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Thursday, July 29, 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm – Selection and Care of Houseplants, Online

Growing living plants in apartments, condominiums, single family resistance, offices and public areas can provide pleasant indoor environment, purify air, and improve health. This Tower Hill Botanic Garden online talk on July 29 from noon – 1 will take you through the steps of how to choose right plants for the indoor conditions and how to care for houseplants through winter and year round.

Dr. Yonghao Li, a plant pathologist, works in Plant Disease Information Office at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, CT. Dr. Li’s oversees the execution, coordination and daily oversight of The Plant Disease Information Office, a full-service plant disease diagnostic laboratory serving Connecticut. He has more than 30 years of experience in gardening, disease diagnosis, and pest management.$10 Member Adult; $15 Adult This program will be held virtually. Once you register you will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation.This webinar will be RECORDED and available for 2 months all registrants. Register HERE.

July 17, 2021
Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Growing Nuts in the Northeast

Sandra Anagnostakis, PhD, Department of Plant Pathology at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, will speak at the Hunnewell Building of the Arnold Arboretum on Thursday, March 21, beginning at 6:30 pm, on the topic of Growing Nuts in the Northeast. There are many nut trees that can easily be grown in Massachusetts. These can be interesting hobby plants for your back yard, a source of nutritious nuts for your table, or provide a little extra income from their sale. In this talk you will hear about starting an orchard, the characteristics of several species of nut trees, their problems, and suggestions for harvesting and marketing the nuts.Â $5 for Arboretum members, $15 for nonmembers, and registration may be completed on line at www.arboretum.harvard.edu.Â Image from cdn.sheknows.com.

March 12, 2013
Saturday, November 21, 1:00 pm – Myxomycetes! The Enigma of Slime Molds

In this illustrated talk, David Rose, past president of the Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Association (COMA), will explore the natural history of myxomycetes, commonly known as “slime molds.” Slime molds are colorful harmless organisms that inhabit damp woodland environments. So perplexing to science that they have been classified variously as animals, plants, and fungi (they are actually protists), these organisms are remarkable for their delicate beauty and their surprising transformation from an animal-like to a plant-like stage. Though they are not mushrooms, slime molds reproduce by spores and have traditionally been studied by mycologists for their resemblance to the fungi.Â The program will be held Saturday, November 21 beginning at 1:00 pm at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, New Haven, Connecticut, and is free and open to the public.

November 13, 2009