Events
CT NOFA’s 40th Winter Conference
Online
Online: Ecotypes, Ecoregions + Ecological Restoration: Fortifying The Living Seed Bank
OnlineThe 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…
Online: Ecotypes, Ecoregions + Ecological Restoration: Fortifying The Living Seed Bank
OnlineThe 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…
Online | For us and Them: How Edible Native Plants Can Feed Us and Wildlife Together
OnlineAsk ten folks why they grow plants and you’re likely to get a variety of answers. The most common reasons are often aesthetic in nature–we like the look of a garden; it gives us a place to relax or play or drink wine with friends. However, simple beauty is not always enough, and in…
Online | For us and Them: How Edible Native Plants Can Feed Us and Wildlife Together
OnlineAsk ten folks why they grow plants and you’re likely to get a variety of answers. The most common reasons are often aesthetic in nature–we like the look of a garden; it gives us a place to relax or play or drink wine with friends. However, simple beauty is not always enough, and in…
Breeding Carrots for Production, Resilience, Flavor, and Fun in Organic Systems
OnlineIn 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…
Breeding Carrots for Production, Resilience, Flavor, and Fun in Organic Systems
OnlineIn 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…
Ecotypes, Ecoregions + Ecological Restoration
Mueller Preserve - 370 Round Hill Road Greenwich CT 06831 370 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, CT, United StatesJoin 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…
Ecotypes, Ecoregions + Ecological Restoration
Mueller Preserve - 370 Round Hill Road Greenwich CT 06831 370 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, CT, United StatesJoin 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…
Composting 101
Common Ground High School 358 Springside Ave, New Haven, CT, United StatesJoin Common Ground High School for a workshop mixed with classroom learning and hands-on compost processing. We will be discussing composting through the lenses of chemistry, biology, economics, and more. Once we have gone through the basics of how composting works we will then have a lab session at the CG compositing area. Come prepared…