Gardens and model railroad at annual Plant & Book Sale |
Programs for 2020
February: Ecology of Northern White Cedar, An In-Depth Look. Talk with Liz Thompson, Director of Conservation Science for The Vermont Land Trust, and co-author of Wetland, Woodland, Wildland. Saturday, February 22, 10:30AM at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street, Montpelier, VT. Talk is free, and open to the public.
March: CANCELLED Ecosystem Science and Solutions (Video). Video by Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, co-author of The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home, and upcoming book Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. He is Chair of the University of Delaware Entomology and Wildlife Ecology Department. Saturday, March 21, 10:30AM at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street, Montpelier, VT. Dr. Tallamay's Video will be followed by a discussion on implementing his strategies. Presentation is free, and open to the public.
Instead, the video may be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrRJm-yLsQ8
Instead, the video may be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrRJm-yLsQ8
April: CANCELLED The Soil Sponge: The Basic Infrastructure that Makes Life on Land Possible. Talk by Didi Pershouse. She is Chair and Director of Soil Carbon Coalition, author of The Ecology of Care: Medicine, Agriculture, and the Quiet Power of Human and Microbial Communities, and Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function. On-line: www.didipershouse.com . Saturday, April 11, 1:30AM, at the Unitarian Church, 130 Main Street, Montpelier, VT. Talk is free, and open to the public. More of her work, and on-line presentation links, can be found on this link:
https://www.vermonthealthysoilscoalition.org/
https://www.vermonthealthysoilscoalition.org/
May: ALL CANCELLED. Two separate events: nursery tour, and plant propagation workshop.
June: CANCELLED. private single-garden tour featuring birches, rhododendrons, evergreens, and ground covers.
July: Tour of two nurseries.
August: Botanical outing with VT Botanical and Bird Club
August: Annual Plant and Book Sale, with Potluck.
October: Annual Meeting. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
2019 botanical outing to Sandbar WMA |
To take part in these horticultural and botanical adventures join the
Hardy Plant Club of Northern Vermont
by e-mailing Robin at hardyplantclubvt@gmail.com
Our dues are $10.00 per year