Great fritillary butterfly in meadow. Flowering meadow Vegetated buffer, erosion control Flowering urban meadow on Boston Post Road. Low-mow lawn Small gardens for small pollinators

Landscape Ideas, Designs, Plans with Kathy Connolly

Covering Ground

October, 2024
Peter Picone, wildlife biologist
Got Invasive Plants? Who Are You Gonna' Call?

Warm weather and above-average rainfall made 2024 a big year for lush plant life. Unfortunately, too many of those healthy plants were uninvited, unwanted, non-native invasive plants. It’s also been a big year for the Connecticut Invasive Plants Working Group. Among other news, the biannual CIPWG symposium is scheduled for October 29, 2024, at Storrs, CT. 

Book Review: Playing God in the Meadow, How I Learned to Admire My Weeds
Birds, Nights, and Lights
Put Invasive Plants on a Starvation Diet This Year
While Pundits Ponder the Value of Trees, the Trees Quietly Do Their Important Work
Where Are the Bees & Butterflies in 2023?
What's to Love About Public Gardens? Start With the Colors.
Is Your Yard Part of the Homegrown National Park?
Small Changes Help Small Creatures in a Changing World
Spring: Time to Collect Summer's Extra Water Supply
Where Shall We Walk Today?

Speaking Events

Site Preparation for Landscape Transformation
Sunday, October 20, 2024 -
2:00pm to 4:30pm
Grafton, MA
Meadow Site Preparation
Thursday, October 24, 2024 -
10:00am to 3:00pm
Nantucket, MA
Invasive Plant Symposium: "Real Talk - Making an Impact in Invasive Plant Management"
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 -
9:00am to 4:15pm
Storrs, CT
Designing Meadows and Naturalized Plantings for a Human Landscape
Saturday, November 2, 2024 -
11:15am to 12:15pm
Conn College Arboretum, New London, CT
Leave the Leaves, Save the Stems
Thursday, November 7, 2024 -
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Webinar, Native Plant Trust
Designing Meadows and Naturalized Landscapes for Volunteer Groups
Saturday, November 16, 2024 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Middletown, CT

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