Making Branford Beautiful for 84 Years
2011 Educational Programs
March 3 : Open Meeting - "Bats Are Our Friends " by Caroline Glasser, Director of Bat World in Massachusetts
March 14 : Evening Committee - "See Starting and Spring Planting " by Kathy Floyd
April 7: Open Meeting - "Perennials that Bloom for Ten Months" by Nancy Ballck, Balleck's Garden Center
May 11 : Evening Committee - "The Care of African Violets and Other House Plants " by Madeline Clem
`May 5 : Open Meeting - "Super Shortcuts to Save Time and Simplify Work in the Garden " by Kerry Ann Mendez.
May 9 : Evening Committee - "Members Plant Swap at Naturewoks" with Nancy DeBrule-Clemente
June 2: "Plant Geeks Are Us: Oddball Plants for Oddball People" by Adam Wheeler, Broken Arrow Nursery
June 13: Evening Committee - "Shade Gardening, by Henry Eggert of Van Wilgen's Garden Center
July and August : No meetings
September 1 : Open Meeting - "Windowsill Gardening with Cactus" by Matthew Opel, President of the Connecticut Cactus Society
September 12 : Evening Committee - Ground Covers, by Bill Harris of Acer Gardens
October 6 : Open Meeting - "Poisonous Plants " by Sharon Douglas, Agricultural Experiment Horticultural Station in New Haven
November 3 : Thinking Green: Making Changes In Our Own Backyard" by Grassroots, an environmental education Group
November 14 : Evening Commitee - Old Fashioned Flowers and Herbs by Dr. Blair McCracken
December 1: Annual Meeting and Lucheon
December 12: Holiday Celebration