Events

This program was cosponsored by Wild Ones and the Colchester Garden Club (CGC), which maintains garden areas within the park. Garden Tour: The morning program will cover the Butterfly/Pollinator Garden, gazebo plantings, Storywalk Children’s Garden and a Japanese Knotweed removal project (2 areas). Attendees can circulate between stations where CGC and Master Gardener docents are available to answer questions. Botanizing Walk: The afternoon program will be led by members of the Connecticut Botanical Society to identify plants in a variety of habitats within a short distance of the parking lot. Habitats surveyed included the pond shoreline, mixed hardwood forest, stream bank, woodland edge and grassland plant communities. A partial plant list was provided, and additional species in the herbaceous and understory layers were identified.