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Is Your Yard Part of the Homegrown National Park?
Thumbnail Image: Millions of people will flock to the national parks this summer, seeking the magnificent scenery and interesting history. But what if, instead, millions of people discovered the...
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What's to Love About Public Gardens? Start With the Colors.
Thumbnail Image: If you're ready to indulge in botanical eye candy, take a road trip to a public garden. Below, learn about five in the eastern Connecticut shoreline area. Don't forget to take a look...
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Where Are the Bees & Butterflies in 2023?
Thumbnail Image: If you're part of the nature-loving crowd, perhaps you're used to hearing laments on the state of the insect world, the plant world, or other aspects of life's big web. This year, many...
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“Today’s talk by Kathy Connolly was just exceptional. She has a way of imparting her knowledge in an absorbable form.” Frances Bright, UConn Advanced Master GardenerWaccabuc, CT
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"Many thanks for all your guidance throughout the year at our beautiful meadow." Westbrook Garden ClubWestbrook, CT
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Put Invasive Plants on a Starvation Diet This Year
Thumbnail Image: It's March, and I'm back to the annual ritual of cutting woody invasive plants to the ground. March, April, and May are "prime time" for a technique called carbohydrate starvation...
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"I just wanted to send many thanks for such a thoughtful, informative discussion regarding site prep and meadow development yesterday. I walked away chock full of actionable advice and confidence. Your...
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Birds, Nights, and Lights
Thumbnail Image: It's May 1st as I write this. Birds are flying north again, as they have for millennia. What’s new in the past decade is that anyone with an Internet browser can watch the avian...
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"Kathy has a brilliant way of drawing everyone in, slowly at first with a little humor. By the end, we had everything we needed to start our own native foundation garden plans!" Joanne Gabriel,...
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2024 Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement for Newspaper Columnist
[7-9-24] – Columnist Kathy Connolly recently received the 2024 Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement for the newspaper columnist category, presented by GardenComm: Garden Communicators...
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Book Review: Playing God in the Meadow, How I Learned to Admire My Weeds
Thumbnail Image: Book by Martha Leb MolnarBright Leaf Press/University of Massachusetts Press, 2022After many years in New York City, author Martha Leb Molnar and her husband acquired an aging apple...
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Got Invasive Plants? Who Are You Gonna' Call?
Thumbnail Image: Warm weather and above-average rainfall made 2024 a big year for lush plant life. Unfortunately, too many of those healthy plants were uninvited, unwanted, non-native invasive plants....
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