large meticulous country garden, pastoral setting of fields and ponds, rolling hills. Hollister House Garden: old-fashioned, unusual, rambling formal garden informally planted with abundance of common and exotic plants. See it here.. Middlebrook Garden: 1750 house, silver foliage herb garden, crow’s foot-pattern Colonial garden, salad garden under espaliered pear trees, collection of old roses, large perennial, Bill Heise metal sculptures, five bridges over waterways.
The Garden Conservancy
11 Old Postal Rd.
Cold Spring
www.gardenconservancy.org
888-842-2442, info@gardenconservancy.org

October 2 thru 5 - Land Trust Alliance Rally
Seminars, networking, attend workshops, explore on field trips. For new and seasoned land conservationists. From saving organic farmland to forests, government partnering, land management, and tons more. Visit the Trust for Public Lands. Fee.
Hartford
Info: http://www.alliancerally.org/

CT Audubon Society Events
Milford Point Coastal Center Events
Trail Wood Sanctuary Events
Trail Wood Sanctuary
93 Kenyon Road, Hampton
860-928-4948
Fairfield Center Events
October 1 thru 3 - Exhibit & Sale: Birds In Their Habitat
22 juried artists' exhibition and sale.
October 1 - Gala Preview Party to Meet the Artists 6:30-9:30
Open bar, hors d'oeuvres, silent auction. Tickets: 203-259-6305 ext. 109.
October 2, 3 - Artwork on Display 10-4
Admission: $5. Live Birds of Prey demos, Super Duper Weenie with food, book signings with artist, James Prosek.
Center at Fairfield
2325 Burr Street, Fairfield
203-259-6305, ext. 109
Center at Pomfret Events
Center at Pomfret
189 Pomfret Street (Rt. 169), Pomfret
860-928-4948
Center at Glastonbury Events
Center at Glastonbury
1361 Main Street, Glastonbury
860-633-8402

CT State Agricultural Experiment Station Events
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington Street
New Haven
Information: 203-269-2653, www.ct.gov/caes/site/default.asp

Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold Museum
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme
www.FlorenceGriswoldMuseum.org or 860-434-5542

CT Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects Events
More info: www.ctasla.org

Southwest Conservation Events
SWCD office, 900 Northrop Rd., Suite A, Wallingford, CT 06492.
www.conservect.org
Info: 203-269-7509 x710, swcd43@sbcglobal.net

CT Botanical Society
CT Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington St.
New Haven
Information: (203) 488-7813, or www.ct-botanical-society.org

Earthplace
10 Woodside Lane, Westport
203-227-7253 www.earthplace.org

The Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens
151 Brookdale Road
Stamford (Exit 35 of Merritt Parkway)
203-322-6971 www.bartlettarboretum.org

Weir Farm National Historic Site
Burlingham House Visitor Center
735 Nod Hill Road Wilton
(203) 834-1896 or www.nps.gov/wefa

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