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Annual Wreath & Poinsettia Sale

It's that time of year…again! The Easton Garden Club's ANNUAL WREATH & POINSETTIA SALE is here! NOW WITH ONLINE ORDERING!

The following items will be available for purchase:

Double-sided Wreaths (undecorated)
Red, White, or Pink Poinsettia plants in three sizes
White Pine Roping, 25 yards
Give the gift of a beautiful Poinsettia to an Easton Senior
Holiday Gift Kits – Native Ecotype Seed truffles or "Seed Bombs" for Winter Seed Sowing
Decorative Holiday Boxes for décor or for cemetery made with fresh evergreens

ALL ORDERS ARE DUE BY Monday, November 22, 2021.

Submit your order between November 3, 2021 and November 22 for curbside pick up on December 1st at the Easton Public Library Community Room Courtyard

Your order will be ready for Pick up on Wednesday, December 1st from 1pm to 6pm at the courtyard of the Easton Library Community Room (691 Morehouse Rd, Easton, CT 06612). All pickup procedures will be strictly aligned with Connecticut's COVID-19 safety guidelines and restrictions.

Two Methods of ordering: Online or by sendingin a ppaer order form with check:

Place your order through the online store on the Easton Garden Club Website

We will be accepting pre-paid online orders by credit card through PayPal via the Easton Garden Club's website www.eastongardenclubofct.org

Payment Instructions for mailing your order: All mailed orders must be postmarked November 19th to be received and processed by the order deadline of November 22.
We will continue to accept orders and payment through the mail. Do not send cash.

Download 2021 Order Form HERE

Checks must be made out to THE EASTON GARDEN CLUB and sent to:

The Easton Garden Club

P.O. Box 101

Easton CT 06612

*Please note "Wreath Sale" in the memo section and include the bottom half of the order form.

Holiday Luncheon and Yankee Swap

Easton Garden Club members, please come join us as we celebrate the holiday season. A great opportunity to get together with fellow club members and share a meal and a Yankee Swap. We have a fun time exchanging inexpensive gifts- favorite gardening tool, herb gardening kit, an indoor plant, a decorated tree, etc. Watch out for the swappers who may swoop down and claim your prize. An invitation providing additional details will be emailed in November, however, please keep in mind the RSVP date for this luncheon is December 1, 2019 .

Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening

Speaker: Kim Eierman

Program:

Many pollinator species have suffered serious declines in recent years. It's a serious problem for all of us since pollinators are responsible for the pollination of 80% of all flowering plants, and at least 30% of the food that we eat. Unfortunately, most of our landscapes offer little in the way of appropriate habitat and forage. With simple strategies, you can attract and support not just bees, but an array of pollinators that have different requirements. Learn how to create a Pollinator Victory Garden to help win the war on pollinator decline.

Speaker Bio:

Kim Eierman is the Founder of EcoBeneficial LLC. She is an environmental horticulturist and ecological landscape designer specializing in native plants. Based in New York, Kimm teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center, Rutgers Home Gardeners School and several other institutions. Kim is an active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscape topics, presenting for industry conferences, "green events," Master Gardener groups, garden clubs, nature centers, Audubon Society chapters, beekeeping groups, and other organizations interested in environmental improvements. Kim also provides horticultural consulting and landscape design to homeowners and commercial clients.

In addition to being a Certified Horticulturist through the American Society for Horticultural Science, Kim is an Accredited Organic Landcare Professional, a Steering Committee member of The Native Plant Center, and a member of The Ecological Landscape Alliance and Garden Communicators International.

Kim is the author of the new book, The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening .

Gardening with Natives: Why is this so Important

Speaker: Harry Spear

Program:

The emphasis on using native plants has been on the rise nationally, particularly since the 2009 publication of Douglas Tallamy's book,Bringing Nature Home. The book explains the link between native plant species and their support of native wildlife. Harry will tell us more about what a native plant is and why it is so important for our gardens and landscapes. This supports our goals with the pollinator pathway as well.

Speaker Bio:

Harry Spear is the owner of NATIVE in Fairfield. NATIVE's mission is to provide a wide diversity of healthy, superior quality, regionally native plants to support the national movement of expanding ecologically critical native plant habitats to support our wildlife, while fostering an appreciation for the beauty of native plants. Harry believes that our native plants will enrich the lives of the people who are serving as stewards of the land, through their enjoyment of the planted spaces created, and the new life that can be viewed foraging and making homes at their property. Learn more about the importance of native plants from one of our local business owners.

I Like It, I Love It, Deer Won't Eat It

Speaker: Adam Wheeler

Program:

We have all experienced the disappointment that comes when you are anxiously waiting for plants to grow and bloom only to find that a deer came along and decided that it looked delicious! This is the price of living in Easton and being surrounded by lovely woods and wildlife. In this talk, Adam will help us to find some attractive and practical alternatives that the deer will not spoil.

Speaker Bio:

Adam Wheeler is container production and horticulture manager at Broken Arrow Nursery. Adam started work at Broken Arrow in 2004 after completing his BS degree in Urban Forestry and Landscape Horticulture at the University of Vermont. Adam manages plant propagation, container production, mail order and the acquisition and development of new plants. He is a past recipient of the Young Nursery Professional Award from the New England Nursery Association. He loves to share his passion for plants through photography and educational outreach. As a result, he lectures widely on a variety of subjects and is also an adjunct lecturer at Naugatuck Valley Community College and the Berkshire Botanical Garden. With his spare time he enjoys cultivating his eclectic collection of rare and unusual plants, rock climbing and competitive giant pumpkin growing.

Hummingbirds

Speaker: Sally Brockett

Program:

Sally began seriously identifying birds in the early 1970s simply as a fun hobby. As her list of "life" birds grew, her interest in finding some uncommon and rare birds increased. Of course, this meant she needed to travel to new areas to find birds that are not local to our region.

Sally, like many of us, has a love for hummingbirds. Her desire to see more of the wide variety of these special creatures, took her out West to various states, but especially to Ramsey Canyon, and Sierra Vista, in Arizona. She also traveled to Costa Rica where she spent 4 days of bird watching and found over 90 new birds to add to her Life list.

Sally began doing hummingbird presentations about 5 years ago, with her first presentation to her local club, the Daytime Gardeners of North Haven. Sally will talk to us about attracting hummingbirds and other birds to our yard and watching for unusual sightings right at home. She will also share the discoveries that she made through her travels and her experiences in searching for birds in other locations.

Speaker Bio:

Professionally, Sally has worked in the field of special education as a special education preschool teacher, and more recently as a Berard AIT Instructor/Practitioner. This work gave her the opportunity to travel to various states and countries. She always tries to incorporate some time to do bird watching while in new territories. She also enjoys gardening and the opportunity it provides to see all forms of nature. She has served as president of the Daytime Gardeners of North Haven for several years and is involved with many gardening projects.

Field Trip to Grace Farms (Copy)

Field Trip: Grace Farms

Grace Farms is located in nearby New Canaan. The Foundation aspires to advance good in the world, providing a peaceful respite and porous platform to experience nature, encounter the arts, pursue justice, foster community, and explore faith. It is a place for meaningful interaction where people of all ages, experiences and interests come to collaborate for good and pursue peace within Grace Farm's 80 acres.

We are scheduling a private tour of Grace Farms for our members which will include the River building. A Tokyo-based architectural firm was selected to execute its vision. SANAA's design for the facility, known as the River building, was the first U.S. building designed by the architectural firm after they were awarded the Pritzker Prize. SANAA's goal was to make the architecture of the River become part of the landscape without drawing attention to itself, demonstrating a high degree of sensitivity to the landscape and its topography. Structurally, the building of glass, concrete, steel, and wood is in essence a single long roof, which seems to float above the surface of the ground as it twists and turns across the landscape.

Holiday Decorations from Nature's Bounty

Speaker: Carol King Platt

Program:

It's the time of year when the garden has been put to bed and we are all indoors more and looking to decorate our homes for the holidays. Learn how to create easy and beautiful Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations using things from your garden, the side of the road and Stop and Shop. Carol will create 5 decorations which will be raffled off at the end of the program.

Speaker Bio:

Carol King Platt is a former contributing editor at House & Garden and for 23 years wrote a weekly garden/lifestyle column for The New London Day. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Traditional Home and Better Homes and Gardens. She takes as her topics the classic themes of great literature-that is to say, Life, Death, Sex and Rhododendrons. Carol lectures regularly about garden design and flower arranging. She has designed gardens in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Carol Is the past chair of the Landscape Design Council of Connecticut, and is a member of The Connecticut Unit of the Herb Society of America and the Wallingford Garden Club. She lives and gardens with her husband, Rose and Rhododendron guy, Ted Platt at Rose Cottage in Wallingford, Connecticut.

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Putting the Garden to Bed for the Winter

Speaker: Julia Cencebaugh Kloth

EGC Program: Open to members only at this time — Due to Covid, there are limitations on the allowable number of attendees in the Easton Library and registration is required. Click here to RSVP.

As declining light and chilly daytime temperatures draws the growing season to an end, the process for getting ready for winter begins. The shorter days of autumn signal a dramatic change of direction for the landscape and present the gardener with many new responsibilities. Putting the garden to bed is a gradual process that begins at the end of September and continues right up until the ground freezes. Learn how to start cleaning up your garden beds and protecting your plants for next spring. October is the perfect time to correct previous mistakes and lay the groundwork for a spectacular gardening season next year.

Speaker Bio:

Julia Cencebaugh Kloth is a popular speaker who explores creativity and gardening in harmony with nature. She is a master gardener emeritus with the University of Connecticut and has worked as the Fairfield county program coordinator. Her special interests include garden design, habitat restoration, woody ornamentals and wildflowers. She holds certification from the New York Botanic Gardens in landscape design and is a certified arborist by the International Society of Arboriculture. Julia has also served as president of the Ridgefield Garden Club during its centennial celebration and as the project coordinator for Partners for Plants, a joint initiative between the Garden Club of America and the US Department of Forestry. She works professionally as the Curator of Archival Collections for the Garden Conservancy and frequently lectures throughout the NY metropolitan area.

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September Picnic

The Easton Garden Club's Welcome Back Picnic will be held this year at our member Patti Popp's local Sport Hill Farm. It is a wonderful opportunity for members to get together and socialize while reconnecting for the upcoming year of Garden Club events. A General Meeting will be held where we will confirm our appreciation for the service of our ongoing Board members and welcome our new members.

This outdoor event will be a safe and welcoming opportunity to meet in-person. We have aligned with the current CDC recommendations which state that vaccinated persons are not required to wear a mask outdoors with proper social distancing in place. We want our members to feel comfortable and if wearing a mask gives you a sense of comfort, by all means continue to do so. Additionally, we are keeping it simple and safe by asking you to bring a bagged lunch, drink, and your folding chair.

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The Garden Bench - In-Person!

You are invited to an in-person outdoor "Garden Bench" at Kelly Skarupa's House on Tuesday, July 20th at 11:30am. We can exchange garden knowledge with other club members and give everyone a forum to ask top of mind questions. Kelly will provide tea sandwiches (turkey/cheese and chicken salad options) and lemonade and iced tea. If you prefer to eat/drink something else, feel free to bring your own lunch. A good portion of the backyard will be shaded during this time.

We will also be taking pictures/headshots for the yearbook, for anyone who may want a new picture, or for new members who might not have a picture yet.

This is a members only event - Look for the invite via email and Please RSVP if you plan to attend, so we can plan accordingly.

Note: When you pull up the driveway, it is best to turn around and have your car facing out when you park, for an easy exit. You are also welcome to park on the road if you prefer not to turn around.

See you on the Garden Bench!

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The Garden Bench

Meet us at The Garden Bench! Easton Garden Club members and garden enthusiasts come sit on The Garden Bench with us and let's chat! For now, we will be meeting virtually. This is just a time for us to get together over Zoom to ask questions and share ideas and knowledge with other club members. Any garden related topic is welcome from seed sowing to garden design to timing for planting to pest and critter control. There is no agenda here!

It's new, it's an open forum. Hope to see you there!

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Link to join this virtual meeting will be sent to all Easton Garden Club members. Not a member? Contact us to Register

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Field Trip: Marci Martin's Rose Garden

Field Trip to Marci Martin's Rose Garden. Meeting Location: Please meet at Maci's House at 11:00 (169 South Main Street, Suffield, CT 06078) (Note: Garden Club Members and their guests only). Park in church parking lot next door. Please bring chair, lunch, drink and hat for a picnic. Please bring a mask. Although masks are not currently mandated for vaccinated persons when outside, Susan is still checking with Marci Martin to learn more about their policy for masking while on their property

Please RSVP to Susan via evite so we know who will be attending.

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Annual Meeting and Picnic at the Hubbell Garden

Join us for our Annual Meeting and Picnic at the Hubbell Garden located at the Historic Bradley-Hubbell House property.

Please bring a Chair, Lunch and Drink, Hat

Please bring a flower from your garden for a bouquet
Parking – please park north of the house on Rte #58 on the lawn similar tp how we parked for our September picnic. Please try to line cars up for maximum space. Carpooling is not a bad idea if you are vaccinated.
Rain Date: Thursday June 10th. The weather looks good right now with rain expected after our picnic. We will post to this page any updates.

Watch your email for an evite from Susan.

The Hubbell Garden is a lovely historic which is faithfully maintained by our Easton Garden Club. The garden has a wide variety of perennials and is a rich source for gardening tips and information for those who volunteer here.

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Field Trip: White Flower Farm Guided Tour

Meeting Location Update: Please note we are NOT meeting at Notre Dame to carpool. We will meet at White Flower Farm at 10:00AM to start the tour.

White Flower Farm is located at 167 Litchfield Road, Morris, CT. Please bring your lunch. (Note: Garden Club Members and their guests only). Please bring a mask. Although masks are not currently mandated for vaccinated persons when outside, Susan is still checking with White Flower Farm to learn more about their policy for masking while on their property and in the store.

White Flower Farm nursery in Morris, CT isn't your average garden center. Our store is surrounded by trial and display gardens set across several acres in the picturesque hills of Northwest CT. We welcome visitors from around the world between April and November. Our gardens serve to entice, teach and inspire gardeners of all ability levels. Our experienced staff looks forward to helping each and every visitor imagine the possibilities of a great home garden.

We've arranged for a guided walking tour to highlight the grounds and gardens, which will give a bit of insight into the history and operation of the nursery. There is a map on the website with numbered stops that will provide an overview of what we will see on our tour.

The house on the north side of Esther's Road was a barn when William Harris and Jane Grant, two writers from New York City, purchased the 1 1/3-acre lot upon which it sat in the late 1930s. These industrious weekenders wasted no time in renovating the barn into a country residence, then turned their energies to the landscape. White Flower Farm takes its name from their first perennial border, the all-white garden known as the Moon Garden, which still occupies its original site. A pair of Wisteria floribunda standards there bloom in May.

After the tour, we can visit the store. The store carries a multitude of plants not listed in the catalog, including conifers, flowering trees, native shrubs, a wide variety of roses and more perennials than can be listed.

Additional information may be found at www.whiteflowerfarm.com

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The Garden Bench

It's an open forum. Hope to see you there!

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Link to join this virtual meeting has been sent to all Easton Garden Club members. Not a member? Contact us to Register

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The Garden Bench

It's new, it's an open forum. Hope to see you there!

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Link to join this virtual meeting has been sent to all Easton Garden Club members. Not a member? Contact us to Register

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Garden Mart 2021: Online Plant Sale

Each year we look forward to serving our Easton community…

Garden Mart is a tradition here at the Easton Garden Club. This year we will continue the tradition with an online only plant sale with curbside pickup at the Easton Public Library on Saturday, May 8th. We will be spotlighting one of our favorite local neighbors and his certified organic herbs – Mr. Sal Gilbertie of Gilbertie's Organics. We will also be highlighting our Easton Pollinator Pathway project by selling hard to find locally grown and harvested native ecotype plant seed in the form of seed truffles to help you attract pollinators to your gardens and planters. On-line ordering . Pre-order here by May 1 and pick up on May 8th!

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Grow a Meadow: Large or Small

What is a meadow? Is it a lawn gone feral? Is it a perennial garden gone wild? Or is it something else altogether? No one can grow an instant meadow, but you can quickly increase your understanding of what it takes to create and maintain one. In this program, we explore the definition of a meadow, and how it differs from other "no-mow" and "low-mow" approaches to the landscape. An extensive plant and resource list will be included with the presentation. Whether you have a meadow or are thinking about starting your own meadow or just like the beauty of a meadow you are sure to enjoy this presentation.

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Not a member? Contact us to Register

SPEAKER: KATHLEEN CONNOLLY

Kathy Connolly is a landscape designer, writer, and speaker who loves to help people create, care for, and enjoy their home and community landscapes. Kathy emphasizes earth-friendly designs, native plants, and low-impact land care techniques. Kathy comes to this topic with 20 years of personal experience as the caretaker of a meadow on her own property. She also assists customers as they start new meadows or improve existing meadows.

She writes about landscape design and horticulture with a focus on a healthy relationship between people, plants, and the landscape in her Green & Growing column which appears in the community newspapers in Connecticut and Rhode Island. She has also been published in Lawn & Landscape, Connecticut Woodlands, The Habitat, About.com/The Spruce, and many other websites and publications. She has a master's degree in Sustainable Landscape Planning and Design, has completed the Master Gardener program at UCONN and is accredited by the NE Organic Farming Assoc as an Organic Land Care Professional.

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The Garden Bench

It's new, it's an open forum. Hope to see you there!

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Link to join this virtual meeting has been sent to all Easton Garden Club members. Not a member? Contact us to Register

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Your Flower Child Update: How you can be more in Bloom

Everyone talks about bulking up the blossoms in gardens to benefit pollinators: Here's how you can make it happen. Join lecturer Tovah Martin as she suggests how to weave pollinator-pleasing flowers into found spaces on your property. We talk about flowers that work particularly well for discretely knitting a garden together—including herbs that please on so many levels. And we liberate herbs from the strict confines of formal beds to let them romp around. But that's just the beginning: This PowerPoint lecture shows how you can discover under-utilized spaces everywhere including vegetable gardens, roadside strips, converted lawns, and meadows to increase Flower Power. On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, this message seems particularly important.

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Not a member? Contact us to Register

SPEAKER: TOVAH MARTIN

In her constant, undying pursuit of all things garden-related, Tovah gets her hands dirty both outside and indoors. She is a perennial, heirloom, vegetable and cottage gardener of fanatical proportions, and is accredited with NOFA as an Organic Land Care Professional. Beyond the garden outdoors, Tovah's areas of specialty also include decades of experience with houseplants (she grows over 200 in her home). That passion for gardening indoors led to her books, The Indestructible Houseplant (Timber Press, 2015), The Unexpected Houseplant (Timber Press, 2012) and The New Terrarium (Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2009). Most recently, a new title was added to her book publications. Gold Medal award winning The Garden in Every Sense and Season (Timber Press, 2018) describes how your garden can kindle the senses on all layers to become more meaningful. These newest publications are added to more than a dozen titles that Tovah has authored including Tasha Tudor's Garden (Houghton Mifflin, 1994).

Tovah has written numerous articles from various publications including: Country Gardens, Country Home, Flower Magazine, Yankee, Martha Stewart Living, Cottage Journal, New England Home, Better Homes & Gardens, Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, Coastal Design, Old House Journal, Living the Country Life, Milieu, Dwell, Westchester Home & Garden, Gardens Illustrated, and Morning Calm. For her writing, Tovah was awarded The Garden Club of America's award for outstanding literary achievement and an Honorary Membership in The Garden Club of America and the Litchfield Garden Club in May 2010. In 2013, she received the Gustav Mehlquist Award—the highest honor bestowed by the Connecticut Horticultural Society. And in 2019, The Garden in Every Sense and Season won the Gold Medal from Garden Communicators International.

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Herb Gardens and Micro Greens

Learn about Herbs and Micro greens from one of the country's leading experts, Sal Gilbertie. Micro greens have more nutritional value and much more flavor, crunch and versatility than full grown greens. Learn how Sal's family has been growing and farming in Easton, Ct for 3 generations using their own organic soil blend to produce over 40 different varieties of herbs, greens, vegetables and shoots. Sal will expand upon the present operation and what the future holds. He will discuss growing herbs and the changes in home gardening since the pandemic.

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Not a member? Contact us to Register

SPEAKER: SAL GILBERTIE

Sal Gilbertie is a third-generation grower and one of the country's leading experts on herbs and vegetables for a half-century. He continues to keep Gilbertie's name synonymous with the highest quality herbs and vegetables. The business started as a cut flower farm in the early 1920's. Today the farm grows some of the finest micro greens, lettuces, arugula, spinach, Swiss chard, field vegetables and of course herbs, in the United States.

His dedication to organic practices and maintaining the integrity of each plant is what sets the farm apart. It brings him pleasure to bring micro greens, herbs and vegetables into your kitchen. One taste and you will celebrate how delicious and nutritious God's green earth can be!

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Garden Design Pyramid

Do you ever wonder why your garden never look like the photographs in the magazine? It is most likely an issue of design. In this talk Prof. Tuccio will provide home-garden enthusiasts a better understanding of the important elements in landscape design. Learn how you can use these tools to modify or enhance your garden to be more picturesque. There will be discussions on the shape and form of Gardens, scale, proportion, balance, and color.

Program will be held Virtually via Zoom. Not a member? Contact us to Register

SPEAKER: Christopher Tuccio

Christopher Tuccio is a tenured Professor of Horticulture and is the Associate Dean of the STEM Division at the Naugatuck Valley Community College. He is a graduate of Harvard University with a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture in Urban Design, specializing in the cultural landscapes of China & Japan. He also holds a Bachelor's of Science in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University. Professor Tuccio has worked as a landscape designer for Sasaki Associates in Watertown, MA and Balmori Associates in New York City. He has previously served on the Executive Committee of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Connecticut Chapter and the Board of Directors of the CT Horticulture Society. In 2016, he was awarded the CT Board of Regents System-Wide Award for Scholarly Excellence. He currently practices as a professional landscape designer and is manager of www.draftscapes.com , an educational resource for landscape design professionals.

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November in your Sustainable Garden: A New Approach

In November, you many choices as to how to deal with your garden. In the old days, we would cut everything down and haul the debris to the compost pile (or, bag it and put it on the curb). In today's sustainable garden, the process is quite a bit different. Learn which plant are best to leave up for birds and pollinators, especially our native tunnel nesting bees. Learn which plants are best cut down. Explore the possibility of chopping up and returning your debris to the garden directly! Many plants self sow and offer us welcome free gifts. Others will take over the garden if we are not careful. In my own gardens, I gather lots of seed and move it new areas that I am trying to make into wild, habitat gardens. Winter sowing is another option for sowing seeds that need a chill period (stratification). The final chore is to tuck in bulbs for succession of bloom from February till July.

SPEAKER: Nancy DuBrule-Clemente

Nancy DuBrule-Clemente is the founder of Natureworks, an organic garden center and landscape design/installation service in Northford, CT. Founded in 1983, Natureworks has been gardening organically since its inception. The retail store is located on a mere acre of land and is in a house built in 1900 that was formerly a schoolhouse. The store is surrounded by organic demonstration gardens. Education is an important mission of Natureworks. Information is shared through the weekly email sent to thousands of people and an on-line presence on social media (Facebook and Instagram). Classes are held at the garden center in the teaching tent during the growing season and at off-site venues in the winter months.

Nancy has written for many publications and is a regular guest speaker at the CT Flower and Garden Show, plant conferences, and local garden clubs. She is the co-author, with Marny Smith, of the 1995 Rodale Press book A Country Garden for Your Back Yard. She is also the author of the self-published book Succession of Bloom in the Perennial Garden published in 2004.

Nancy is a former board member and president of N.O.F.A., the Northeast Organic Farming and Gardening Association of CT. She teaches at their Organic Landcare Certification Course each year. Nancy is also a board member of the CT Nurseryman's Association which give scholarships to CT Horticulture students.

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Annual Wreath & Poinsettia Sale

It's that time of year…again! The Easton Garden Club's ANNUAL WREATH & POINSETTIA SALE is here! NOW WITH ONLINE ORDERING!

The following items will be available for purchase:

Double-sided Wreaths (undecorated)
Red, White, or Pink Poinsettia plants in three sizes
White Pine Roping, 25 yards
New for 2020: Give the gift of a beautiful Poinsettia to an Easton Senior

ALL ORDERS ARE DUE BY Monday, November 23, 2020.

Submit your order between November 1, 2020 and November 23 for curbside pick up on December 1st at the Easton Public Library Community Room.

Your order will be ready for Pick up on Tuesday, December 1st from 1pm to 6pm at the courtyard of the Easton Library Community Room (691 Morehouse Rd, Easton, CT 06612). All pickup procedures will be strictly aligned with Connecticut's COVID-19 safety guidelines and restrictions.

Online Ordering through the Easton Garden Club Website:

We will be accepting pre-paid online orders by credit card and Apple Pay via the Easton Garden Club's new website www.eastongardenclubofct.org

Payment Instructions for mailing your order:
We will continue to accept orders and payment through the mail. Do not send cash.

Download Order Form HERE

Checks must be made out to THE EASTON GARDEN CLUB and sent to:

The Easton Garden Club

P.O. Box 101

Easton CT 06612

*Please note "Wreath Sale" in the memo section and include the bottom half of the order form.

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Cultivating Ecotype Plants & Secrets of Seed Saving

Seed huntress and ethnobotanist, Sefra Alexandra and Executive Director of CT NOFA and Owner of The Hickories Farm, Dina Brewster, join Jean Stetz-Puchalski EGC Co-President and founder of our Easton Pollinator Pathway to discuss the importance of cultivating native plants. We will learn about our native ecotype plants, where they fit into our landscape, and how to harvest seed and prepare for next year's planting.

SPEAKER BIOS:

Dina Brewster

Dina is the Executive Director of CT NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) and owner of The Hickories Farm. Dina has been a full-time farmer for 15 years, after teaching, first in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer and then in the Bronx as a high school English teacher. She founded The Hickories as a one-acre vegetable garden and has overseen the development of new products and new acreage as the farm business has grown to a 45 acre certified organic fruit, vegetable, cut flower, and livestock business. Committed to connecting people with working land, Dina chose to return to her family's farm in Ridgefield and start the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program, one that still exists as the backbone of the farm's business plan. Dina believes we have a responsibility to increase the economic vitality of our regional agrarian economy, improve the long-range ecological stewardship of our land and water, and enliven our cultural commitment to farming.

Sefra Alexandra:

Sefra Alexandra "The Seed Huntress," is an endurance race ethnobotanist on a perennial expedition to save the seeds of our wild + cultivated lands. She has fortified community seed banks internationally on island nations after natural disasters, conducted fieldwork in the South Pacific as a Genebank Impacts Fellow for the Crop Trust, hunted for rare endangered seeds for Seeds of Success in Idaho, revived the local allium heirloom The Southport Globe Onion by starting a seed library + is now the lead of CT NOFA's pollinator health initiative The Ecotype Project. Sefra has been spearheading CT NOFA's Pollinator Health Initiative - The Ecotype Project, which is working to amplify the amount of truly local native CT pollinator seed that is available in an effort to supply nurseries, homeowners and farmers with the plants they need to help restore our native habitat, support our local pollinators and ensure local food security

Sefra joins us today after her return from the inaugural BOATanical Expedition- an 87 mile canoe journey down the Quinnitukqut (Connecticut) River- planting 500 native plants in pollinator gardens as she "paddled for the pollinators!" Sefra Alexandra is a WINGS WorldQuestFlag Carrier, member of the Explorers Club + holds her M.A.T. in Agroecology from Cornell University.

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