WAITLIST ONLY- September 12th (raindate 9/13) @ 10 am: Walk to learn about native and invasive plants on the Farmington River Trail
Thanks to those listed below for sharing their support, time and knowledge about projects, plants, pollinators, invasives, the trail and more:
Dr. Elizabeth Adler, UConn Master Gardener and former coordinator of Hartford County Extension office
Karen Berger, Holly Hambelton, Michelle Jenks, Lisa Franklin, Martha Lojzim & Jenny Abel of the Collinsville Pollen Trail
Dallas Coursey, Master Gardener and the other gardening crew at the Mark Twain House
Farmington Garden Club-including Sherry Perrie and Valerie Marshall
Farmington River Watershed Association-Aimee Petras & Kaitlin Cole
Farmington Valley Trails Council-including Laura Russotto
Carolyn Fiederlein of Bike Walk Farmington
Ron Goralski of Bike Walk Farmington & Farmington Valley Trails Council
Cate Grady-Benson, Farmington Land Trust
Wilder Leavitt
Patty LeBouthillier, Unionville Museum
Miles Messier for website tips
Robert & Leslie Muszynski & Family
Lisa Newell, ReWildCT at Thrive Farms in Simsbury, CT
Barbara Nicholson, Farmington Land Trust
Peter Picone, Wildlife Biologist with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Autumn Pike, Hartford County Master Gardener Coordinator
Jennifer Probst
Pat Sabosik, Advanced Master Gardener of Hill-Stead Pollinator Garden
Karen Schnitzer, Cheshire Conservation Commission
Vanessa Therrien, STEM teacher at Irving Robbins Middle School, and her students who grew native seedlings for the project
Victoria Wallace, UConn Extension
University of Connecticut Master Gardener Program
Kristin Zweigle & Family
Financial Support
Connecticut Master Gardener Association
Farmington River Watershed Association
Town Support
Kathleen A. Blonski, Farmington Town Manager
Bruce Cyr, Senior Assistant Town Planner of Farmington
Shannon Rutherford, Town Planner of Farmington
Joseph Swetcky, Finance Director of Farmington
Farmington Department of Public Works
Members of the Farmington Green Efforts Committee and town liaison, Garrett Daigle, Assistant Town Planner of Farmington
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