OVER THE FENCE

The Garden Club of New Haven's Newsletter

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Submissions for the newsletter should be sent to Ann Hoefer (violacgda@gmail.com) by the weekend after the general meeting.

January 16, 2010

Upcoming Symposium on using native plants

Go Native: How you can make a difference simply by choosing native plants.


April 10, 2010 8:30 am -3:30 pm at the Roger Ludlowe Middle School, 689 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT


This symposium features Doug Tallamy, author and chair of Entomoloy and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, whose discussions are titled titled “Fighting Extinction with Native Plants,” and “The New Role for Suburban Gardens.”


William Cullina, author and curator of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will provide a visual presentation titled “50+ Native Plants for the Northeast.”


There will be a raffle, with a chance to win a cedar potting bench and stainless steel Spear & Jackson tools ($1800 value)


Event tickets are limited to advance sales, and can be bough at the sponsoring clubs website www.sasqua.org, or by mail with a check for $65 payable to the Sasqua Garden Club, 912 Hulls Far Road, Southport, CT 06890


The ticket also includes lunch

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