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Virtual Gardening Series 2022 presented by NHS of New Haven

Online

Are you or a loved one a gardener who can't wait for the ground to thaw? Prepare for Spring with NHS New Haven's 6-class organic vegetable gardening series taught by Advanced Certified Master Gardener Rachel Ziesk! All classes are virtual and take place on Saturdays from 10:00am to 12:00pm. For many New Haven residents, food security…

Online: Ecotypes, Ecoregions + Ecological Restoration: Fortifying The Living Seed Bank

Online

  The Ecotype Project has created a model for native plants material development utilizing the ecoregional framework to ensure we are- planting the right plants in the right place. The truly local seed supply chain begins with trained botanists that wild-collect ecotypic seed, which is grown out as a specialty crop by organic farmers in…

$25

Online: Ecotypes, Ecoregions + Ecological Restoration: Fortifying The Living Seed Bank

Online

  The Ecotype Project has created a model for native plants material development utilizing the ecoregional framework to ensure we are- planting the right plants in the right place. The truly local seed supply chain begins with trained botanists that wild-collect ecotypic seed, which is grown out as a specialty crop by organic farmers in…

$25

Breeding Carrots for Production, Resilience, Flavor, and Fun in Organic Systems

Online

In this presentation, you'll learn fundamental concepts and strategies that are key to successful carrot breeding work. The presenters will cover basic genetics, color expression, trait expression and selection, and demonstrate how to cut, evaluate, and select roots from a diverse array of orange and rainbow colored roots. Specific topics that will be addressed: Which traits are…

FREE

Breeding Carrots for Production, Resilience, Flavor, and Fun in Organic Systems

Online

In this presentation, you'll learn fundamental concepts and strategies that are key to successful carrot breeding work. The presenters will cover basic genetics, color expression, trait expression and selection, and demonstrate how to cut, evaluate, and select roots from a diverse array of orange and rainbow colored roots. Specific topics that will be addressed: Which traits are…

FREE

Ecotypes, Ecoregions + Ecological Restoration

Mueller Preserve - 370 Round Hill Road Greenwich CT 06831 370 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, CT, United States

Join Greenwich Land Trust to learn about efforts to restore locally sourced native plants by The Ecotype Project and GLT's Seed-to-Seed program. Learn about the regional effort to promote ecotypic native seeds, tour GLT's greenhouse, grounds, and participate in a workshop transplanting native wildflower seedlings grown from seeds that were collected from GLT properties. Participants will…

$10