2020 events calendar: garden open days, lectures, workshops

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All 2020 events were canceled, and there are no events scheduled in 2021. May update in fall if conditions allow.

10th annual seedy saturday

Canceled/Saturday March 28, 2020, 10th Annual Seedy Saturday at Turtle Tree Seed, Copake NY, 9:30 AM to noon and 1:30 PM to 4 PM. Tickets on sale Feb. 1.

7th annual moth night, taconic state park

Canceled/Saturday July 18, 7 PM onward: Moth Night, part of National Moth Week citizen science collaboration, in Taconic State Park, Copake Falls, NY.

tours & workshops at my garden in copake falls, ny

Canceled/Saturday May 9, 2020, Garden Conservancy Open Day,10 AM-4 PM. Plus plant sale by Broken Arrow Nursery, and other local classes in using herbs in food, growing and arranging flowers, and more. Get the entire day’s schedule (even box-lunch pre-orders!). Tickets for add-on events on sale March 1; no reservations required for garden visiting and plant sale.

Canceled/Saturday June 6, 2019, Garden Conservancy Open Day, 10 AM-4 PM. Plus plant sale by Broken Arrow Nursery, plus other local talks and workshops. Tickets for add-on events on sale March 1; no reservations required for garden visiting and plant sale.

Canceled/Saturday August 15, 9:30 AM to noon and 1:30 PM to 4 PM, half-day workshops with Broken Arrow Nursery’s Adam Wheeler at my garden, Copake Falls, NY. By reservation.

Canceled/Saturday September 12, Mushroom workshops and walk with John Michelotti of Catskill Fungi.

at broken arrow nursery, hamden, ct

Canceled/Saturday June 20: Day of workshops with Adam Wheeler.

Canceled/Saturday October 10: Day of workshops with Adam Wheeler.

elsewhere

Saturday February 15, 2 PM, “Nonstop Plants: A Garden for 365 Days” talk at Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morris Township, NJ. Snow date February 22. Ticket information.

Canceled/Saturday March 22, Connecticut Master Gardeners Association 2020 Symposium talk, “Nonstop Plants: A Garden for 365 Days” to kickoff daylong event.

Canceled/Wednesday April 1, Rockland County Master Gardeners’ Day daylong event, including talk on “Nonstop Plants: A Garden for 365 Days,” Tappan, NY. Ticket information. (Snow date Monday April 20.)

Canceled/Saturday May 23, talk at Hollister House Garden on “Nonstop Plants: A Garden for 365 Days,” Washington, CT. Hollister House website.

rethinking the lawn, with dan wilder

THE LECTURE that he’s been giving for a number of years is not-so-subtly called “Kill Your Lawn.” Ecological horticulturist Dan Jaffe Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone. But Dan just wants to grab our attention and get us to start to make some changes at least in the way we care for the turfgrass we do want in our landscapes. And maybe give up a little square footage of it to some other kind of more diverse planting, too, like the wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana, inset). Alternative, more eco-focused styles of lawn care, along with some lawn alternatives is what he and I talked about on the podcast. Dan is Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation in Wales, Massachusetts, and its 8,000-acre sanctuary. He’s also co-author with Mark Richardson of the book “Native Plants for New England Gardens.”