On Saturday, November 15 at 10:30 am the Civic Garden Center will host our monthly Family Class designed for children ages 5-15 and their families. This month our focus is “Corn Husk Dolls” and we will be using leftovers from …
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The monarch butterfly is a magnificent creature whose lifecycle, over the course of 3-4 annual generations, crosses from Mexico throughout the eastern United States. Three generations a year feed and reproduce in temperate climates with the fourth generation adapted to …
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The prospect of growing your own mushrooms at home can be a bit daunting with all the varieties of mushrooms and methods of cultivation. Not to mention the copious amounts of information out there on the web (a fairly ironic statement …
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by Mary Dudley, Youth Education Coordinator Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and a short walk in the garden will reveal signs of nature’s love notes! The promise of spring can be found in the ripening buds on …
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The act of bringing evergreen boughs into homes for the holidays predates Christmas and can be linked directly to the human desire to witness life even in the dead of winter. The ancient Egyptians, Romans and Druids all brought evergreen …
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Very late at night, not quite dawn, the insects shush and the first bird says hello. If your garden is particularly bird friendly, lots of sweet tweeting and chirping and song-of-the-morning bird music greets you before the sun arrives. And …
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Pick up new kitchen skills and recipe ideas at the Civic Garden Center’s summer food classes August is a time of bounty in the garden (and farmers’ markets)… so what are you going to do with all those fruits and …
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I hear a great many people talking about being green, living healthier, sustainability and what it all means these days. And I freely admit it makes me happy. It seems more and more people are focusing on there own “foot …
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Garden fans, you’re in for a treat! We offer lots of classes on plants of all kinds at the Civic Garden Center, but this Saturday (4/27 from 9am-11) we’ve got a mushroom aficionado joining us for a hands-on session! Romain …
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85 degrees, sunny, humid, in mid-April? Did today put you in mind of August heat and a full-body sweat after just a short stint in the garden? The thing of it is, though, in August trees have leaves and they …
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