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The Native Plant Collection
The Native Plant Collection was established in 1931. At the time, 60 acres had been set aside to create the Connecticut College Arboretum. Twenty acres of this original allotment, between Williams ...
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Visiting the Arboretum
The Connecticut College Arboretum is made up of 750 acres of landscaped campus grounds and Greenhouse, the Native Plant Collection, Caroline Black Garden, natural areas including Mamacoke Island and ...
There’s a specialized network of protected, native forests around CT. Some of it’s even ‘old growth’
Although Connecticut is largely forested, only about one-tenth of 1% of all forest land in the state is considered a true old ...
Invasive plants wreak havoc in CT. Meet the new additions to those bringing ecological damage.
Connecticut awarded $400,000 to 12 projects that will reduce the impacts of aquatic invasive species on inland waters in the ...
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How gardening with native plants can teach kids eco-stewardship
Over the past year, Anne King and her five-year-old daughter have grown native plants in their Portland, Oregon, yard to attract wildlife like birds. Although she knows that gardening can be ...