Connecticut Trails Day at New Canaan Nature Center

Sat Jun 1, 2019
10:00am to 12:00pm ET
Age: All ages!
Price: FREE
Location:
New Canaan Nature Center

 

Celebrate Connecticut Trails Day here at the New Canaan Nature Center!

“How to Create & Foster an Ecological Garden”
10am in the Sturgess Room

Native plants provide your yard with year-round beauty while providing essential habitats and food sources for ever-increasingly threatened wildlife. Micah Slavkin, of Symbiotic Ecological Design, will discuss what makes a plant “native”, why you should consider incorporating them into your garden, and which native plants are best suited for the home landscape.

Symbiotic Ecological Design is a sustainable landscape design firm focused on creating year-round beauty while fostering a connection with nature and providing essential habitats and food sources for ever-increasingly threatened wildlife. Micah Slavkin holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from RISD (Rhode Island School of Design).

Nature Walk
11am behind the Visitor Center

Join the NCNC Naturalists for a discovery Nature Walk of the nature center property. What late spring finds will you discover? Join us to find out!

All Connecticut Trails Day programs are FREE and open to the public.

Email our Education Programs Manager at agordon@newcanaannature.org to RSVP today!

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.