Bedford Environmental Action Day
BEDFORD 2020
News
Boxwood Blight
The Boxwood Blight is fast becoming a significant problem in Connecticut. Download the PDF files below to learn more about this disease and how to identify its symptons which include brown leaf spots, black stem lesions and rapid defoliation. Any boxwood suspected of having boxwood blight caused by Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum (syn. C. buxicola) much be confirmed at the state regulatory lab at CT Agricultural Experiiment Station.
To save time in the confirmation and diagnosis of this new and important disease, it is best to recommend that samples go to their lab directly rather than coming to the UConn Storrs lab. Alternatively, clients may contact the CAES Plant Disease Information Office (PDIO) directly by going to their website: www.ct.gov/caes/PDIO or by calling 203-974-8601 or 1-877-855-2237 (toll free outside New Haven area).
Calling All New Members!
The deadline for submitting the Membership Questionairre and thus starting the proposal process for new members is fast approaching . . . February 15th, 2019!
Please click here to download and print the MQ form. It needs to be completed and sent to Manda Riggs by February 15th either by USPS (23 Jonathan Road) or by scan and email ([email protected]). After submitting MQ form, you then have until March 15th to collect your Proposing Letter, a Seconding Letter and two Supporting Letters. Again, they may be submitted by USPS or email.
We are always in need of new members so start recruiting now!
Thank you – please contact Manda at 203-253-9579 if you have any questions.
Celebrate Earth Month at Irwin Park
The New Canaan Garden Club is hosting a 20th Anniversary event at Irwin Park on Wednesday, April 22nd at 3:00 PM in collaboration with the New Canaan Library and other local organizations to support of Earth Month: New Canaan Celebrates Biodiversity.
Conservation Chat
Thursday, November 7th at 10:00am
with Holly Drinkuth
Director of Watershed & Outreach
Nature Conservancy/CT
Home of Susan Bergen
210 Indian Waters Drive
Please RSVP to Susan Bergen at [email protected]
Conservation Corner: Asking More of Our Gardens
Susan Bergen has once again enlightened us with her latest Conservation exhibit based on Doug Tallamy’s new book The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden.
Click here to discover how you too can raise the bar on your landscape!
Conservation Corner: Backyard Critters and Mushrooms
Susan Bergen continues to delight and educate us with her conservation news.
Here are her latest topics:
Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner?
Fungus Amoung Us
Conservation Corner: Be Kind To Pollinators
At our annual meeting in June, our Conservation committee prepared a three-fold display with information on bees, butterflies and hummingbirds; native plants; and fruits and vegetable dependent on bees for pollination. The presentation was fabulous and well-received by all — in fact, the display was shared with the Stamford Garden Center in early September. The committee also hopes to exhibit it at the New Canaan Nature Center on Earth Day next April.
Display by Conservation committee members Susan Bergen, Barb Schmidt and Alice Runnette.
Click here to view the display
Conservation Corner: Butterflies in our Garden
Susan Bergen’s Conservation Corner at March’s monthly meeting featured butterflies that are common to southwestern Connecticut. They live in similar habitats but have different needs in terms of host and nectar plants. Some are active in early spring. Others make an appearance later in the summer. Most spend the winter right in our gardens as caterpillars or chrysalids. They are beautiful and fascinating.
Take a look . . . how many different kinds will you see in your garden this season?
Conservation Corner: Irwin Park Meadows
Last month’s Conservation Corner presented the meadows at Irwin Park and how they offer a unique habitat in our wooded suburban town. The meadows at Irwin are full of perennial and annual wildflowers, vines, shrubs and mature trees which are home to bees, butterflies, birds, reptiles and mammals. The display featured late summer and fall blooming plants and how they benefit wildlife.