Events
Inviting Beneficial Insects to Your Farm and Garden (Resiliency Skills Webinar Series)
OnlineOnline registration for this event coming soon NOFA MASS presents this interactive online event which highlights plants and regenerative agriculture principles that support beneficial insects. Join Elise and Tucker Smith…
Introduction to Managing Soil Fertility: Understanding Your Lab Soil Test Reports
OnlineJoin NOFA MASS for another of our free weekly Resiliency Skills Online Gatherings on Friday, May 22nd, at 5:30pm. We will have an Introduction to Managing Soil Fertility: Understanding Your Lab Soil Test Reports.Getting a soil test done is an important step in creating…
Making Friends with Backyard Bugs
OnlineDates: June 24, 2020 Meets: W from 1 PM to 2:30 PM Location: Online Instructor: Samantha Nestory Fee: $15.00 How often have you wondered, "What in the world is that…
Milkweeks for Monarchs
OnlineDates: June 26, 2020 Meets: F from 1 PM to 2:30 PM Location: Online Instructor: Renee Kemmerer Fee: $15.00 Without native milkweed plants, monarch butterflies cannot survive and reproduce. Mt.…
Butterflies: Jewels of the Piedmont
OnlineDates: June 27, 2020 Meets: Sa from 1 PM to 2:30 PM Location: Online Instructor: Stephen Mason Fee: $15.00 From the tiniest Skipper to the giant Swallowtail, butterflies are a…
Gardening at the Woodland Edge
OnlineDates: July 10, 2020 Meets: F from 10 AM to 11:30 AM Location: Online Instructor: Nancy Bell Fee: $15.00 Discover the unique possibilities for creating a diverse landscape along the…
Pruning Ornamental Shrubs
OnlineNOFA Vermont is hosting an online workshop on pruning. Due to current requirements regarding social distancing, NOFA Vermont will be holding workshops seminars as video conferences. They'll send an email…
Compost Tea Advanced Workshop
OnlineCT NOFA presents: Compost Tea – Talk and Tour Join us Thursday, July 23rd, 5 – 6:15 pm for a virtual tour into the world of Worm Compost Tea Brewing!…
Accreditation Course in Organic Land Care (online)
OnlineDates CT NOFA's 2nd VIRTUAL OLC Accreditation course will take place on Zoom over the course of four weeks, twice per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) on October 20, 22, 27,…
Pesticide-Free Lawns
OnlineDates: August 15, 2020 Meets: Sa from 10 AM to 11:30 AM Location: Online Instructor: Scott Freedman Fee: $20.00 Is your lawn safe for children, pets, and the environment? Scott…
UCONN Turfgrass Field Day
OnlineUConn Virtual Turfgrass Field Day August 18, 2020 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Virtual Look at UConn Turfgrass Science Research University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06268 The UConn Turfgrass Science Program invites you to…
Site Analysis for Water Management
OnlineDuring this in-depth advanced workshop focused on water management for landscape professionals, Trevor takes us on-site visits across New England, solving issues of erosion, runoff, and on-site water capture. Trevor…
The Secrets of Seed Saving
OnlineSeed huntress and ethnobotanist Sefra Alexandra joins WTF’s own Farmer Ryan Brunelle and milkweed maven Alice Ely, in this one-of-a-kind seed saving talk, as part of our continuing Pollinator Pathway…
Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG) VIRTUAL Symposium: Realistic Solutions to Managing Invasive Plants
OnlineThe Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG) 2020 VIRTUAL Invasive Plant Symposium will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. The theme of the symposium is: Realistic Solutions to Managing…
Tree Talk: On the Nature, Culture, and Politics of Tree Planting
OnlineUrban reforestation is recognized as one of the most effective ways to increase cities’ resiliency to climate change and to provide numerous health and social benefits to residents. But the…
Organic Landscape Management (Online)
OnlineGlenstone, a contemporary art museum in Montgomery County, Maryland, manages its nearly 300-acre campus without using synthetic herbicides in order to maintain a healthy environment for its visitors and native…
GO NATIVE U FALL 2020 CLASSES at Westchester Community College
GO NATIVE U FALL 2020 CLASSES Classes and Certificate Program in Gardening with Native PlantsGo Native U at Westchester Community College offered in collaboration with The Native Plant Center how…
Planting for Biodiversity: Examples via Landscapes
OnlineAs development pushes into formerly rural areas, loss of habitat and its resulting decrease in biodiversity are growing problems in New England. However, land care professionals and designers can play…
Webinar: A Stick in the Spokes – Meaningful Interventions in Landscape Systems
OnlineRegenerative design depends on a feedback web of many processes for life to renew and restore. On the other hand, even ecologically-informed maintenance of private property usually involves some intervention…
Rooted In Place Online: Annual Ecological Gardening Symposium
OnlineRooted in Place Ecological Gardening Symposium Online Welcoming Wildlife and Diversity Into Our Landscapes Offered online for the first time, Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 5th annual Rooted in Place Ecological Gardening…
Soil Health
OnlineIt all starts in the soil. Healthy soils are the foundation of sustainable, regenerative, organic farming and gardening. NOFA-NY’s soil health programming provides technical assistance to organic producers, educates farmers…