Resources for learning about plants, their habitat, form and function:

• UCONN Plant Database: This site is dedicated to the ornamental attributes, appropriate use, and identification of woody landscape plants: http://hort.uconn.edu/

• https://www.ct-botanical-society.org/

• UConn biodiversity database

• Master Gardener: https://mastergardener.uconn.edu/

  • http://www.soiltest.uconn.edu/sampling.php

  • http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu/

  • http://ipm.uconn.edu/root/

  • https://mastergardener.uconn.edu/

• Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants) Native Shrubs for Wildlife

• https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/

Rain Water Gardens:

https://nemo.uconn.edu/raingardens/plants.phpingardens/plants.php

Invasive Plants:

All across Connecticut native plants are being choked out by invasives. They’re everywhere and laying siege to landscapes all across the state. You can help!  Here are some guides to help you get to know invasive plants in our own backyards and what to do to remove them:

• Know these 12 invasive plants + how to remove them

• Quick ID Cards of Invasive Plants

• Resources and links from the UConn Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG):

• List of Invasive Plants with updated data sheets and pictures: Source: CIPWG

  Find more information and resources at ipm.uconn.edu and cipwg.uconn.edu!​

• How to time Non-chemical Management of Top 10 Invasive Plants

Invasive Pest Species:

Asian Jumping Worm:

https://extension.umaine.edu/invasivespecies/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/03/InvasiveSnakeWormsJosefGorres.pdf

https://www.eastongardenclubofct.org/blog-1/advanced-study-invasive-crazy-jumping-earthworms

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/DOCUMENTS/Publications/Fact_Sheets/Entomology/Jumping-worms-in-Connecticut.pdf

 https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/jumpingcrazysnake-worms-amynthas-spp

Easton Pollinator Pathway in the News: Native Plants and Local Pollinators: How You Can Help Easton Pollinators Flourish and Protect the Local Food Web By Jean Stetz-Puchalski and Mary Ellen Lemay

Pesticide Primer: Quick read: Frequently asked questions about pesticides and herbicides

Advanced study, WEBINARS, and activities:

• https://www.eastongardenclubofct.org/events

• Composting: Free Recorded Webinar: Advanced Composting: Building Quality with Recipes, Testing, Nutrient Management & Environmental Planning Source: CT Compost Conference Webinar Series (Partnership of CRC&D, CT NOFA, CT DEEP and others), September 23, 2020. Speakers: Domingo Medina of CT NOFA/Peels and Wheels Composting. Dawn Pettinelli of the UConn Soil Science Lab and Master Composter Program, Jim Hyde of USDA NRCS.

• UMASS Webinars: https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/education-events/invasive-insect-webinars

• Aspetuck Land Trust: Green Corridor Vision & info. Some resources courtesy of Mary Ellen Lemay, Land Owner Engagement Director:  

  • Native seeds in Winter. : While we are still spending much of our time at home, sowing seeds is a great activity to do on your own or with loved ones. Learn from Wild Seed Project's Heather McCargo how to do this. This is recorded so you can do this any day !

  • Native restoration with Ecotypes . You may have heard about the visionary initiative to collect our local native seeds and propagate true natives for our yards. Learn more from our local heroes of the Ecotype Project Dina Brewster and Darryl Newman.

 Community Connections & Events

Easton Garden Club: Events Calendar - member activities and those open to the public

Master Gardener: https://mastergardener.uconn.edu/

UConn Resources:

• http://www.soiltest.uconn.edu/sampling.php

• http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu/

• http://ipm.uconn.edu/root/

• https://mastergardener.uconn.edu/

Federated Garden Clubs of CT: https://ctgardenclubs.org/

Aspetuck Land Trust: https://www.aspetucklandtrust.org/calendar

http://www.bartlettarboretum.org/

CT Northeast Organic Farming Association: https://ctnofa.org/ and

Join the Easton Pollinator Pathway

A short YouTube video by Catherine Zimmermann featuring entomologist Doug Tallamy speaking about native plants and meadows

“Native: a plant or animal that has evolved in a given place over a period of time sufficient to develop complex and essential relationships with the physical environment and other organisms in a given ecological community”

— Richard Darke, Doug Tallamy The Living Landscape 2014.

Connecticut Native Plant List: Connecticut Native Perennial, Tree, & Shrub Availability List | Integrated Pest Management (uconn.edu)

Wild Seed Project - Links to learning more about Native Trees for our Northeast Landscape. (Note: Maine shares our Planting Ecoregion 59)

https://portal.ct.gov/CAES/Publications/Publications/Pollinator-Information

• https://www.wildflower.org/learn/guide-native-plant-gardening

• https://cipwg.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2013/12/CTNativeShrubList_Lubell.pdf

• Understanding the Pollinator Pathway Project & Ecotype Seed Project:  Pollinator Pathway Project by Dina Brewster

• https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation and https://xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/northeast and Xerces Pollinator Plants Northeast-Region

• List of Native Plants

CT NOFA - Cultivating native plants from Plugs: https://ctnofa.org/how-to-effectively-establish-native-plant-plugs-getting-started/

Seed resources to consider - most in our Ecoregion 59

https://www.johnnyseeds.com/

https://www.fruitionseeds.com/ (resources & gift sharing only at this time)

https://hudsonvalleyseed.com/

https://shop.wildseedproject.net/

https://natureworksgardencenter.com/collections/seeds

https://www.homegardenseedassociation.com/  and specifically Seed Buying 101 and Seed buying 201

• The Ecotype Project - Cultivating plants native to our Eco region Source: CT NOFA

• Click here to learn about Where to buy native plants with Easton's ecoregion in mind (Easton is in Ecoregion 59)

• Book: Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Douglas W. Tallamy

• Book: Native Trees for the Northeast Landscape. A Wild Seed Project Guide profiling 31 native tree species for urban, suburban and rrural landscapes of the Northeast.