Collinsville Pollen Trail

12/28/2024

UConn's Hidden Gem: Master Gardeners | "The Collinsville Pollen Trail has become a passion, a labor of love for us" is a sentiment shared by all of the founders of our community habitat project.

Featured in this photo are project leaders Karen Berger, Holly Hambleton and Michele Jenks, who join "More than 700 master gardeners [who help to] educate and beautify communities across the state."

More than 700 master gardeners educate and beautify communities across the state

06/15/2024

Excellent "Sundays in the Garden" native/invasive plant educational series (starting Sunday, June 30, 2024, from 1:00-2:30pm) happening at Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, CT [FREE PROGRAM!]

03/21/2024

NOW is the time! Read this excellent piece by Kathy Connolly, "Spring Into Action Against Invasive Plants" - "Repetitive cutting before June can seriously set back and eventually end woody plant invasions. Why? Cutting deprives them of the one thing all plants need: sunshine. Cut them at ground level, and you deprive them of branches that sprout fresh leaves."

Every landscape task has its best moment. Many would nominate March and April for seed starting, pruning, and cleanups. I’d like to plant a different idea: These months are a great time to cut invasiv...

03/04/2024

'Home Habitat' educational series with Native Plant experts and advocates, Lisa Newell & Margery Winters, courtesy of Simsbury Pollinator Pathway. In person and FREE!

02/19/2024

Winter Mourning Dove by KPGiroux of Southbury, CT

02/05/2024

Birds are excellent indicators of ecosystem health. In May 2023, Jay Kaplan led a bird walk on Collinsville Pollen Trail and 26 Species were sighted within a period of 53 Minutes. The observation area spanned .8 mile and 5 people participated.

The following are numbers and types of bird species observed:
14 Blue Jay
1 Tufted Titmouse
4 Tree Swallow
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 House Wren
2 Carolina Wren
4 European Starling
4 Gray Catbird
2 Eastern Bluebird
3 American Robin
3 House Sparrow
2 American Goldfinch
3 Chipping Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Northern Cardinal

2 Common Merganser
3 Mourning Dove
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Great Blue Heron
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Juvenile eagle

Birder & Nature Photographer KP Giroux captured beautiful images of select species that can be found on the Collinsville Pollen Trail.

10/31/2023

Excellent talk with Doug Tallamy, author of Nature's Best Hope (10/24/23) co-hosted by Avon Public Library and CT Horticultural Society. Here are a few select slides that explain what we can do and why humans and nature must co-exist.

10/24/2023

TONIGHT! Tuesday, October 24, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Homegrown National Park: Virtual Lecture with Doug Tallamy (Nature's Best Hope series - PART 2 of 3)
[co-hosted by Avon Public Library and CT Horticultural Society]
REGISTER IN ADVANCE:
https://www.avonctlibrary.info/event/homegrown-national-park-doug-tallamy/

09/16/2023

PLEASE SAVE the DATES and REGISTER NOW! Co-sponsored by CT Horticultural Society and Avon Public Library, "Nature's Best Hope" FREE 3-part VIRTUAL series w/ Doug Tallamy and Nancy DuBrule-Clemente (Sept. 26th, October 24th & November 14th).

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Nature’s Best Hope, free three-part series with Doug Tallamy and Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, kicks off Sept. 26CT Hort News, Homepage / August 1, 2023 CT Hort and Avon Library are thrilled to be co-sponsoring “We Are Nature’s Best Hope,” a free, three-part virtual series featuring Doug Tallamy a...

09/10/2023

This group is devoted entirely to knotweed eradication and community education about the invasive plant: https://www.facebook.com/NixtheKnotweed

Got Knotweed? Join our volunteer campaign & learn how to chop down your knotweed and dispose of cutti

07/06/2023

CALLING ALL BUDDING GARDENERS (Ages 7-11)
Spots are still available in the excellent week-long program called GROW Mural Project (Wi******er, CT)
July 17–21 / 8:30am-3:00pm led by Master Gardener/Teaching Artist, Meredith Arcari Luciano

PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://www.americanmuralproject.org/summer

Kids will design and plant a small installation using native plants in AMP’s pollinator pathway and nature playground. Other projects include building a birdhouse, creating a mason bee hotel and making treats for birds. Immersive, hands-on and educational, children will be inspired to practice mindfulness in the surroundings of AMP’s natural wooded habitat and learn how to garden for wildlife in their own backyards.