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07/12/2018 12:01 AMThe Entomology Department of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) announces a tour of five meadows and pollinator plantings on Saturday, July 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The tour will begin in Westbrook at a reclaimed brownfield that has become a green parking lot with a quarter-acre meadow garden, and then continue to private meadows in Killingworth and Chester and two sites in Old Saybrook.
Dr. Kimberly Stoner, CAES entomologist specializing in bees, will speak at each stop about the specifics of the pollinator habitat at each location. Kathy Connolly, a Shore Publishing columnist and landscape designer with a specialty in naturalized settings and native plants, will speak about the planting history of the site, meadow establishment, plant selection, and the long-term maintenance of a successful flowering meadow.
New England native plants and grasses reach their peak between July and early October. Participants will see more than a hundred species of native plants, many of them in peak flower or plume, in successful, persistent flowering meadows, in a wide variety of settings, both large and small.
The tour is open to all. This tour qualifies for four recertification credits for NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals, and five hours of Pesticide Recertification Credits in all categories. It is also supported by Specialty Crop Block Grant from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture.
The cost is $50 if registered in advance. Space is limited. For more information and to register, visit www.ct.gov/caes/pollinators.