Together we can help make Glastonbury a more beautiful, greener place to live.
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Educational Programs |
Beware the Beasts in Your Backyard - Adult Ed. Course a Great Success
In May 2014, GPIP partnered with the Adult & Continuing Education
department to offer a course: Beware the Beast in Your Backyard to
help our community recognize and control invasive plants such as
Oriental Bittersweet, Japanese Knotweed, Garlic Mustard, Burning
Bush, Multiflora Rose and more. Information on native plants was
also included. It was a 2-night course: a classroom meeting plus an
outdoor class at Riverfront Park for a Plant Walk to identify these
aggressive plants. 15 people attended.
The course was taught by Michael Corcoran who is affiliated with the
University of Connecticut's College of Agriculture and Natural
Resources Coverts Project and the Connecticut Audubon Society.
We hope to offer the class again in late September so be sure to
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Class participants learn
how bittersweet infests an area killing many trees
on the course’s Plant Identification Walk.
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Part of GPIP’s ongoing mission includes educational outreach. GPIP presents educational programming twice a year at its fall and spring member meetings, partners with the Glastonbury public schools to create classroom and field programs and holds periodic educational programs for residents of all ages.
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June 2014: a few of the dedicated Median Gardens volunteers
learned the best way to plant roses from GPIP member Bruce
Lester, a master gardener. Bruce also volunteers at
Elizabeth Park's famous rose garden. GPIP is always looking
for ways to educate our members about the care of plants and
to promote an understanding of the value of biodiversity
among flora.
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On
June 7, 2008 noted tree expert and Glastonbury resident Ed
Richardson led the first walk around the Historic District
based on our new Tree Walk Guide.
Written by Thia Paternoster, the new guide is available free
at many Town and local offices in the Town Center [or
download a copy below].
Ed led
more than 50 people down Main Street to Hubbard Park and
back to Hebron Avenue pointing out more than 60 trees along
the way. GPIP hopes to hold both spring and fall guided
tours annually to help residents learn about the importance
of trees in the streetscape.
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Articles and
Handouts
Trees of
Interest on Main Street
In Glastonbury's Historic
District - the Guide
Fall
2006 meeting handout:
preparing your garden for winter
From
the Community Beautification Committee:
recommendations on mulching around trees.
The Founding, Care and Feeding of GPIP
the history of Glastonbury Partners in Planting
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Plant and Landscape Resources |
Helpful Links
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State of Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
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University of Connecticut
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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University of Rhode Island (URI)
Landscape Horticulture Program
Organizations
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Trees of Interest
on Main Street
in Glastonbury's Historic District
A
self-guided walking tour of trees from Glastonbury Center to
Hubbard Street including Hubbard Green
The purpose of this
self-guided walk is to encourage our citizens to learn how
to identify trees along historic Main Street, to enjoy their
beauty and appreciate their role in the environment. In
planning the walk, GPIP partnered with the Town of
Glastonbury as well as Main St. homeowners. They have
graciously allowed us to place markers on most of the trees
so that you can find them more easily. The markers list the
scientific and common names of the trees just as they appear
in the guide.
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