Tour of New Gardens at Gillette Castle

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Date: Sun October 1, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:00 tour, 11:00 to 12:00 hands-on weed and learn
Place: Gillette Castle State Park, 67 River Road, East Haddam, CT
Contact Email: education@lymelandtrust.org
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.

Please join the Lyme Pollinator Pathway for a tour of the newly installed gardens at Gillette Castle. Caitlin Vickers, the Barefoot Gardener and Lyme Pollinator Pathway team member, who designed and installed the garden with Nancy Ballek of Ballek’s Garden Center, will guide the tour from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. For those who wish to pitch in to weed and learn before the tour, please come at 11:00 am. The beautiful gardens are mostly native plants beneficial to pollinators and other wildlife. Caitlin will answer questions about the plants and talk about future plans for the gardens.

11:00- 12:00 – Hands-on weed and learn. Bring tools and buckets.
12:00-1:00 – Tour of the gardens.

Meet at the terrace of the Castle.

Caitlin Vickers has been a gardener most of her life, and providing local gardens through her business,  the Barefoot Gardener.

Sponsored by Lyme Pollinator Pathway

Please join the Lyme Pollinator Pathway for a tour of the newly installed gardens at Gillette Castle. Caitlin Vickers, the Barefoot Gardener and Lyme Pollinator Pathway team member, who designed and installed the garden with Nancy Ballek of Ballek’s Garden Center, will guide the tour from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. For those who wish to pitch in to weed and learn before the tour, please come at 11:00 am. The beautiful gardens are mostly native plants beneficial to pollinators and other wildlife. Caitlin will answer questions about the plants and talk about future plans for the gardens.

11:00- 12:00 – Hands-on weed and learn. Bring tools and buckets.
12:00-1:00 – Tour of the gardens.

Meet at the terrace of the Castle.

Caitlin Vickers has been a gardener most of her life, and providing local gardens through her business,  the Barefoot Gardener.

Sponsored by Lyme Pollinator Pathway